Indoor Aquatic Centre

My family and I would utilise an indoor aquatic facility for the following purposes:

• Recreation for my two teenage children;
• Employment opportunities for my two teen age children;
• Triathlon and open water swimming events training;
• To provide swimming lessons to the wider community, I am a teacher of swimming and water safety;
• To ultimately become a Hydrotherapy provider (therefore we need a hydro pool to provide this service):
• My youngest son would like to join Mansfield Swim Club
• When my family visits.

With an indoor aquatic centre our Shire will save lives:

Royal Life Saving Society Australia National Drowning Report 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021

• drowning deaths totalling 294
• near drownings 674 an increase by 20% on the previous year
• the most of any age group Rivers remain the leading location for drownings.
• Deaths among children aged 0-4 years increased by 9% compared with the 10-year average and most concerning 108% compared with last year
• 0-4 years 8 drowned in swimming pools, 7 in lakes and dams, 1 in a river
• 80% of all deaths were male
• Spikes in drownings occurred directly after lockdowns.

Royal Life Saving Society Australia – Benchmarking Australian Childrens’ swimming and water safety skills: Swim school data Part 1 5-12 years 2017

• 50% of primary school leavers where not reaching set benchmarks in stroke development and
• 68% were not able to tread water for two minutes
• Figures are still relevant due to the pandemic