Free Entry to 69 Swimming Pools & 90 Free BBQs on Australia Day (Links & Details Inside)

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Free Entry to 69 Swimming Pools & 90 Free BBQs on Australia Day (Links & Details Inside)

tightarse on 18/01/2018 - 21:09 westarnhem.nt.gov.au (1616 clicks)
Last edited 19/01/2018 - 19:04 by 1 other user

Fourth year running I've posted this. Found as many as I possibly could in the time I had. Quite sure a few have been missed, and I'm certain other councils will add more in the coming days. Feel free to post some up in the comments. Check entry/start times as they vary across locations. Hope this list comes in handy on Australia Day. Enjoy :)

Thanks so much to aether who went to the trouble of mapping out all locations nationally complete with links :)

NSW Adelong - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
NSW Bathurst - Free Pool Entry
NSW Batlow - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
NSW Bonalbo - Free Pool Entry & BBQ

NSW Broken Hill - Free Pool Entry
NSW Fairfield - Free Pool Entry & Party
NSW Gloucester - Free Pool Entry
NSW Guyra - Free Pool Entry

NSW Kyogle - Free Pool Entry
NSW Leeton - Free Pool Entry & Party
NSW Lithgow - Free Pool Entry
NSW Maitland - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

NSW Merriwa - Free Pool Entry
NSW Mudgee - Free BBQ Breakfast
NSW Murrurundi - Free Pool Entry
NSW Nowra - Free Pool Entry

NSW Orange - Free BBQ
NSW Parkes - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
NSW Peake Hill Park - Free Pool Entry
NSW Prairiewood - Free Pool Entry & Party

NSW Scone - Free Pool Entry
NSW Trundle - Free Pool Entry
NSW Tullamore - Free Pool Entry
NSW Tumut - Free Pool Entry & BBQ

NSW Wagga Wagga - Free BBQ Breakfast
NSW Ocean Shores - Free BBQ
NSW Raymond Terrace - Free BBQ
NSW Blayney - Free BBQ Breakfast

NSW Jindera - Free BBQ Breakfast
NT Beswick - Free BBQ Breakfast
NT Casuarina - Free Pool Entry
NT Jabiru - Free Pool Entry & BBQ

NT Nightcliff - Free Pool Entry
NT Parap - Free Pool Entry
QLD Bundamba - Free Pool Entry
QLD Cairns - Free BBQ Breakfast

QLD Cassowary - Free BBQ Breakfast
QLD Gladstone - Free Pool Entry & Party
QLD Goodna - Free Pool Entry
QLD Injune - Free BBQ

QLD Ipswich - Free Pool Entry
QLD Lawton - Free Pool Entry & Party
QLD Leichhardt - Free Pool Entry
QLD Miles - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

QLD Millmerran - Free BBQ Breakfast
QLD Mitchell - Free Pool Entry
QLD Palm Cove - Free BBQ Breakfast
QLD Redcliffe - Free Harness Racing Entry

QLD Roma - Free Pool Entry
QLD Rosewood - Free Pool Entry
QLD Sandstone Point - Free Water Slide Entry
QLD Stanthorpe - Free Pool Entry

QLD Surat - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
QLD Townsville - Free BBQ Breakfast
QLD Wandoan - Free BBQ Breakfast
QLD Clermont - Free BBQ

SA Keith - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
SA Peterborough - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Roseworthy - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Roxby Downs - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

SA Cummins - Free BBQ
SA Elizabeth - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Campbelltown - Free BBQ
SA Salisbury Park - Free BBQ Breakfast

SA Playford - Free BBQ Breakfast
TAS New Norfolk - Free Pool Entry
TAS Oatlands - Free Pool Entry
VIC Aberfeldy - Free BBQ

VIC Balmoral - Free BBQ Brunch
VIC Bendigo - Free Pool Entry
VIC Bendigo East - Free Pool Entry
VIC Brennan Park - Free Pool Entry

VIC Byaduk - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Casterton - Free BBQ
VIC Castlemaine - Free Pool Entry
VIC Cloverlea - Free BBQ

VIC Cockatoo - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Cranbourne - Free BBQ
VIC Darnum - Free BBQ
VIC Drouin - Free BBQ Breakfast

