You know summer has as good as arrived when the public outdoor pools start filling.
By this Wednesday afternoon the local Chewton swimming pool was three quarters full and it’s shimmering blue water had local youngsters itching to jump in.
But instead it’s the temperature that’s taken a dive, curtailing hopes that the pool might be opening today.
“We can only open if the temperature is 23 degrees or above,” Chewton Swimming Pool management committee secretary Wendy Hopkins said. See our story in today’s Castlemaine Mail.