GRINDELWALD

 

1/ Grindelwald is a village, restaurant and golf complex just a few kilometres north of Launceston.

2/ You enter Grindelwald resort through this entrance beyond the car park.

3/ The town square of Grindelwald has a number of tourist shops.

4/ This shop caters for the golfers.

5/ All the shops and houses in Grindelwald are in a classic Swiss style.

6/ There is a large lake at Grindelwald where you can hire paddle boats and kayaks..

7/ Beyond the square is this garden restaurant that looks out onto the lake.

8/ Beyond the shop precinct is a large Swiss style gated estate.

9/ The resort has a large number of self contained cabins for hire.

10/ The hotel has large suites with balconies.

11/ This building houses an indoor heated swimming pool.

12/ The resort has a lovely fountain to decorate the gardens.

13/ This strange totempole, log garden may be of mystical significance.

14/ On the morning of 5 August 2020 snow fell in Launceston. Snow last fell in Launceston in 1971. I decided to go to Grindelwald to see what this Swiss village would look like covered in snow.

15/ The lawns near the children's ship and the swimming pool were covered in snow.

16/ This image looks across the lake towards the estate. By 10 am the snow was starting to melt.

17/ This image looks to the south of the lake. It was easy to imagine that I was in Europe.

18/ The lake is quite large and there is a bridge across a narrow section.

19/ This is the Grindelwald chapel which was naturally built in a Swiss style. Beyond is the lake.

20/ This is another view of the chapel.

21/ This view shows the chapel as a geometric shape.

23/ This is a view from Riverside near Grindelwald looking across the Tamar. It was lovely to see it covered in snow.

24/ This view looks south down the Tamar Valley. It was taken about 11 am from near Grindelwald by which time much of the snow had melted.