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Friday morning at picturesque Petersham Pool

Friday morning at picturesque Petersham Pool

Apr 21 2017

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Big 90th birthday wishes to Canberra’s historic

Big 90th birthday wishes to Canberra’s historic Manuka Pool. Also remembering Merv Knowles, who was at the official opening on 26 January 1931 aged eight and continued to swim there for most of his 98 years.

To quote Merv in The Memory Pool:

‘Everybody who lived in Canberra in the 1930s, 40s and 50s went to the pool ... as it was the only place to swim until the Canberra Olympic Pool opened in 1955. I was there morning, noon and night during the season with all the water polo team and all my mad friends. It was home to me and I still love it today, nearly 90 years on from the opening day.’

@manukapool

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Swimmer, swimmer in the sea at busy Bondi! . . .

Swimmer, swimmer in the sea at busy Bondi!

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#gadigalcountry #gadigalland #bondibeach #bondi #northbondi #wallyweekespool #oceanpool #seapool

Study in concrete and cream... . . #pooldesign #p

Study in concrete and cream...

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Surprise sweet treats in the Sydney sandstone. .

Surprise sweet treats in the Sydney sandstone.

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Lady of the lake... . . . #ladyofthelake #gilesba

Lady of the lake...

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#ladyofthelake #gilesbaths #eveningswim #coogee #coogeebeach #oceanpool #seapool #hotday #sydneyaustralia #sydneysummer #placesweswimsydney #johnwilliamwaterhouse

Pretty pool patterns. . . . #poolpatterns #pretty

Pretty pool patterns.

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Indoors swimming on a scorcher to save the Irish s

Indoors swimming on a scorcher to save the Irish skin!

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#ianthorpeaquaticcentre #indoorpool #saturdayswim #sydneysummer #swimmingpool #publicpool #cityofsydneypool #sydneyswimmingspots #lapswimming #harryseidlerdesign

Perhaps a former tidal pool in East Balmain? . .

Perhaps a former tidal pool in East Balmain?

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#eastbalmain #tomurentrail #sydneyharbour #sydneyharbourbridge #harbourbridge #tidalpool #harbourpool #poolspotting #beautifulview

Terrifying turnstiles, circa 1959, Liverpool Memor

Terrifying turnstiles, circa 1959, Liverpool Memorial Olympic Pool.

Posting a photo yesterday of school kids about to push through the turnstiles at the Michael Wenden Community Pool reminded me of how turnstiles were an important and sometimes scary part of the journey into the pool.

Interviewing Ellen Connor for The Memory Pool, she vividly recalled the turnstiles at Melbourne’s Fitzroy Baths:

‘I was about six or seven when I first went there and I always remember how those old turnstiles seemed massive in comparison to me, and I felt like they were going to beat me up.’

The turnstiles at Brisbane’s Sandgate Pool were also a strong memory for Trent Dalton:

‘We’d pile out of the car and run to this amazing place, the Sandgate swimming pool, which had these strange brown turnstiles with metal horizontal bars. You had to go through them one by one and that process of pushing through those turnstiles was going from one world to another. It was like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz going from black and white into colour - into technicolor.’

*The turnstiles in the photo are on show at the @liverpoolregionalmuseum

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School swimming 1984, Michael Wenden Community Poo

School swimming 1984, Michael Wenden Community Pool, Miller.

Photos by Ray Hely featuring students from Busby West Primary School on show at the @liverpoolregionalmuseum exhibition, An Engineer’s Eye, Liverpool 1971-1993, thousands of photographs and kilometres of film.

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The summer of 1974. Anyone want to guess the nam

The summer of 1974.

Anyone want to guess the name of the pool? Here’s a hint or two: it’s in western Sydney and is named after an Australian Olympic swimmer.

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True colours are shining through in Liverpool at t

True colours are shining through in Liverpool at the water playground in Bigge Park and the magnificent mural by @claire_foxton

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#waterpark #waterplayground #biggestreetwaterpark #biggepark #liverpool #clairefoxton #liverpoolsydney #waterfun

Wonderful water world in the west! . . . #waterp

Wonderful water world in the west!

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#waterplay #waterplayground #waterplaypark #wonderfulwater #biggepark #biggeparkliverpool #biggeparkwaterplay #liverpoolsydney #westernsydney #waterfun #waterplay

Middle child lane! . . . #dailyswim #lapswimming

Middle child lane!

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One, two, three. . . . #austinmer #austinmerbeach

One, two, three.

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Double trouble: Austinmer’s twin ocean pools. .

Double trouble: Austinmer’s twin ocean pools.

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Awesome Austinmer! . . . #austinmer #austinmerbea

Awesome Austinmer!

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Afternoon delight! . . #thirroulpool #thirroul #i

Afternoon delight!

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#thirroulpool #thirroul #illawarra #illawarracoast #saltwaterpool #saltwater
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Mellow yellow at McIver’s. . . . #mcivers #mciv

Mellow yellow at McIver’s.

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Coogee colour scheme... #mcivers #mciversbaths #m

Coogee colour scheme...

#mcivers #mciversbaths #mciversladiesbaths #coogeewomensbaths #oceanpool #oceanpools #oceanpoolsofsydney #poolcolour #colourscheme #pool #swimmingpool #saltwater #sydneysandstone #placesweswim #coogee

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