Mahon Pool, Maroubra

I love this pool. It's  true rock pool, which was constructed in 1932 by the local council as an unemployment relief scheme.

See more here. And here. And here, where you can see it looking like a washing machine.

The take-off

A perfect New Years Day

Mahon Pool, Maroubra

Pavilion cafe, Maroubra

Plenty to look at from the corner window seat at this beach cafe. 

New graffiti, Maroubra - continuation from yesterday

While sitting in the car looking at the beach, along came a stencillist to place a new addition - the little paint pot-wielding logo.

It is familiar as a logo for one of the major paint companies, if not now, from some time ago. Anyone recognise it?

Graffiti, Maroubra

Contrast

From one day to the next . . . Mahon Pool at Maroubra

Wave comes over, Mahon Pool Maroubra

Here's a video....

Mahon Pool and Maroubra Beach

Room with a view, Mistral Point, Maroubra

Mahon Pool, Maroubra

The pool was constructed in 1932 by Randwick Council as an Unemployment Relief project.

Read more here.

Masters Games

Here's a pic I forgot to upload at the time. The World Masters Games were held in Sydney in October. I happened across the medal ceremony for the Women's 30+ agegroup beach volleyball, at Maroubra Beach. Canadian pairs took out the gold and silver, and Brazilians the bronze. They looked like they enjoyed themselves immensely.

Lifesaver at work

The red and yellow clad surf lifesavers on our beaches are volunteers. (Local councils also employ paid lifeguards in some places). Here at Maroubra, this man was working hard (with colleagues) trying to get people to stay in the safe areas to swim.

Every year people drown on Australian becahes from swimming in dangerous areas. Often the water that looks the calmest is in fact a rip which will carry a person way offshore very quickly. People often panic and lose energy trying to swim against the rip. Correct procedure is to let it carry you until it peters out, then swim to one side and attempt to catch waves back to shore. If you swim at a patrolled beach, swim between the flags in the patrolled area, and if you get into difficulties, raise one arm to attract attention from one of these dedicated band of volunteers.

Read more about surf livesavers here

Surfin' at Maroubra

Crab hunting, Mahon Pool Maroubra

These kids were busy looking at the odd crab scuttling across the rocks around the edge of Mahon Pool at Maroubra. If you look really carefully at the photo to the left you might be able to spot one. But they're pretty well camouflaged!

Rock fishing, Maroubra

Mahon Pool, Maroubra: Skywatch Friday

When I visited Mahon Pool at Maroubra, the day couldn't make up its mind whether to be overcast or bright and sunny!
Look at skies from elsewhere around the world - link here.

Paths and Passages. Theme Day February 2009

A stormwater drain shouldn't be a path or passage, and this one at Maroubra Beach looked very benign when I went past last Saturday; it was being used to store surfboards while their owners were elsewhere.

Notoriously, two people died on 20 January 2008 when a sudden storm swept them along the Maroubra drain to a grilled exit further along the coast. One person managed to squeeze out of the grille and survive.

Still, stormwater drains, while in Sydney separate from the sewerage system, can still contain toxins and rubbish, and in a major storm can contain overflow sewerage. I don't think I'd be frolicking where the water emerges into the ocean as these young women were!



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