About the swimming holes guide book The best-selling Wild Swimming series travels to Australia to explore the legendary swimming holes around Sydney, revealing secret pools, lagoons and oases. • Sydney is surrounded by some of Australia’s most beautiful national parks and wilderness areas, and one of the world’s most spectacular coastlines • Details of over 250 amazing places to swim, all within a 3 hour drive of the city, ideally suited to day trips and weekends away for Sydney residents and the 60 million annual tourists • Every rock pool and tidal bath, from Jervis Bay to Newcastle. Wollemi, Kanangra-Boyd and Morton National Parks covered • Includes information on available facilities, length and grade of walk, ascent/descent involved, closest public transport, as well as detailed directions and co-ordinates • Includes the history of wild swimming in Sydney, social and environmental etiquette, wild swimming with children and wild swimming safety • Perfect for the armchair traveller, the serious adventurer as well as families looking for days out The book covers the following swimming hole regions… City & Harbour Sydney North Sydney East Sydney South Illawarra & Southcoast Southern Highlands Sydney West Greater Blue Mountains Central Coast & Newcastle Areas covered include: 1 City & Harbour With the sparkling emerald waters of Port Jackson cutting through its centre, Sydney really is The Harbour City! 2 Sydney North North of Sydney Harbour, you can have the best of both worlds – swim in the serene waters of Middle and North Harbours, Pittwater and Broken Bay, or take a dip in rock pools fronting the unbridled Pacific. 3 Sydney East Right on the doorstep of the city, 30km of coastline with tantalising aqua water and a string of fantastic beaches and rock pools awaits! 4 Sydney South Bay, beach and bush – there’s something for everyone, including the most secluded swims within Sydney’s city limits! 5 lllawarra This area has a magic of its own – locked between sea and escarpment, its scenery is striking and unforgettable. 6 South Coast The beaches here lay claim to having the whitest sand in the world, and set against the area’s impossibly clear water they certainly dazzle! 7 Southern Highlands The cultivated charm of the quaint townships, rolling farmland and vineyards for which this area is known gives way to bush of dramatic and rugged beauty, which abounds with memorable places to swim. 8 Sydney West While not large in number, the swimming spots that do exist here are big in size! 9 Greater Blue Mountains South Named for the characteristic blue haze that shrouds them, the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains are as vast as they are beautiful. 10 Greater Blue Mountains North This is the region for the truly adventurous – for those that are compelled to explore around the next bend in the river, and the next… 11 Central Coast & Newcastle Change down a few gears and explore this sprawling coastline and the region’s sheltered inland waters. Here it’s easy to take it easy! About the authors Sally Tertini spent much of her childhood exploring the bay that was her backyard in suburban Sydney, Australia. Steve Pollard grew up on a farm amongst the rolling hills of Dartmoor, UK. When they met in Sydney every spare moment was spent discovering wonderful new places to swim . After five of research they have produced this beautiful guide book.
