It’s been hard to search for stories or even a history of Botany Aquatic Centre, partly because the search terms in Google or even my trusty source Trove from the Australian National Library throw up too many options given that the individual words are used in other contexts.
I’m hoping Graeme, who regularly comments on this and other swim blogs, a.
Botany pool use to be good , but has drifted away the last few years.
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I was pleasantly surprised when I visited Botany Aquatic Centre the outdoor 50 metre pool is heated to 25 degrees Celsius.
Very clean and the staff are extremely friendly.
Around the pool there are lovely grassed areas to relax with umbrellas also.
Great for a family swim and picnic.
Nothing remarkable about getting into the water at Botany Olympic Pool.
Ample changing rooms set in enormous grounds.
Slides in a separate part of Botany Aquatic Centre.
And a toddler paddling pool too, though not open for my visit in the Easter holidays in April.
Pool closed from last week of April till spring.
Getting there, getting in, getting changed
Now that Botany has merged with Rockdale to become Bayside, whose other pool is the recently rebuilt Bexley, it’s probably a whole new ball game.
One suspects that at the least, Botany’s bargain basement $3.50 Seniors Card rate (Bexley’s is $6.00) won’t last.
