Wylie's Baths

Wylie's Baths is a tidal pool near Coogee Beach, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, noted for holding the first Australian Swimming Championships and for being one of the first swimming baths for mixed gender swimming in Australia.

History and current management

Wylie's Baths was built in 1907 by Henry Wylie, who was the father of Mina Wylie who, along with Fanny Durack, were Australia's first female Olympic swimming representatives, and Australia's first woman gold and silver medallists respectively.

From 1959 to 1978, the baths were called Sunset Pool.

Wylie's Baths is run by a management committee established in 1978 comprising representatives from South Maroubra Dolphins Winter Swimming Club, Randwick & Coogee Amateur Swimming Club, the Coogee-Randwick RSL Diggers Swimming Club and the Coogee Surf Life Saving Club.

A 1994 refurbishment of the Wylie's Baths, designed by architects Allen Jack+Cottier, won the 1995 RAIA NSW Greenway Award for Restoration.

The baths are classified by the National Trust of Australia and on the NSW State Heritage Register of the NSW Department of Planning and Environment since 2003.

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Gwenny Hubert
2 December 2014
Student discount, also for internationals. Massage by the seaside!
Tim Fitzsimmons
31 December 2009
One way to avoid the crowds at Coogee beach in summer is to go Wylie's. You pay a nominal entry fee but that usually means fewer people go there. Killer views too.
Lola Chan
19 September 2015
It's beautiful ???? great for family
David Goldstein
15 January 2012
Sigh, they've resorted to paper cups for all tea and coffee... so flimsy the tea burns your fingers....
Queen Victoria
16 January 2011
Coffee available. Comes in a coffee cup. Very civilised.
Laiha Lui
7 June 2012
One of Sydney's original rockpools
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4B Neptune St, Coogee NSW 2034, Australia Get directions
Sun 7:00 AM–7:00 PM
Mon 7:00 AM–9:00 AM
Tue 7:00 AM–11:00 AM
Wed 7:00 AM–9:00 AM
Thu-Fri 7:00 AM–10:00 AM

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