Australia's rowers have claimed four World Cup medals including two gold as they continued their build-up to the Rio Olympics.
The Australians put aside the disappointment of their eights failing to qualify for the Olympics with an impressive showing at the World Cup regatta in Lucerne.
The men's and women's eight both fell short in their bid to win a berth at Rio in the final qualification regatta held last week on the Rotsee.
It's the first time since 1948 the men's eight won't be on the start line at an Olympics.
But single sculler Kim Brennan (nee Crow) and the men's quad scull gave the team something to cheer about with victories in their class, while the men's four and women's double sculls won silver.
Australia finished the World Cup third on the medal table ahead of World Rowing Cup 3 in Poznan next month.
Brennan, who is undefeated since 2014 and the gold medal favourite in Rio, led from the start to finish more than two seconds clear of the field.
Brennan won a silver medal in the women's double sculls in London and bronze in the single, but is only concentrating on the solo event in Rio.
"It's nice to do what I wanted to do, especially after a long period of not racing internationally, you sometimes forget a bit how to do it," Brennan said.
The men's quad sculls crew of Karsten Forsterling, Alexander Belonogoff, Cameron Girdlestone and James McCrae had a huge finish to cross almost three seconds clear of the second-placed Great Britain crew.
The men's four, who had to replace a sick Alex Hill, looked strong in their final and were going toe-to-toe with Great Britain.
But two metres before the line Josh Dunkley-Smith "caught a crab", with his oar getting stuck, and the Brits surged past.
"For the first competition of the season it was very good," crew member Will Lockwood said.
"We caught a crab because we were under pressure in the last 500m, so we need to get it more together before World Cup 3 in Poznan."
The final medal went to new doubles partners Genevieve Horton and Sally Kehoe, competing in their first international A-Final together.
They got off to a good lead but had to settle for silver with Lithuania creeping past.
Rowing Australia's general manager Jaime Fernandez said it was a good hit-out for the squad.
"It's fantastic to see four crews medal here at Lucerne, along with six out of seven Olympic boat classes making the A-Final," Fernandez said.
"This is our first World Cup of the season and there are plenty of positives to take from the racing."
The Australians will now head back to AIS European Training Centre in Milan to prepare before for the Poznan event next month.
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