VIC Dumbalk - Free BBQ
VIC Dunkeld - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Elmore - Free Pool Entry
VIC Golden Square - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

VIC Goornong - Free Pool Entry
VIC Hamilton - Free BBQ
VIC Hampton Park - Free BBQ
VIC Harcourt - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

VIC Heathcote - Free Pool Entry
VIC Heywood - Free BBQ
VIC Hill End - Free BBQ
VIC Jindivick - Free BBQ

VIC Kangaroo Flat - Free Pool Entry
VIC Labertouche - Free BBQ
VIC Longwarry - Free BBQ
VIC Maldon - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

VIC Marong - Free Pool Entry
VIC Merino - Free BBQ
VIC Moe - Free Pool Entry
VIC Mount Beauty - Free Pool Entry & BBQ

VIC Murchison - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Narracan - Free BBQ
VIC Neerim South - Free BBQ
VIC Nelson - Free BBQ Breakfast

VIC Penshurst - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Portland - Free BBQ
VIC Rawson - Free BBQ
VIC Raywood - Free Pool Entry

VIC Shady Creek - Free BBQ
VIC Stawell - Free Pool Entry & Party
VIC Tanjil South - Free BBQ
VIC Tarrington - Free BBQ Breakfast

VIC Toolamba - Free BBQ
VIC Tooradin - Free BBQ
VIC Traralgon - Free Pool Entry
VIC Warragul - Free BBQ

VIC White Hills - Free Pool Entry
VIC Yallourn - Free Pool Entry
VIC Horsham - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Balingup - Free BBQ Breakfast

WA Beverley - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
WA Brookton - Free Pool Entry
WA Donnybrook - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Gascoyne - Free BBQ

WA Gosnells - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Kambalda - Free Pool Entry
WA Kambalda West - Free Pool Entry
WA Kirup - Free BBQ Breakfast

WA Lake Grace - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Lake King - Free BBQ
WA Morley - Free BBQ
WA Mullewa - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast

WA Newdegate - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Three Springs - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
WA Corrigin - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
WA Harrismith - Free BBQ Breakfast

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stellaaddicted on 18/01/2018 - 21:13

+12

What a shame no one within half hour drive of my place in Vic. I have to said not many options within an 10km radius from Melbourne CBD.
- BargainKen on 26/01/2018 - 09:08
  
  +2
  
  That's what the Yarra River is for :)
- garage sale on 26/01/2018 - 10:06
  
  +1
  
  same, i think it’s because some inner city councils don’t approve of celebrating australia day on the 26th so giving free pool pass is like a celebration ……
  
  damn i wanted a free swim today ….. it’s $8 at my local pool otherwise plus parking …… you almost have to stay the day to get your money worth.
Scab on 18/01/2018 - 21:25

+13

Free Entry to 69 Swimming Pools

I caught tinea in a public pool.

Pro tip, avoid the showers and whatever you do, don't lather up.
- trishmapow on 18/01/2018 - 22:06
  
  Didn't know this. Why pools specifically and why does lathering make a difference?
- YungDaggerDick on 18/01/2018 - 23:49
  
  +2
  
  "SA Cummins"
- Emerald Owl on 19/01/2018 - 01:32
  
  Why avoid the showers? Isn’t it best to get the pool off you as soon as possible?
- JediJan on 19/01/2018 - 02:30
  
  +1
  
  Best to wear thongs (flip flops) in showers and keep your feet safe. Dry between the toes; never had tinea myself.
  
  Lathering up a problem? Well just rinse the pool water off.
  
  Sounds like the pools are safer for a swim than the sea though. We don't all have access to a nice clean river (minus a few crocs) in the rainforest.
- rygle on 19/01/2018 - 19:20
  
  Put tea tree oil (or metho) between your toes using a cotton ball after showering. Tinea problem solved.
- ColonialBoy on 26/01/2018 - 08:27
  
  I got it from the hot tub at the public pool. Everywhere from the eyes, ears, toes.
  
  Never again.
  
