Swim Melbourne | Places to Swim Across the City

Launched in March, Swim Melbourne is a map of places to swim across the city. Responding to both growing interest in pool and outdoor swimming, as well as to the national drowning rates, Swim Melbourne hopes to provide useful information about safety and water quality, as well as stories of urban swimming in pools, the Yarra and Port Phillip Bay. Grounded in a framework of human environmental health and wellbeing, the map includes places that are accessible for all levels of swimmers, with information about costs, lessons, and opening times available for relevant sites. Produced by a team from the Centre of Urban Research at RMIT University, Swim Melbourne aims to be a valuable resource for swimmers and policy makers alike. 

For more information on the project, contact Rebecca Olive in the RMIT Centre for Urban Research: rebecca.olive@rmit.edu.au