western australia

rock formations

Can you see the pattern in the cement?

@JudyEv (357785)

Rockingham, Australia

July 8, 2025 8:14am CST

The image shows part of the netting and cement which the local people used to create the swimming pool at Gorge Rock. I wrote about Gorge Rock last discussion. Can you see the pattern of the wire in the cement? The pool was 68 metres long (225 ft), 21 metres wide (70ft) and 4 metres deep (14 ft) at the wall, tapering off at the eastern end. There were change rooms and toilets nearby. Later, the nearby town of Corrigin got an Olympic-sized swimming pool and Gorge Rock pool fell into disuse. No swimming is allowed there now but it would have given a lot of people a lot of pleasure in its time.

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@LooeyVille (60)

• United States

4h

Yes I can see it

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@JudyEv (357785)

• Rockingham, Australia

4h

When I first saw the pattern I hadn't read the notices about it.

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@Tampa_girl7 (52840)

• United States

4h

Yes, I can see the pattern. I wonder if there are any photos of it when it was being used ?

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@JudyEv (357785)

• Rockingham, Australia

4h

There were photos on the notice boards of people swimming but they didn't reproduce very well.

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@LadyDuck (478339)

• Italy

3h

Yes, I see the pattern of the wire. It was a very large pool.

@xFiacre (13888)

• Ireland

4h

@judyev 68 metres long?! I'd prefer that to a swanky Olympic pool.

@Fleura (31992)

• United Kingdom

4h

It was certainly a lot of work to build that!