Swans, sails and Tackers bring Melbourne's F1 Lake to life



6:54 AM Mon 28 Mar 2011 GMT
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Whilst the blindingly fast Formula 1 cars strutted their high powered stuff around Albert Park over the weekend, out on the tranquil Lake hundreds of black swans and a fleet of small yachts steered by school kids, provided a contrastingly serene, but colourful spectacle. The swans seemed suitably unimpressed by the 200 decibel overpowering scream of carbon cars putting out over 700 horsepower, as they whistled past at speeds exceeding 300km hour! So too were the enthusiastic young sailors who were intent on having a great time competing in a rolling series of races through Saturday and Sunday afternoon, happy ...


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by Mike Sabey





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