A lone swimmer does laps in the open-air Arrowtown Memorial Pool

Celebrate Summer at Arrowtown Memorial Pool

– from QLDC Arrowtown’s much-loved outdoor swimming pool opens for another season on Saturday 2 December with a community fun day. Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) is hosting the event from 11.00am. There’ll be relay races, spot prizes to be won and a sausage sizzle run by Arrowtown Volunteer Fire Brigade. QLDC Sport and Recreation …

open water swimmers in Queenstown NZ viewed from above

Out of the Pool Into the Wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu5SzDT1aDc In 2023 we ran a Lake Attack challenge to swim in all the lakes in the South Island of New Zealand. We made a film about our adventures. Check it out on YouTube here.  Follow the adventures of a group of swimmers as they venture beyond the pool and into open water, or ‘wild’ …