Friday morning at picturesque Petersham Pool
Saluting John Clarke, sadly no longer telling jokes and swimming laps
Thanks Megan! I will see if I can find it online - sounds classic! Since writing the post on John…
When I heard the sad news that comedian John Clarke had died, and read how he loved to be in nature, to bushwalk and photograph birds, I remembered he was a swimmer too. He’d been part of the Save Fitzroy Pool campaign back in 1994 and when I dug around in a file I found[…]
Read MoreTiles, curves and schoolgirls and the last days of Parramatta Pool
Thank you! Yes, it was a sad day when the pool, a 'beautiful heritage icon and war memorial' as you…
Since I visited Parramatta War Memorial Pool last week and it closed forever on 31 March, I have been thinking about what was unique and special about this almost 58-year-old place. First of all it was the tiles – beautiful, late 1950s, diamond-shaped ceramic tiles in the original wading pool. Small spearmint and purple-grey squares in[…]
Read MoreSunshine on my shoulder at the North Curly Rock Pool
The sign on North Curl Curl Beach yesterday said it all: ‘Best day in weeks. Enjoy.” Finally the endless rain had stopped in Sydney, the sun was out and I was walking across the yellow sand towards the North Curl Curl Rock Pool. The only problem was that I hadn’t left myself much time as[…]
Read MoreLast drinks for Parramatta War Memorial Pool
When I read Felicity Castagna’s book, The Incredible Here and Now, about two years ago I was inspired to visit Parramatta War Memorial Swimming Pool. In her young adult novel, she created vivid scenes of local boys, Michael and Shadi at the pool on those ‘too-hot Saturday mornings towards the end of summer’; finding a[…]
Read MoreSwimming and snorkelling in the Mollymook bogey hole
“I think this is it,” I say to my sister-in-law Kay when we reach an expanse of shallow water and ochre rocks around a headland just south of Mollymook Beach. “Is this the bogey hole?” I ask a woman in an Australian flag bikini. “To tell you the truth, I have no idea,” she says.[…]
Read MoreMcIver’s in the media
Just before Christmas a journalist from an online publication, Vice Australia, contacted me about a story she was doing on McIver’s Ladies Baths at Coogee. She wanted to speak to regulars about the ocean pool and get some comments on what sets it apart from other baths in Sydney. As I said to Neha Kale, I[…]
Read MoreAustralia Day swim at wonderful Wylie’s Baths
The tide was high and the swell was up when we arrived at Wylie’s Baths this morning. It looked a bit like a washing machine and my niece Rosie and I weren’t sure about going in. But the lifeguard said it’s okay, just don’t go too close to the north end as a big wave[…]
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Petersham Pool, Fanny Durack Aquatic Centre - NSW 2049
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