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Ballina Ocean Pool (pool campaign)

April 1, 2017 by

Ballina, NSW, Australia

The campaign for the creation of an ocean pool at Ballina’s Shelly Beach on Australia’s east coast began some years back.

2014

Since 2014, the Ballina Ocean Pool Committee (https://www.facebook.com/BallinaOceanPool/ ) has been working to address the environmental and planning matters associated with the construction of the proposed ocean pool. Surveyors, marine biologists, marine engineers and experts from Southern Cross University have been involved with this project.

2015
Ballina Ocean Pool Committee incorporated.

2016

In August 2016, Ballina Council withdrew the funding it had allocated towards the cost of preparing reports on the engineering and coastal processes relevant to the creation of an ocean pool at Ballina. Representatives of Ballina Shire have since sought funding for these reports from the New South Wales state government.

2017
A GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign https://www.gofundme.com/ballina-ocean-pool was launched in February to raise the $50, 000 needed to complete engineering and design reports needed to take this project to the next stage.

Ocean pools on Facebook

March 25, 2016 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

All into Ocean Pools Inc has its own Facebook page and has been delighted to like other Facebook pages linked to ocean pools including:

Campaigns to develop new ocean pools in Australia:

Ballina Ocean Pool campaigning for development of an ocean pools at Ballina in New South Wales
Lewis Flood Ocean Pool for Quinns Beach campaigning for development of an ocean pool at Quinns Beach, one of the northern beaches of Perth, Western Australia
Ocean Pools for Perth campaigning for development of more ocean pools for Perth, Western Australia

Organisations and events and fanpages linked to in-use Australian ocean pools:

Great Ocean Pool Crawl, an event that makes use of several ocean pools in New South Wales
Freshwater Ocean Pool to the Freshwater ocean pool on Sydney’s North Beaches in New South Wales
North Narrabeen Ocean Pools on Sydney’s North Beaches in New South Wales
Ocean Pools NSW celebrating ocean pools in New South Wales
Greens Pool, Denmark celebrating a pool located not far from the town of Denmark but sited wholly within the William Bay National Park in Western Australia

Port Macquarie (phantom pool), NSW, Australia

December 21, 2015 by

Port Macquarie does not yet have an ocean pool. Despite many decades of discussion about construction of an ocean pool, the pool remains a phantom.

2016
The Port Macquarie-Hastings Council is paying close attention to developments regarding the
proposed ocean pool at Ballina.

The survey run by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council to help it develop a Disability Inclusion Action Plan prompted Kathryn Butler to send a letter to a local newspaper explaining how an ocean pool could benefit people with disabilities. Her letter expanded on one facet of the 15-point list of benefits of an ocean pool posted on the Ocean Pool for Port Macquarie’s Facebook page early in November 2016.

To highlight the appeal of ocean pools, Ocean Pool for Port Macquarie has been posting images of existing ocean pools on its Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/pmqtidalpool.com.au/) .

Forster Ocean Baths  (The Bullring, Haden’s Pool)

November 15, 2015 by

(Image from author’s own collection.)

The Forster Ocean Baths are set in a charming park at the southern end of Forster Beach at the base of Second Head. There is direct access to this ocean pool from the beach.

The Forster Ocean Baths is a rare case of a pay-to-use pool created with unemployment relief funds and the only ocean pool on the New South Wales coast operated in tandem with a ‘dance casino’ (local use of the term ‘casino’ did not imply a facility for gambling).

Location
North Street, Forster, NSW, 2428, Australia
(Latitude South 32 degrees 10 minutes 16 seconds, Longitude East 152 degrees 30 minutes 52 seconds)

Historical notes
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Black Head Rock Pool

November 15, 2015 by

(Image taken in September 2003. Author’s own collection.)

A main pool plus a children’s pool at the southern end of Black Head Beach near the Black Head Surf Life Saving Club and Black Head village, one of the four settlements that make up Hallidays Point. While entry to this combination children’s pool and training pool is pool is free, but the Black Head Pool Maintenance Committee accepts donations. This ocean pool developed during World War II to meet the needs of life savers, holiday makers and weekend beachgoers is associated with both men’s and women’s surf clubs.

Location
Hallidays Point Road, Hallidays Point, NSW, 2430, Australia
(Latitude South 30 degrees 4 minutes 14 seconds, Longitude East 153 degrees 32 minutes 45 seconds)

Historical Notes
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Ballina Ocean Pool (pool campaign)

Ocean pools on Facebook

Port Macquarie (phantom pool), NSW, Australia

Forster Ocean Baths  (The Bullring, Haden’s Pool)

Black Head Rock Pool

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