I truly believe I am slowly melting here in Sydney at the moment. Summer has finally hit and the humidity has arrived.
My resolve to shun (ie. not install) air-conditioning is tested on days like this. Luckily we are 10 mins walk from a free local pool.
This is what our local harbour pool looks like on a normal January day. It's a magnet for the locals and has great views.
This is what it looked like today.
Once a week this pool, which is fed by filtered harbour water, is cleaned and re-filled. It's the cleanest day of the week to swim here.
Once a week this pool, which is fed by filtered harbour water, is cleaned and re-filled. It's the cleanest day of the week to swim here.
The kids love playing in the water as the pool slowly re-fills. Today we took down the surf mats and the kids skidded from the shallow to the deep end.
Bliss.
16 comments:
We're melting out here, and air con is not even on the menu. I took Monkey for a splish-splash yesterday, which he loved, but the kids were so cranky in the heat today that they didn't even want to go for a dip.
Go figure.
Oh, what I would give for air-con to shun!
Pool looks like lots of fun - 10 mins away and free - you've got to be happy with that!
Now that looks like fun. Or bliss!
Guera, we don't have air-conditioning. I shun the idea of air-conditioning. We really only need it one or two weeks a year and those weeks are a trial. Upstairs at our house is resembling a sauna at the mo.
Oh my kids would love that pool on fill up day!
What a fabulous resource. It looks like it's long enough to swim laps too.
June through Septemper we swelter at 90 degrees and up. August is straight 100 plus. I cannot, CANNOT shun the air conditioner. That pool does look blissful.... especially if it is FREE!
Gawd, a free pool? That lets you play in it while its being filled? Awesome!
I don't understand your problem with egg-nishning. But I live in a super hot house.
OMG, that pool is awesome !! And how good is your council in keeping it in pristine condition ?!? I am amazed !
The rock-pool of my childhood is apparently all but non-existant these days. The council tired of dredging out the sand :(
Those pools are one of the things I love about Sydney. We just don't have anything like that in Melbourne. Probably because we don't really have rocks and cliffs around our beaches perhaps. I suppose we have Brighton Baths, but they're just full of old people and don't have a view (apart from of the old people).
Oh wow that is WAY COOL!
Oh wow - we are melting here also.
I know that pool - I used to live 15 minutes away in a narrow street that used to be featured occasionally on E street - and just around the corner from 3 thai restaurants.
Oh lord, now I have gone and gotten all thai craving-y.
The pool does look like a lot of fun right now.
I too am an a/c shunner, but there is absolutely NO BREEZE here at the moment - the only joy are the intermittent downpours, but the steam immediately after is getting old.
That looks like fun! I'd even be tempted to get on a surf mat.
On second thoughts, I don't suppose the water is heated is it?
We shun airconditioning too and I am so with you as to how these days make that decision seem really really stupid.
You know, the harbour pool concept, well, this may reveal just what an idiot I am, but I had no idea it was filtered or cleaned. I mean, I hadn't thought about it that much so there is that, but now I am tempted to try it out as a different local for the kids.
They clean our ocean pool too. In fact, they drain it on a Wednesday in the early morning. I found this out on the one (and only) time I walked down there at 5.30am to swim laps.
See, idiot.
how divine ! and how joyous that you can play while it fills - how anti - liability /sue me now is that ... your councillors deservre a hug for great common sense ...
BTW I am anti air too - and I hate the heat ... thus the contemplation of the move east to the land of the long white cloud and permanent aircon by mother nature - hmmm - how fine is that ! hugs le
I'm living in my 1st ever house with air conditioning by way of 'evaporative cooling' - I must say M, it is heaven. A bonus is that you leave your windows open for the air flow so the house still gets fresh air. Apparently not so good in humid climates though.
Post a Comment