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Pool battles: Fitzroy Baths
Photo 2010 by John Pratt"There is nothing more democratic than the public swimming pool."- Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer whose life was immortalised by Esther Williams in the film Million...
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Pool Battles: Save Sunshine Pool
Photo from Save Sunshine poolThe Sunshine community in Melbourne lost their 50 m Olympic pool and had it replaced by a 25 m outdoor pool and indoor leisure pool.The Save Sunshine Pool lobby maintains a...
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Bexley pool "open house" 8 Feb 2014
An opportunity today to meet the architects and Rockdale Council personnel, look at and discuss the plans and model for the redevelopment of Bexley pool. It is expected that the Development Application...
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Swimming across the Riverina
A summer road trip across southern New South Wales and northern Victoria, from Sydney through various towns was a great opportunity to check out a variety of local public pools. These are only places...
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Bexley pool development application: have your say now!
The Bexley Pool redevelopment has reached an important milestone. The Development Application for the new aquatic centre at the current Bexley pool site has been lodged and will be on public exhibition...
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Underwater at Bexley pool
Experimenting with my Canon D20 camera in the last days of Bexley pool before it closed for redevelopment.
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Last laps at Bexley pool
The old Bexley pool closed on 1 May, in anticipation of opening as the re-developed Rockdale Aquatic Centre in July 2016.Here's an article from the St George and Sutherland Shire LeaderJohn Heuschkel...
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A new spiritual home - Sans Souci pool
...until the new Bexley pool arrives...A nicely heated outdoor 50m pool, an indoor pool which has 3 x 25 m lanes. It is used a lot for swimming lessons. And a lovely setting in Sans Souci Park, under...
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Indoors
It's winter in Sydney - sunny days with maximum temperatures about 18-20 this past week. And yesterday, very windy. So I had an indoor swim at Sans Souci, and for most of the time had the pool to...
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Beverley Whitfield Pool, Shellharbour
Copyright Peter de Graaff 6 July 2014copyright Peter de Graaff 6 July 2014Recently my friend, Peter de Graaff, who is a very talented photographer, posted these pictures on his Facebook page and his...
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Arise, Rockdale Aquatic Centre!
After seven years of community campaigning, blocking by certain elements on Rockdale Council, innumerable meetings, a protest rally, speeches, petition.....and a facebook page........ on Saturday 25...
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The new Bexley swimming centre takes shape: December 2015
Very exciting, and on target for an early 2017 opening.
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Darelle and Sally's swimming adventures Part 1: Mahon Pool, Maroubra
My friend and I have decided to check out different swimming locations around Sydney - one a week if we can...First up is Mahon Pool at Maroubra. I've posted about it before: see here Feb 2011 and see...
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Darelle and Sally's swimming adventures part 2: Clifton Gardens, Chowder Bay,...
Clifton Gardens is a reserve at Chowder Bay in the northern harbourside suburb of Mosman. The Headland forms part of Sydney Harbour National Park.It's also a popular fishing spot, and place to "park"...
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Roselands Aquatic centre
While Bexley Pool is being redeveloped, I've mainly been swimming at Roselands Aquatic Centre, which is run by neighbouring Canterbury City Council.I sometimes used to go there in the 1970s with a...
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Fiji - Nacula Island, beach, snorkelling and pool
One of my favourite swimming - well ANYTHING - spots in the world is Nacula Island in Fiji. Nacula (pronounced Nar-thoo-la) is a 4 hour catmaran ride away from Nadi on the "mainland", in a group of...
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Manuka Pool, Canberra
Manuka Swimming Pool in southern Canberra was built in 1930 to meet recreational needs of the new capital.There are a couple of hectares of parkland in which there's a cafe, a small playground and a...
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Darelle and Sally's Swimming Adventures Part 3: Parsley Bay, Sydney
Sublimely beautiful Parsley Bay (see below for info about the name) in Vaucluse, on the southern side of Sydney Harbour was the destination for today's adventure.Your intrepid reporters:It's billed as...
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WimSwim: Women Only Swimming
Thebarton Aquatic Centre (Adelaide) all-female swimming program co-ordinator Arnesa Kaumivic with her daughter Aida, 4. Recently when I was at the pool doing my laps, I noticed a leaflet advertising...
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Darelle and Sally's Swimming Adventures Part 4: Murray Rose Pool (formerly...
The enclosure, formerly known as Redleaf Pool, in Sydney Harbour is part of Seven Shillings Beach. It was built in 1941. I've written earlier about the beach and pool - click here. Do have a look - the...
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Darelle and Sally's Swimming Adventures Part 5: Little Bay
After a bit of rain to start, Australia Day became sunny and humid, so time to head off for our next swimming adventure: Little Bay beach. I've blogged quite a number of times before from here. See...
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Darelle and Sally's Swimming Adventures Part 6: Nielsen Park
Today's swimming adventure destination was Nielsen Park - another fabulous harbour beach in the eastern suburb of Vaucluse (between Parsley Bay, our second destination, and Redleaf Pool, with a view...
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