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Images from
Mt Rigi….
…in Switzerland
Mt Rigi overlooks
Lake Lucerne…
Lucerne
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Walks.
Walkers alongside Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree.
Lake Wendouree was the site of all rowing events
during the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
The walk from Eastern Beach car park.
At the top of the hill, you are only a five minute walk
from Geelong’s Central Business District.
The reverse view down to the Promenade.
Nearing the top of Lucerne’s
Mt Rigi.
The walk in context.
Walking in Schoenbrunn Palace gardens
We didn’t have the time or energy
to walk all to the back of the garden.
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An ideal ‘stacked’ image for this week.
Big Square bales of hay stacked for ease of loading onto trucks.
Google tells me that middle sized
big ‘squares’ weigh around 500 kg compared to
small square bales which weigh around 20-25 kg each.
Stacked (or stuck) macaroons.
This stacked of macaroons looked yummy.
Finally, a Melbourne stack of macaroons.
Coffee and a macaroon at Mcdonalds
is the only place I know of in the Geelong area
to enjoy one of these
waist expanding culinary delights.
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A Photo a Week Challenge: Stacked
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Some of the charm…
…of Switzerland...
…and Lucerne…
Just beautiful.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Charming
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Our train ride up Switzerland’s…
Mt Rigi…
…did not take us to the apex.
There were two fairly steep walks left to attain
the full 1,798 metre height of the mountain.
While I did not hurry there were
spectacular views as we walked up.
Upon arriving at the summit the views…
of Lake Lucerne we equally…
…breathtaking.
After ten or fifteen minutes it was time
to return to the gift shop level.
The walk back seemed more difficult
than the walk up, thanks to a football injury
to my knee in the early 1970s.
Definitely worth the effort though.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Apex
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Zenith
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zenith
the time at which something is most powerful or successful.
synonyms:
highest point, high point
To reach the zenith of Lucerne’s Mt Rigi
required a train ride up a very steep gradient.
Upon reaching the zenith of the rain ride…
…there were two shortish walk up more steep gradient.
However, the views over Lake Lucerne
made the walk worth the effort.
