Williamstown Open Water Swim Coaching
Personalised Open Water Swim Coaching and Stroke Correction by experienced and accredited swim coach Jason "Stingray" Bryce.
Contact: 0428 777 727
Image Courtesy StateLibQld: Three men on a diving board over a swimming hole, 1920-1930
As the Swiss have already realised, to swim in an urban river is to reclaim, one stroke at a time, a public space and a wilder romantic past. It is no coincidence that the same country that zealously promotes urban river and lake swimming can also lay claim to a distinguished environmental record. Our regular, primary contact with this most primal of elements can act in a way to force change in the way our rivers are managed, helping both people and the environment to be a bit healthier.
This article was coauthored by Sally McPhee, based on her honours thesis for RMIT’s Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning.