Ocean swimming... and ocean pools

Ocean pools are a delight. I love swimming in them, and they are also quite often simply beautiful places to be. Dr. Marie-Louise McDermott has written a PhD on ocean pools (Wet, wild and convivial: past, present and future contributions of Australia’s ocean pools to surf, beach, pool and body cultures and recreational coasts (ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/517) ) and runs a fantastic website dedicated to ocean pools, All into ocean pools inc. (allintooceanpoolsinc.org)

I had a wonderful chat with Marie-Louise about her love of ocean pools, why Australia (and Sydney in particular (abc.net.au/news/2018-06-07/sydneys-ocean-pools-who-built-them/9808500) ) has such a rich tradition of them, and their influence on Australian life.

Songs in this episode - all licensed under a Creative Commons License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) :

• Ocean - THBD (soundcloud.com/thbdsultan/ocean)

• Ocean - Frederick (soundcloud.com/btmkr3000/ocean)

• Ocean - Santamaria (soundcloud.com/enricosantamaria/ocean)

• Pool - Veronica Judin (soundcloud.com/simpfan/pool)

• Pool - Hirnlego (soundcloud.com/hirnlego/pool)

• Sapphire - Tobu (soundcloud.com/7obu)

Image: Mona Vale Beach By Gab Scanu (foundspacenz.tumblr.com/post/168279080584/souhailbog-mona-vale-beach-by-gab-scanu)