Swimming with the Spit: 100 Years of the Spit Amateur Swimming Club edited by Tanya Evans

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Tiny mark on top foredge. Scratch to spine top now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still excellent.

This gorgeous book celebrates not just an illustrious swimming club on one of the most beautiful spots on Sydney Harbour but also the joy to be found in swimming itself. And while there can be few sensations more immediate and invigorating than diving into cool water, it invites us to think about those who have swum before.

Historians Tanya Evans, Iain McCalman, Ian Hoskins, Kate Fullagar, Leigh Boucher and Nancy Cushing, as well as volunteer researchers, local students and current Spit club members, hope to persuade readers to don their bathers, dive into the ocean and involve themselves with dynamic community organisations such as the Spit Club by celebrating its centenary. (publisher blurb)