General News
16 March, 2024
Pools were busy on final days of season
HUNDREDS OF Loddon people and visitors flocked to swimming pools over the long weekend before gates shut for the season on Monday evening. Pools at Boort, Inglewood, Mitiamo, Pyramid Hill and Wedderburn were refuges for families and youngsters as...
HUNDREDS OF Loddon people and visitors flocked to swimming pools over the long weekend before gates shut for the season on Monday evening.
Pools at Boort, Inglewood, Mitiamo, Pyramid Hill and Wedderburn were refuges for families and youngsters as temperatures hit the high 30s for consecutive days.
One of the busiest pools was Inglewood where more than 100 people came through the gates each afternoon. Patronage at that pool set daily records for the 2023-2024 season.
Loddon’s five pools have been managed for the past three seasons by Belgravia Leisure. The three-year contract expires before the next swimming season.
“Council is currently completing background work to inform the direction going forward regarding the pool operations contract following the expiration,” said Loddon Shire’s wellbeing director Wendy Gladman.
Council has also started a study of open space, recreation and aquatic centres to develop a 10-year strategy. “The strategy will inform how the council can encourage people to be more active,” the shire has said.
Mitiamo pool this season was again hit with equipment failures that closed the pool for two weeks last month.