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2019 – Year in Review

Swimming blogBy adminFebruary 8, 2020Leave a comment

2017 Pool of the Year (Yes, I’m calling it early)

Swimming blogBy adminSeptember 20, 20172 Comments

2016 – The Year in Review (albeit quite late)

Swimming blogBy adminJuly 28, 2017Leave a comment

2015 – The Year in Review

Swimming blogBy adminJune 4, 20162 Comments

Australia #383 – #386 (Kiama Sth, Stockton, Maitland, Cessnock)

Swimming blogBy adminJanuary 9, 2016Leave a comment

Australia #376 – #382 (Newcastle Uni, Kiama Nth, Unanderra, Woongoolba Qld, Mantra Legends Qld etc.)

Swimming blogBy adminNovember 28, 20153 Comments

Australia #371 – #375 (Yamba NSW, Newmarket Qld, Noosa Pacific Qld, Coffs Harbour NSW, Black Head NSW)

Swimming blogBy adminApril 20, 2015Leave a comment

Australia #366 – #370 (Murray Rose NSW, Austinmer Sth NSW, Gungahlin ACT, Buladelah NSW, Macksville NSW)

Swimming blogBy adminMarch 20, 20151 Comment

Europe & Australia #358 – #365 (Stockholm, London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Istanbul, Gymea Baths NSW)

Swimming blogBy adminMarch 5, 2015Leave a comment

New York City pools #352 – #357 (Highbridge, Major Wagner, Baretto Park, Lyon’s, Equinox Club, Roosevelt Island)

Swimming blogBy adminNovember 28, 2014Leave a comment

USA pools #347 – #351 (South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)

Swimming blogBy adminAugust 28, 2014Leave a comment

USA pools #342 – #346 (Toronto, Detroit, Toledo, South Bend, Chicago)

Swimming blogBy adminJuly 28, 2014Leave a comment

USA pools #336 – $341 (Chevy Chase Maryland, Harlem NYC, Rhode Island, Arizona, Nevada, Dodge NYC)

Swimming blogBy adminJuly 4, 2014Leave a comment

New York, Pennsylvania & Virginia pools – #331- #335 (Greenpoint NYC, Rockaway NYC, Greenwich CT, North Philadelphia, Richmond Virginia)

Swimming blogBy adminMarch 30, 2014Leave a comment

2014 begins here: New York pools #327 – #330 (Chinatown, McBurney 14th St, Bronx, Vanderbilt)

Swimming blogBy adminFebruary 27, 2014Leave a comment

USA pools – #306 – #315

Swimming blogBy adminFebruary 23, 2014Leave a comment

And on and on it goes. The size of the lockers, the state of the change-rooms, the smiles (or lack of) on the dials of the lifeguards, the number of police officers – such are but a few of the variables one encounters on Pool Quest. And in a city like New York, one feels…

USA – pools #296-#305 (2013 in review Part 1)

Swimming blogBy adminFebruary 10, 20141 Comment

I’ve been busy – swimming not blogging – and that’s how it should be. Mind you, I should do better than this. 9 months between posts is a little slack particularly when I’m knocking over new pools like gnomes before a cannonball. (I can hear some of you now muttering, ‘You’re the most worstest pool-conquering-blogger…

USA!! – pools #291, #292, #293, #294 & #295

Swimming blogBy adminMay 2, 20131 Comment

Finally, the quest goes international big time! I’m playing catch-up here. These five pools cover my first 3 months stateside.   Riverside State Park – pool #291 Built on reclaimed land in the Hudson River, this is a large complex surrounded by sporting fields with a good view of the George Washington Bridge and New…

Crookwell, Greenwich and Woolwich – pools #288, #289 and #290

Swimming blogBy adminNovember 10, 2012Leave a comment

Wollongong – pools #286 and 287

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South Australia – pools #281, #282, #283, #284 and #285

Swimming blogBy adminOctober 2, 2012Leave a comment

Dear Little Fishies, Five pools in 6 days with a wedding thrown in the middle for good measure. Got to be happy with that. With this trip, Adelaide switches over to ‘glass half full’ meaning over half the pools are conquered. By my reckoning there are 18 in Adelaide that fit my criteria (see here,…

Bathurst & Orange – pools #279 and #280

Swimming blogBy adminJune 2, 2012Leave a comment

Dear All Season Swimmers, Winter in Bathurst. Not an obvious choice for a 4 day break when there’s no skiing, or ice-skating or any winter activities of note. But, no matter. The kids had a good time looking at the frost and buying shoes and staying warm. Oh, and swimming of course. For country towns,…

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