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2019 – Year in Review

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

2016 – The Year in Review (albeit quite late)

2015 – The Year in Review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

USA pools – #306 – #315

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)

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

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

Wollongong – pools #286 and 287

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

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

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,…