
Umina Beach (ghost pool)
South Umina Tidal swimming pool was beautiful with the rock face above it but mostly destroyed in storms 1974.

South Umina Tidal swimming pool was beautiful with the rock face above it but mostly destroyed in storms 1974.

An updated version of the 1920s continental pool. This pool embodies the changing face of swimming as a skill, a sport and a recreation. This is the most recent of the set of adult-size ocean baths between North Wollongong and South Wollongong surf beaches.

The double pool near the surf club attracts many regular swimmers who ignore the earlier pool a little to the south. Photographers have created memorable images of this pool, which appeared on early twentieth century postcards and still appears on postcards and greeting cards.

Ocean pool on a wide rock platform with a spectator stand built against the hill. Accessed from the Boatharbour carpark by a path through the reserve which has picnic tables and toilet block

A man-made pool located within the Royal National Park. Created by a shack community for children’s swimming and to store live fish and keep other food and drinks cool, this pool is now considered a heritage site of interest to park visitors. It’s quite a steep walk down here from the nearest road.

Natural pool on a rock shelf. Mentioned in some tourist information about the Kiama district. Access involves a scramble over the rocks north of Werri Beach.

Pool with starting blocks sited on a wide rock platform. Built during World War I.

The Children’s Pool cut out of the rock shelf is the middle of the three ocean baths between North Cronulla Beach and South Cronulla Beach and linked to Cronulla’s other ocean pools by The Esplanade, a popular walking track. Close to a railway station. (Cronulla Rock Pool, Cronulla Wading Pool)

Northernmost of the three ocean baths on the rock platform between North Cronulla Beach and South Cronulla Beach and linked to Cronulla’s other ocean pools by The Esplanade, a popular walking track. Closer to a railway station than any other ocean baths in Sydney. No pumps are needed at these baths or at any of Cronulla’s other ocean baths. (North Cronulla Rock Pool, Cronulla Ocean Pool, Cronulla Beach Pool, Cronulla McDonald Street Pool)

This is the main Cronulla pool, an Olympic-size 8-lane pool. No pumps are needed at this pool or at any of Cronulla’s other ocean pools. A short walk from the railway station. (South Cronulla Rock Pool, Cronulla Main Pool, Cronulla Rock Pool)

Children’s bathing pool at the foot of the steep cliff of Austinmer’s Brickyard Point, easily accessed from neighbouring beaches. Largely covered by sand back in 2003. (Austinmer Children’s Baths)

A ring-of-rocks pool constructed with beach rocks on the south tip of Little Bay in the grounds of what was the Prince Henry Hospital, ANZAC Parade, Little Bay. (Little Bay Rock Pool or Little Bay Baths)