USEFUL LINKS

No you're not too old to learn how to swim!

 

 

• Top 5 inspirational older athletes 

• Meet Margo Bates, who started swimming when she was 87 years old

• Aqua fitness classes for the over 50s

 

National water safety organisations in Australia

 

• AUSTSWIM

• Royal Life Saving Society Australia  and Royal Life Saving Society NSW

• Surf Life Saving

 

Swimming safety guides in foreign languages

 

• Water safety factsheets in Arabic, Dari, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Tamil, Vietnamese, Greek & Italian

• Water safety brochures in Vietnamese, Indonesian, Korean, Farsi, Arabic, Chinese

 

Swimming at other pools

 

• Tips to prepare for your first visit

• Top 10 outdoor swimming pools in Sydney

• Be Pool Safe: register your backyard swimming pool

 

Beachlife

 

• Find a beach which is patrolled by a lifesaving service

• Water safety tips

• Water safety videos in English, Arabic, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Malay & Chinese

• How to identify rips

• Understanding flags and signs

 

Fishing

 

• Water safety factsheets in English

• Water safety factsheets in Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese