'Swan Lake' (Black Swans & Cygnets at Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Australia)

This video of black swans and cygnets was taken in Ballarat, Australia in 2010 shortly after the rains brought back life to Lake Wendouree which had previously all but dried up after many seasons of drought. (In fact, previously, the dry weed- choked Lake had gone on fire !) The local water-bird life was teeming on this occasion but the swans were excelling themselves in elegance & grandeur and, best of all, the parental couple were out proudly promenading with their 5 cygnets.( For those of you who are cygnetphiles, the 5 offspring are on show at approximately the 4.03 minute mark of the video, so feel free to fast-forward! ) -What better music to accompany this spectacle but 'Swan Lake' by Tchaikovsky?

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