Stadium
North Sydney Olympic Pool
4 Alfred St S, Milsons Point NSW 2061
Art deco harbourside pool built on the site of the Sydney Harbour Bridge's old steelworks.
This guide to North Sydney Olympic Pool traces the site's earlier life as a steelworks, where the girders of the Sydney Harbour Bridge were forged through the 1920s before the workshops fell silent in 1932. It follows the art deco pool that rose here in 1936, hailed as the wonder pool of Australasia, and its debut hosting the 1938 Empire Games. Listen for what swimmers this water went on to make famous.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.