Winchelsea community members will soon make a splash as the $8.9 million pool opens next week.
The redeveloped Barwon Terrace site will feature new leisure and 25-metre pools with heated water, a pavilion, a splash park, shelters, landscaping, a barbecue, a water fountain and a plant room.
A formal opening ceremony will be held for the pool on February 27 with Surf Coast Shire Council working to open the gates several days earlier, pending the progress of final commissioning processes.
Mayor Mike Bodsworth said admission into the pool would be free from the day gates open until the close of a free gala family fun day on March 2, running from 10am to 5pm.
“Council is proud to be delivering this wonderful, state-of-the-art community asset which has been fully funded through council’s asset renewal program,” he said.
“We look forward to having people from the Winchelsea community coming together to celebrate during the free opening days and at the free family day.
“The previous pool opened to the public in February 1963 and served the community for 60 years. Now we look forward to a new era, with the new facilities being loved and valued just as much.”
The new pool season will run until March 30, with gates open to the public from 3pm to 7pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 5pm on weekends.
The former pool was decommissioned in March 2023, with designs for the pool influenced by input from close to 300 people.
