FREE ENTRY THIS SATURDAY

Blackheath Pool celebrates the start of the 2013/14 swimming season with FREE ENTRY for Opening Day
10:00am - 2:00pm Saturday 30th November

With the HOT DAY predicted today (Thursday) the water will get nice & warm, and will retain its warmth until Saturday, but yes, weather not looking so promising for Opening Day. But it's free entry from 10AM so pop down & check it out. 

Regular hours: 9:30AM to 6:30PM every day (except Xmas Day)

http://www.bmleisurecentres.com.au/centres-/blackheath-pool

POOL PARK ACTION DAY

your RSVP appreciated for planning purposes to either: ParkCareTeam@gmail.com OR Facebook http://ow.ly/qlsVo

Sunday 17th November 9 to Noon
meet at DuckPond BBQ area
BYO gardening tools & drinks for lunch
wear your gardening gear
followed by FREE LUNCH!!

we go ahead rain, hail, flood, fire or tsunami ;)

-a Blackheath Community Alliance event-
Supporting the ParkCare Team: volunteers caring for Blackheath Memorial Park. 

Alliance members include: Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre (BANC); Blackheath Chamber of Commerce & Community; Blackheath Community Centre Committee; Blackheath Croquet Club; Blackheath & District Horticultural Society; Blackheath Highway Action Group (BAG); Blackheath Public School Council; Blackheath & Mt Victoria Rural Fire Service; Blackheath Quota; Blackheath Scouts; Blackheath RSL; Blackheath Streetscape Group; Blue Mountains Rhododendron Society; Friends of Blackheath Pool & Memorial Park; Medlow Bath Residents Association; Phoenix Choir; Popes Glen Bushcare Group; Rhododendron Festival Committee; Rotary Blackheath; Rotary Upper Blue Mountains Sunrise.

Memorial Park HERITAGE SIGNIFICANCE

Blackheath Memorial Park listing on Australian Heritage Council database http://www.ahc.gov.au/cgi-bin/register/site.pl?102234 

Blackheath Memorial Park listing on NSW Office of Environment & Heritage register http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=1172041

CHALLENGE: MAKE IT 10,000 SUMMER VISITS

Here’s a challenge folks... we’re nigh on 10,000 individual visits to Blackheath Pool this summer – we need just another 300 visits across the final days of the season to reach the target!

C’mon everyone bring your friends, bring your family... the weather’s ideal - enjoy Easter at the Pool & we can reach the target :)
Pool’s open until 6PM Sunday 07 April.

Swim Now!

aerial view "swimming basin" c.1926

aerial view of Memorial Park & "swimming basin", 1926. Looking north-east from 'Frog Hollow' - C. A. Wadson collection

[scanned 2010 from original 1970s Rotary Blackheath history book, held in collection of Blackheath branch library]

Swimming pools - Shoalhaven City Council

If you're down the South Coast over the holidays you might like to checkout 
Swimming pools - Shoalhaven City Council