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Aslings Beach Rock Pool, NSW, Australia

All into Ocean Pools · 21 February 2015

Aslings Beach Rock Pool, NSW, Australia

Sited at the southern end of Aslings Beach at the foot of the headland with a north-easterly aspect, this man-made pool is cut into the beautiful red sandstone and filled by the tides.

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Historical notes The Yuin people were the first people to live around Twofold Bay.

1828
 European settlement began when mainland Australia’s first shore-based whaling station was established at Twofold Bay.

1904
 The Eden Progress Society debated the need for a swimming pool at the chosen site of Ross Bay. Huge sharks in Twofold Bay alarmed swimmers and fishermen.

1960s and 1970s
 Pupils at St Joseph’s Catholic primary school were swimming ‘at the old rock pool’ in Eden.

1980s
 Pupils at St Joseph’s Catholic primary school had swimming lessons in ‘the old rock pool’ in Eden.

2002
 The pool was handy for guests at the tourist park located on Aslings Beach.

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Historical data and text adapted from All into Ocean Pools Inc (originally published at allintooceanpoolsinc.org, including research contributed by Marie-Louise McDermott), retrieved via the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Used under Creative Commons Attribution guidelines.

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