Table of Contents
Suburban pools
TRENT DALTON: Sprinting to the Sandgate swimming
pool 3
YUSRA METWALLY: Becoming an Auburn water baby 13
BRYAN BROWN: Bumping into life at Bankstown Baths 21
TESS LEA: Daydreaming underwater at the Parap Pool 26
Bay pools
MICK THOMAS: Everyone was welcome in Geelong 41
TONY DOHERTY: Captured in cool green wonder 47
JOHN MCSWEENEY: Showing off at Brighton Baths 54
THERESE SPRUHAN: Embracing the glorious king tide 61
Sea pools
LIZZIE BUCKMASTER DOVE: Falling in love with the
Blue Pool 77
ASHLEY HAY: Reflections on the water at Austinmer 81
RICHARD CHMIELEWSKI: Diving for catches in Adelaide 86
LINDA KENNEDY: Living it up at the Hollywood Pool 94
Building pools
DAVID BARTLETT: Endless games in the backyard 105
KIM METTAM: Plunging into beauty in Perth 112
LILY SISA: Dreaming big in Lightning Ridge 122
MERV KNOWLES: A bonzer brother at Manuka 133
Historic pools
ELLEN CONNOR: The campaign to save Fitzroy Pool 143
DIANE VUKELIC: Toasting a Swan River icon 152
JO-ANNE LARTER: A water-lover in Launceston 160
DIANE FINGLETON: Escaping to the Spring Hill Baths 166
Champions of the pool
PRIYA COOPER: From Kalamunda to the Paralympics 175
SHANE GOULD: Learning about life at Pymble 182
DANIEL KOWALSKI: From little pools big champions
grow 188
LAURIE LAWRENCE: Smashing records in Townsville 195
Country pools
LEAH PURCELL: Dancing in the water at Murgon 205
JAN CORNALL: Wrestling with boys in Rochester 211
LEE FONTANINI: Growing up at Fonty’s Pool 218
MERRICK WATTS: Disneyland in Broken Hill 225