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  • Gene Simmons’ birthday – a bloody tale, 40 years in the making.
  • Origin Story
  • Singapore Sensation – the jaw-dropping Marina Bay Sands
  • Welcome to the epic quest to swim 1000 metres in 1000 pools
    • 5 reasons swimming is awesome
    • FAQs
    • Ocean swim #1 – trust me, it ain’t nothing like the pool
    • Pools and wildlife
    • Progress v Target
      • The History of the Quest
    • The Maps
    • The Not Top 5 pools
    • Top 5 unconquered pools
    • USA – State by State
    • What exactly is – and is not – a pool?
    • Olympic Venues
    • The Swimming – pool by magnificent pool
    • My Top 5 pools (so far)

October 2012

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Wollongong – pools #286 and 287

Swimming blogBy adminOctober 31, 2012Leave a comment

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,…

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,…

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