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Results of the 2018 Sheridan Evans Award

October 4, 2018 by Marie-Louise McDermott

2018 Sheridan Evans Art Award logo

Today All into Ocean Pools Inc emailed the winners of our 2018 Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools. The AU$800 prize-money was divided evenly between 4 prize-money winners – 3 from Australia and one from Portugal. Our judges awarded AU$200 to:
– Newcastle Bogey Hole by Paul Hollins (we are waiting for permission to display this image of the Bogey Hole at Newcastle, Australia),
– Before the Sun by Brydie Piaf (an image of the Merewether Ocean Baths) in Newcastle, Australia,

Before the sun by Brydie Piaf
Before the sun by Brydie Piaf

– High tide by Rosie Steggles (an image of Sydney’s North Curl Curl Rockpool), and

High Tide at North Curlie by Rosie Steggles
High Tide at North Curlie by Rosie Steggles

– Golden Edge by Carlos Resende (an image of the pool at Azenhas do Mar in Portugal).

Golden Edge by Carlos Resende
Golden Edge by Carlos Resende

Our judges awarded Honourable Mentions to:
– Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles (another image of Sydney’s North Curl Curl Pool), and

Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles
Sunrise Swimmer by Rosie Steggles

– Pool by Carlos Resende (another image of the pool at Azenhas do Mar in Portugal).

Pool by Carlos Resende
Pool by Carlos Resende

Our judges awarded Special Commendations to Rosie Steggles and Graham Gall, who each submitted 5 fine images of ocean pools.

All into Ocean Pools Inc congratulates all our award winners and thanks all of the award entrants and our judges (Julianne Collingridge and Barbara Smith) for their participation in the 2018 Sheridan Evans Award for artwork relating to ocean pools.

Filed Under: 2. Newcastle region, 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, Art award, Photographers, Portugal's ocean pools Tagged With: art prize, awards, judging

Sydney Ocean Pools on ABC News

June 10, 2018 by Marie-Louise McDermott

The ABC’s audience-led project Curious Sydney was recently asked to find out:

  • Who built the ocean pools around Sydney?
  • Why are no new ocean pools being built in present day?

Sue Daniel, digital producer for ABC NSW News, contacted our Chairperson, Marie-Louise McDermott, for help in addressing those questions and invited her to be take part in an ABC Radio Sydney broadcast segment about Sydney’s ocean pools.

Here are the links to that ABC story:

  • http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-07/why-sydneys-unique-ocean-pools-are-the-envy-of/9845334
  • http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-07/sydneys-ocean-pools-who-built-them/9808500

See the feature article in the June 2018 issue of our monthly newsletter Ocean Pool News for more information about ‘Who built the ocean pools around Sydney?’

 

Filed Under: 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, 5. Sydney-Eastern Beaches, 6. Sydney-Cronulla Beaches

Announcing the joint winners for our 2016 art award!

July 1, 2016 by Marie-Louise McDermott Leave a Comment

The AU$1000 prizemoney for the All into Ocean Pools Inc  2015/2016 Sheridan Evans Award was shared equally by two artists:

  • $500 goes to Jennifer Baird for ‘Pools of Sydney’, an original hand-coloured  linocut print, that captures the joy of being in and around Sydney’s ocean pools on a hot, sunny summer day, and
  • $500 goes to Lizzie Buckmaster Dove for her images of sculptures from her  ‘Alchemy of Blue‘ project. Using concrete pieces of the Coledale ocean pool that she had found on her daily beach walks or extracted during the pool’s 2011 renovation, this artist created works that spoke of rock, tide, time, gravity and the lightness of being in water.

All into Ocean Pools Inc congratulates our winning artists and thanks:

  • our panel of volunteer judges (George Karpathakis, Julianne Collingridge and Barbara Smith) for donating their time and skills,
  • everyone who entered for our inaugural Sheridan Evans Award, and
  • Diverse Productions Pty Ltd, the Perth-based firm sponsoring the 2015/2016 Sheridan Evans Award.

Entrants for this inaugural Sheridan Evans Award had to submit original work produced in a digital format prior to 15 June 2016 and relating to one or more of the Australian ocean pools listed on the All into Ocean Pools Inc website. There were no entry charges and no limits on the number of entries that a person or group could submit.

All into Ocean Pools Inc hopes future Sheridan Evans Awards will attract an even wider range of entries including some that feature music and dance, some entries depicting ocean pools in wild and stormy moods as well as others depicting ocean pools as happy, sunny, romantic or mysterious places.

Entries for the 2017 Sheridan Evans Award can relate to any of the ocean pools listed on the All into Ocean Pools Inc website (Australasian ocean pools, South African ocean pools, American ocean pools, European ocean pools). Keep checking this website for further details.

Filed Under: 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, 5. Sydney-Eastern Beaches, 6. Sydney-Cronulla Beaches, 7. Illawarra, Australia's ocean pools, Awards, New South Wales Tagged With: artworks, awards, Jennifer Baird, Lizzie Buckmaster Dove

**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

Filed Under: 1. North Coast, 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, 7. Illawarra, Australia's ocean pools, Western Australia

Collaroy Rock Pool (South Collaroy Rock Pool), NSW

December 7, 2015 by

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(Image taken in October 2001. Author’s own collection.)

Sited at the southern end of Collaroy Beach. A classic ocean pool with chains. Pool complex of two interconnecting pools, namely a 50-metre pool and a smaller wading pool. Both irregularly shaped and sited to follow the curve of the nearby low-level rock face. Concrete promenade. This pool is a popular subject for photographers.

Location
Beach Road, Collaroy, NSW, 2097, Australia
(Latitude South 33 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds, Longitude East 151 degrees 18 minutes 16 seconds)

See also

Collaroy Swimming Club

Historical notes
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Filed Under: 4. Sydney-Northern Beaches, Australia's ocean pools, New South Wales, Useable ocean pools

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