A pool provides children and adults alike a place where they can come to play, exercise and unwind. The water’s soothing surface provides a sense of freedom that no other activity can match; many who enjoy swimming in Sydney pools agree there’s something almost magical about water that draws them in, whether that means thinking back to when they were still inside their mother’s womb, or simply being around like-minded people at local pools.
Sydney boasts world-class aquatic centres located in picturesque locations that provide world-class facilities to promote your health and wellbeing, such as 50-metre pools, recreational activities and fitness classes, disability access and elderly access. These aquatic centers cater for everyone including disabled individuals as well as senior citizens.
Water Park also includes a 295-foot long slide, which is part of Australia’s largest water park in Melbourne’s centre. This giant slide can hold up to 150 people at one time. Children accompanied by parents or adults can use this free of charge slide from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm weekdays and until 7:00pm weekends and public holidays.
Staffing issues force this facility to close at least once each season. Staff includes a water park manager, assistant manager and lifeguards that must be certified; SwimSafe Pool Management helps recruit lifeguards; however, previously it had difficulty finding qualified applicants for these positions.
A pool represents an enormous investment for any community and its creation can often become the source of major political contention and debate. North Sydney Olympic Pool’s construction was no different; cost overruns, allegations of pork-barrelling and heritage concerns surrounded its completion despite initial claims to being “the world’s most beautiful pool”.
Construction began on this $28m project in March 2021 but due to factors including Covid pandemic, La Nina weather pattern changes, asbestos removal process and review by PricewaterhouseCoopers the budget had ballooned into $86 million with opening date being postponed to late 2024 or early 2025.
The city also maintains a code to govern the installation and location of private pools. According to this code, no private swimming pool may be constructed within two feet of any front lot line, sidewalk or driveway, 20 feet from any side yard residence or other permanent building or in any corner lot location and must not be used as a garbage dumping ground. Furthermore, only materials which are durable and waterproof may be used during construction and inlets must be easily accessible for draining, cleaning and disinfection processes; additionally it’s imperative that both its bottom and sides be made from material other than sand.