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  • 7/4/2025
Bondi Icebergs is the most photographed pool in the world. This is where generations of children have learnt to swim, wh | dG1fMVlXMjdXVFVHTUU
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00:00Music
00:11I can't remember when I wasn't coming down here.
00:15My dad brought me down here when I was about two or three years of age.
00:20I learned to swim in that pool.
00:23Music
00:37Summer, a lot of tourists.
00:40A lot of non-swimmers.
00:43I turned 90 in March.
00:46I've just completed 59 swimming seasons.
00:49Face to water, go!
00:53I call it my church.
00:55It's a passion for me.
00:58My higher power's out there, you know?
01:02These guys are social swimmers.
01:05Ex-Olympians, ex-Pump Games swimmers.
01:08I might be competitive with myself, but I'm not really competitive.
01:12There's two others.
01:15There is not another pool like this pool.
01:18No, there is other water, but it's not the same as this.
01:22While I'm in there with other people, I can have my own moments.
01:25Really magical moments.
01:30It just all encompasses a beautiful feeling of belonging, acceptance.
01:34We're all seen as equals, even though we all are incredibly different.
01:39The club itself, millionaires and paupers.
01:43You're all the same and you're swimmers.
01:45I've traveled the world and I've never seen anything better than this.
01:49On YouTube and I've moved into a row of a corp system.

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