WHEN I get older, I want to be a granny mermaid like Barbara Boreland. The retiree is a daily swimmer at Wollongong Continental Pool, who no matter the weather will do laps with her bestie Maureen Schumacher. If you see one of the two ladies at the
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MY yogi sister Nathalie Dipold is a striking-looking woman – legs for days, big blue eyes and breasts like clusters of grapes. It’s hard to believe someone with such natural beauty ever had self-esteem issues. Natty, as she is lovingly known at our shared workplace The Yoga
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My greatest fear is getting eaten by a shark. So it seems obvious what I need to do… get swim fit and start open water swimming. It took me two months to prepare myself and pluck up the courage to do it, and it’s a challenge I
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ROLF Lokker learned to swim in Wollongong Continental Pool when he was one. Fifty-six years on and he’s still swimming here every day. If you live in Wollongong you should know how to swim, he says. “I have a 14-year-old daughter and I don’t have to worry
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WHAT would you say to your favourite singer if you met them face to face while at work? Lifeguard and part-time musician Brendon Miles mistook his hero for a derro disobeying pool etiquette, and is kicking himself to this day. In Aussie slang, a derro refers to
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EVA WHITE has Lady Gaga disease. Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness which can cause pain throughout the body. In her recent documentary “Gaga: Five Foot Two”, the American singer and actress described living with chronic pain. For Eva, a long-term Wollongong Continental Pool lap swimmer of 26
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Kia ora, my name is Dawn Tratt. I started swimming at Wollongong Continental Pool at the end of April 2019. Swimming became my replacement sport, after I quit my skydiving job as an outside camera flier at Skydive Australia Wollongong. Today I crave grounding and the element
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