Seniors

Swimming is a life-long activity and a kind-to-the-body exercise. At the ocean baths, older people with weathered skin and economical, elegant swimming styles have high social standing. Photographers continue to document the strong ageing bodies seen at the ocean baths.

Active old age is an undeniable reality at the ocean baths. Older regular swimmers may have been exercising at the same baths for 50 years or more. Winter swimming competitions include relay events for the over-80s.

The ocean baths offer an interesting comparison with the formally-designated seniors centres that exist in NSW coastal communities. 

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