7 Newcastle pools all within a short distance of each other. Soldiers baths were underwater, Newcastle Ocean bathes were found behind the Art Deco facade of the original building. Next to it is the Canoe Pool, a shallow pool originally called the Mariners Pool as it had a map of the world on its floor, but presumably renamed because children used to bring homemade canoes and paddle around the world.
The Bogey hole was being washed over by waves. Not a particularly safe place as can be seen by the warning sign.
Finally Merewether Baths has the remnants of a segregated pool for women only - the Ladies Baths and the current baths are actually two pools next to each other: the oldest on the outside and the new pool on the inside, built to fill in a space that often had water in it anyway. These baths were the clearest we’ve seen so far.
Then one pool on the Central Coast, a shallow pool at Norah Head with a sandy beach.
Soldiers Baths Newcastle 
Newcastle Baths
Newcastle Baths
Canoe Pool Newcastle 
Bogey Hole 
Bogey Hole Newcastle
Ladies Baths Merewether 
Merewether Baths, old and new
Norah Head Pool 
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