(Image taken 20 June 2007. Author’s own collection.)

Malabar Pool is in Long Bay, below the Randwick Golf Club. The current pool is smaller than the pool shown on this site in early twentieth-century postcards.

Location
Bay Parade, Malabar, NSW, 2036, Australia
(Latitude South 33 degrees 58 minutes 07 seconds, Longitude East 151 degrees 15 minutes 17 seconds)

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(Image taken on 8 November 2002. Author’s own collection.)

Large (35-metre by 45-metre) baths just south of McIvers Baths. Located on the rock platform below the Grant Reserve.Entry charges apply. Near the entry stands a statue of swimmer Mina Wylie, who won a silver medal in swimming at the 1912 Olympic Games. The huge timber deck at Wylies offers great views to the north and provides shade below.  As noted in Eileen Slarke’s book A Century of Wylie’s Baths, these baths and their distinct buildings and deck and diverse set of patrons have attracted many photographers and artists.

Location

Neptune Street, Coogee, NSW, 2034, Australia
(Latitude South 33 degrees 55 minutes 33 seconds, Longitude East 151 degrees 15 minutes 34 seconds)

See also

Coogee Diggers Swimming Club

Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club

South Maroubra Dolphins Winter Swimming Club – Facebook page

South Maroubra Dolphins – website

Wylies Baths

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