Australians are good swimmers... so how popular is swimming there? If you randomly pick someone from the street in Australia, how likely can he/she swim, or is a good swimmer?
My little curiosity :)
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I grew up in a beach culture, so I was pretty much thrown in as a baby.
Quite a few of my school friends were non-swimmers, though, and it depended a bit on ethnic/religious background.
I love that when I go home I can drive 10 mins, pay $3 and swim in a huge 50m pool, with more than enough lanes to accomodate the kids' age group practice and casual lap swimmers llike me. And of course, there's the beach. SPOILT!!!! :)
The city I live in here has about 150k ppl and NO 50m pool at all!!!!
I grew up in a beach culture, so I was pretty much thrown in as a baby.
Quite a few of my school friends were non-swimmers, though, and it depended a bit on ethnic/religious background.
I love that when I go home I can drive 10 mins, pay $3 and swim in a huge 50m pool, with more than enough lanes to accomodate the kids' age group practice and casual lap swimmers llike me. And of course, there's the beach. SPOILT!!!! :)
The city I live in here has about 150k ppl and NO 50m pool at all!!!!
