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Ghost ocean pools

February 4, 2017 by

Ghost pools  are ocean pools that have been abandoned or are no longer in use. Some ghost pools are well memorialised and treated as heritage places, others are not. While a few ghost pools are rebirthed and returned to use, those listed below have remained as ghosts.

Australia – Queensland

  • Snapper Rocks Sea Baths (ghost of the original Jack Evans Pet Porpoise Pool)

Australia – New South Wales

  • Clifton Baths
  • Fisherman’s Beach Rock Pool, Port Kembla
  • Horseshoe Bay Pool, Bermagui
  • Men’s Baths at Boatharbour, Gerringong
  • Old Thirroul Baths – McAuleys Rocks
  • Scarborough Baths
  • Umina Beach (ghost pool?)
  • Wollongong – Ladies Baths
  • Wollongong – Nuns Pool
  • Wollongong – Toddlers Pool

Australia – Western Australia

  • Anastasia’s Pool, Gantheaume Point, Broome
  • Bunbury Back Beach pool

South Africa – Western Cape

  • Old Sea Point Baths, Cape Town

South Africa – Eastern Cape

  •  Insolvent’s Hole, East London
  • Quanza pools, East London

USA – Hawaii

  • Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium, Honolulu

 

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