Dear Aquatically-motived friends, I’m sure that in a couple of months from now, holed up in a Manhattan shoebox in a winter the likes of which I can barely imagine, I’ll remember today. It was glorious. Perfect weather, both pools 50m long (they look pretty much identical in the photos below), and full of brisk,…
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,…
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,…