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 myself. Possibly a little too warm at 31 degrees, and the outside pool quite swimable at 23.5, but the wind-chill factor meant discomfort, and I'm not that much into discomfort!

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 Captain Cook Bridge, looking over Kogarah Bay.

I used to go to Sans Souci for school swimming in the 1970s. It must be about the same age as Bexley - is lined with the same tiles.

Here's something I noticed. Australia went metric from 1970, in stages. The measurements of length are metric. It is a 50m pool, and there are tiles down the side marking 25m and 33m (and even one just saying M ! ). But the depth tiles are in imperial measurements. 3ft 6ins and 5 ft being two.

A previous visit to Sans Souci is blogged here. 

Sans Souci Leisure Centre

When I was at school we used to come here for school sport. Of course it was a "pool" then, but now it's a "leisure centre" with indoor learning pool, weights room, cardio room and a cafe with an espresso machine (thank god!) thought I'd pay a revisit today on a gorgeous sunny day to do some laps.

The old entrance:



The old changing rooms and kiosk:

The new entrance is from the park: