Synchronised swimming & water ballet

'Trick' or 'fancy swimming' by men and women was popular in nineteenth and early twentieth century NSW. A few ocean baths have a strong association with synchronised swimming, which developed as a women's sport. Annette Kellerman is seen as this sport's main 'founding mother'.

Aquacades staged under the guidance of Isabel Lethem were once a feature of life at the Freshwater Baths on Sydney's northern beaches. Freshwater club members competed at the first World Aquatic Championship in synchronised swimming held in Belgrade in 1973 and the first FINA Junior World Championship held in Cali, Columbia in 1989.

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