Summer is here and that means swimming, swimming, swimming. Of course, I was swimming throughout winter – what Hard Core Pool Conquering Tragic wouldn’t be? – but now all the hibernating pools are open again. And the ocean’s well and truly warming up. (And if you think I should be swimming in the ocean all…
Driving from Sydney to Queensland brought a whole slew of unconquered pools into my sights. I didn’t waste the opportunity. #371 – Yamba Ocean Pool, NSW The sea was wild the day I headed – with the kids – to Yamba. But the city beach is about as well-sheltered as a beach can be with…
#366 – Murray Rose Pool, NSW This is really touch and go as to whether it counts as a pool (according to my own very tight guidelines). But I reckoned the two fixed floating platforms provided enough of a hard surface from which to do laps, and the location is stunning, so off I went. Nestled…
In late December, 2014, we flew out of New York to return to Australia. We had a month’s holiday in Europe and I made sure to conquer a pool in each country we visited. Anything else would just be disrespectful to The Quest. #358 – Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm A beautiful facility with two indoor 50m pools, plus…