Swimming

Sunday, 24 September 2006

Malvern Baths / Harold Holt Swimming Centre 2

October 2006

The 'modern brutalist' concrete building is heritage listed.

Indoor 25 m pool and kids' pool

Hydrotherapy pool

The diving pool is currently closed because the spiral ladder does not meet safety requirements

Hours: Mon-Thur:5.45am-8.45pm; Fri:5.45am-7.45pm; Sat: 6am-6.45pm; Sun: 7am-6.45pm; closed Christmas Day and Good Friday.

General Entry:
Adult General Entry: $4.60
Adult Concession General Entry: $3.80
Child General Entry: $3.60
Student General Entry: $3.80
Family General Entry: $13.00
Swim/Spa/Sauna: $8.00
Swim/Spa/Sauna Concession: $7.00
Non Swimming Supervisor/Spectator: $1.80

Saturday, 23 September 2006

Medina Executive

22 -23 September 2006

I stayed here recently while organising a conference in downtown Sydney, and really enjoyed being able to unwind in the pool afterwards, and have an invigorating early morning swim. The worst part is that being a 'recreational' rather than real lap pool, conditions get pretty choppy in that tub and you can make yourself a bit 'seasick' when swimming up and down.

Really pretty setting right near Central Station, with all the traffic of Broadway/George St metres away.

Category: private. Hotel guests only. 7am- 9pm.

Wylie's Baths, Coogee

In the early 1900s, swimming pools were built hewn from rock platforms and below many of the rocky headlands of Sydney beaches around Sydney (and beaches to the north and south of Sydney). They remain popular today, many hosting winter swimming clubs.

Wylie's Baths at Coogee date from 1907 and were restored in 1994-95 (the website linked here has some interesting info and images)

Category: Public
Link for information: Swimmers Guide