This was the first time I participated in the Grammar Art Show at Toowoomba. I thought the Balmain Art Show was big, but this one was huge! I couldn’t be there but the online videos showed a big range of high quality work from over 290 artists Australia wide. It would have been a mammoth curating and hanging job so hats off to the team putting it together – it looked amazing! And I’m very pleased to be included in this show. My painting sold at the show!.
about dawn fraser pool
The baths were originally built in 1882, then enlarged in 1924, also known as Elkington Park Baths, Balmain Baths and Whitehorse Point Baths – it was open to men during daylight hours and at limited times for women! The Balmain Swimming Club was founded in 1884 shortly after the baths were opened. Times changed and in 1964 the pool was renamed in honour of local swimming legend, Dawn Fraser.
Olympic Swimming Champion at three consecutive Olympic Games, Dawn Fraser learnt to swim at the baths from age 8. The pool an excellent example of pool architecture no longer practiced. A landmark set in an attractive harbourside location, the pool is strongly associated with prominent swimming identities and world champions. Retaining its old school characteristics, it’s surrounded by a timber deck used for access, watching swimming races and sunbaking and at low tides there is a small sandy beach alongside the entrance.
