A New Harbour Swimming Enclosure

Marriniwa Cove at Barangaroo is apparently the first new swimming spot west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for fifty years. It was officially opened on the 9th January, and is the first of at least two new city swimming spots to be opened, the othet being at Pirrama Park in Pyrmont. With Bayview Park swimming enclosure on the Parramatta River at concord recently reopened, its obvious the water quality is improving west of the bridge. I first swam there one evening a week ago as part of a group night ride. It's not a huge enclosure, but it is deep and long enough for a swim. I returned a couple of days later on a hot Sunday afternoon, and it was very popular indeed. Swimmers, snorkelers and sunbathers. Picnicking families,and a host of kids jumping off the wall just inside the shark net.