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Announcement of reinstatement of insurance at Hepburn Pool by Minister Hulls.
Hepburn Pool - strong links to the Swiss Italian community as it was built for Zelman (Bellinzona), had community members involved in its construction and restoration. In 2004 it was named Victoria's Favourite Built Place.
You can find out more about Swiss Italian history at www.ballaratheritage.com.au/articles/swiss-italian.html or in the book 'Bullboar macaroni and mineral water" availabe from www.ballaratheritage.com.au/bookstore/theme.html
Victorian Heritage Register Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Hepburn Springs Swimming Pool was built in the early 1930s by local labour and financed by Ernest and Victor Zelman, prominent Swiss Italian settlers. It consists of a concrete dam across a natural basin in Spring Creek with associated terracing. The basin was deepened by blasting. The dam has a small weir for flood water and a valve low down in the wall which handles normal environmental flow. The pool is within the Mineral Springs Reserve, which was created by early Swiss and Italian settlers and other interested citizens to protect the mineral springs from ruination due to mining. The pool is one of the early competition pools in the state, and was utilised for State swimming championships in the 1930's. After a period of dilapidation the pool was refurbished by volunteers in 1993 using old photographs to replicate missing features such as seating.
How is it significant?
The Hepburn Springs Swimming Pool is historically and socially significant to the State of Victoria.
Why is it significant?
The Hepburn Springs Swimming Pool is of historical and social importance as a rare, intact, surviving example of a community swimming facility created from a natural feature. Such pools were once commonplace in Victorian country towns but in most cases have either disappeared or fallen into disrepair. It is the best surviving example of its type and complements the Eastern Beach Swimming Complex (VHR929) in Geelong.
The Hepburn Springs Swimming Pool is a socially important link with an era of rising popularity of swimming, partly as a result of the fame of swimmers such as Annette Kellerman, and more importantly in Victoria, (Sir) Frank Beaurepaire who is known to have visited this pool on a number of occasions. Ironically, it was partly Beaurepaire's championing of the Olympic pool standard that ultimately led to the demise of natural swimming pools.
The Hepburn Springs Swimming Pool is of historical and social significance for its long associations with the settlement of the State's premier mineral springs recreational area based around Hepburn Springs. The construction of the pool was undertaken by descendants of the Swiss Italian immigrants who settled this area and it is located in an area directly associated with some of the prominent local guest houses, also owned at the time by members of the Swiss Italian community.
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I really love this design made by Grace Design asssociates ! Perfect mix between frugal and luxurious ! it's really peacefull compared to big smimming pools and cosy enough to feel really at home !
According to Cheapo Vegas, the New Frontier hosts the only pool in Vegas with a "real" deep-end. 12 feet deep, to be exact.
Handrail Pool,
Weano Gorge,
Karijini National Park,
Pilbara,
Western Australia.
A refreshing spot for a swim.
On the RHS of those falls (out of the picture) is the handrail from which this pool is named. To get down into this area you must first negotiate your way down a very slippery rocky face aided only by hanging on to the handrail.
Get into the cool waters of Banana Inn Hotel Swimming Pool for a bliss of relaxation in the best hotel swimming hotel of Bandung Hotels in the city.
This is Emerald Pool, which is at the top of Vernal Falls along the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park. We stopped here and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. You can see Nevada Falls in the distance.
The hike past Vernal Falls up to this point is very steep and Kevin was pretty unhappy at this point, so we didn’t continue any further towards Nevada Falls.