The Women's Pool

The history of Coogees McIvers Ladies Baths Australias only ocean pool reserved for women is eloquently told in these stories from women who have found friendship, sanctuary and sheer pleasure as they have gathered and swum at the Womens Pool. Humorously told tales of encounters at the pool sit together with stories of sorrow and regret. Older women tell of the history of the pool and the famed Thursday Married Ladies Club; younger women detail their delight at the natural beauty, the safety and the sense of freedom that the pool offers. No aquatic manspreading here. In this book, women from a diverse range of cultures reveal the role that the womens pool has played in their lives. From the 365ers who brave the elements all year round to the younger women who seek summer sun on the rocks, a picture emerges of a place of natural beauty and a space for women to simply be themselves. "The ancient seasonal cycles find their own rhythm at our pool, at our place of women's business. In the vastness of the largest Continent on Earth, it is a tiny space of companionship if wanted, or solitude if needed." Mary Goslett. "The Baths welcomes us to its shelves of stone and grass for drying off, to doze, to talk, to preen, to gaze into the aqua green, ivory and midnight blue pool, to the rocks and outcrops either side, and the Pacific Ocean beyond." Jane Messer.