If you have ever wondered how fast your reaction time is, how to wash your hands or what your veins look like, the University of Tasmania biobus had you covered at Marion Bay.
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A group of UTAS medical research students gave about 10,000 Falls Festival-goers the opportunity to do just that over the three-day event.
PhD student Allanna Russell said it aimed to attract interest in research and was a public health initiative.
One activity involved people coating their hands in UV cream to signify their hands being covered in germs and then getting them to wash their hands as they would normally before putting them under a UV light.
"Most people come back and it looks like they haven't washed anything off at all because they don't really know how to wash their hands," Ms Russell said.
"We think it's been pretty helpful...we have some signage and we teach them the correct hospital procedure for washing their hands."
The other activities were a reaction time test, a red light to look at your veins and anatomy painting paired with interesting facts about the body part.
