A health emergency – Health professionals call for a year-round aquatic facility

Whilst health professionals welcome the council's commitment to assess the aquatic needs of residents, they have raised concerns that the lack of a local indoor facility is having a detrimental impact on the health of local residents. Photo: istock
A multi-ethnic group of adults are in the public swimming pool and are taking a water aerobics class together. They have their arms raised in the air and they are holding floating dumbbells.

Local health professionals have spoken out in support of the benefits of a year-round swimming facility in the wake of last month's 'Big Splash' snap rally by Swim Mt Alexander (SWIMMA) labelling the ...

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Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 28 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.