Swimming Sydney
A Tale of 52 Swims
$36.90
- Paperback
299 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2024
Summary
Longlisted, Australian Book Design Awards 2025, Best Designed Non-Fiction Cover
Swimming Sydney is a tale of 52 swims in and around Sydney that take place over a calendar year. From Palm Beach to Cronulla, Mount Druitt to Bondi, Chris Baker swims at iconic beaches, municipal pools, harbour baths, tidal rock pools, bushland lakes and a backyard pool.
Taking his weekly plunges, Baker reflects on friendship, history and family, and how swimming can help …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761170270 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761170279 |
| Author: | Chris Baker |
| Publisher: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Imprint: | NewSouth Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 299 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2024 |
| Weight: | 272g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 136mm x 208mm |
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Chris Baker
Chris Baker is a lifelong swimmer, educator, and writer who was born and raised in Sydney. He has lived and worked overseas for much of his professional life, including in Vancouver, Prague, Hong Kong, and Berlin. The author of Swimming Sydney: A Tale of 52 Swims (NewSouth), Chris was drawn back to Sydney by its beautiful beaches, superb municipal pools, wild swimming holes, and world-famous ocean baths.
His work has been published by the Sydney Morning Herald, Weekend Australian, The Guardian Australia, Time Out, SBS Online, and Vogue Australia.
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