Pools get thumbs up

By DAVID HALLFeb. 19, 2013, midnight

MELBOURNE swimming trio the Salty Seabathers took to the Illawarra and South Coast's ocean pools last week - and are convinced the area has the best ocean baths in Australia.

Ann Paul, Narelle Crux and Lucy Healey, from Victoria, form a group known as the Salty Seabathers. They were at Beverley Whitfield Pool at Shellharbour Village last Thursday. Picture: DYLAN ROBINSON

MELBOURNE swimming trio the Salty Seabathers took to the Illawarra and South Coast's ocean pools last week - and are convinced the area has the best ocean baths in Australia.

Group spokesperson and former Port Kembla woman Narelle Crux said the group's week-long odyssey highlighted things that locals probably don't realise.

"Ocean pools are such an important part of the community and landscape," Mrs Crux said.

"In fact, I think a lot of people who live on the coast don't appreciate just how lucky they are to have such a beautiful facility, often in walking distance from their homes."

She organised the salty adventure as a bit of fun and was joined by two good friends from Victoria, as well as a number of Wollongong swimmers.

They dove into two pools a day, aiming to swim at least a kilometre in each.

The group, who are on holiday in the Illawarra, are visiting every ocean bath from the northern Illawarra to Kiama and never thought they would generate such publicity.

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