  Later waw the hot tub being cleaned with some sort of brown bromine-looking solution. Ewwww.
- garage sale on 26/01/2018 - 10:07
  
  +2
  
  same tip in prison …. avoid shower and don’t lather up.
auna on 18/01/2018 - 21:26
The way I see it they have three options:

Accept payment and be such a disaster you will want to demand your money back, and customers will be soured of the venue

Close the venue for the day

Make it free for the day so you are less likely to complain or hold it ill to the venue
WTF on 18/01/2018 - 21:31

+7

Great deal. I just hope they add enough chlorine to neutralise all the people thats gona be taking a leak…
- Diji1 on 18/01/2018 - 21:37
  
  +2
  
  Urine is sterile and warms the water up.
  - Eeples on 19/01/2018 - 00:48
    
    -1
    
    Urban myth.
    
    It’s not sterile.
    - [Deactivated] on 19/01/2018 - 07:44
      
      And a ridiculous one at that, it's literally the bodies waste.
    - Angelino on 19/01/2018 - 08:18
      
      +2
      
      Not an urban myth at all. If you have bacteria in your urine there's something wrong - usually an infection of the urinary tract.
      That doesn't necessarily mean I want to bathe in it.
    - schwinn on 19/01/2018 - 15:22
      
      +2
      
      Yup, it's sterile, meaning there's no bacteria. But the contents of urine itself are great for bacteria to grow in.
      
      Poo is definitely NOT sterile. I remember someone calling a radio show once, telling Australia that poo was sterile. Nursing student. Emphasis student.
    - ColonialBoy on 26/01/2018 - 08:29
      
      @schwinn:
      
      I've been at the local pool where there was a "Code Brown" and it had to be shut down, and also got whole body tinea from the hot tub.
      
      The place makes me vomit.
    - garage sale on 26/01/2018 - 10:10
      
      sounds like the secondary school education didn’t deliver for that nursing student.
- muncan on 18/01/2018 - 21:58
  
  +1
  
  Watch out for floaters 🍫
  - Nugs on 19/01/2018 - 07:01
    
    no big deal
- Munki on 18/01/2018 - 22:25
  
  +7
  
  Just remember, the stronger the chlorine smell, the more piss in it.
  - ColonialBoy on 26/01/2018 - 08:33
    
    +3
    
    Urine + chlorinated water = trichloramine = every public pool in Australia.
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S32y9aYEzzo
    - tightarse on 26/01/2018 - 08:44
      
      +1
      
      Great insight. Thanks for sharing the video :)
[Deactivated] on 18/01/2018 - 21:52

+1

A can of coke and a sausage: 400 cal, you're welcome :)

avgbowlofpho on 18/01/2018 - 21:58

+11

a table revised version of the list

NSW
Adelong - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
Bathurst - Free Pool Entry
Batlow - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
Bonalbo - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
Broken Hill - Free Pool Entry
Fairfield - Free Pool Entry & Party
Gloucester - Free Pool Entry
Guyra - Free Pool Entry
Kyogle - Free Pool Entry
Leeton - Free Pool Entry & Party
Lithgow - Free Pool Entry
Maitland - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
Merriwa - Free Pool Entry
Mudgee - Free BBQ Breakfast
Murrurundi - Free Pool Entry
Nowra - Free Pool Entry
Parkes - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
Peake Hill Park - Free Pool Entry
Prairiewood - Free Pool Entry & Party
Scone - Free Pool Entry
Trundle - Free Pool Entry
Tullamore - Free Pool Entry NSW Tumut - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
Wagga Wagga - Free BBQ Breakfast
Ocean Shores - Free BBQ
Raymond Terrace - Free BBQ
Blayney - Free BBQ Breakfast
Jindera - Free BBQ Breakfast

NT
Nightcliff - Free Pool Entry
Parap - Free Pool Entry

QLD
Bundamba - Free Pool Entry
Cairns - Free BBQ Breakfast
Cassowary - Free BBQ Breakfast
Gladstone - Free Pool Entry & Party
Goodna - Free Pool Entry
Injune - Free BBQ
Ipswich - Free Pool Entry
Lawton - Free Pool Entry & Party
Leichhardt - Free Pool Entry
Miles - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast\
Millmerran - Free BBQ Breakfast
Mitchell - Free Pool Entry
Palm Cove - Free BBQ Breakfast
Redcliffe - Free Harness Racing Entry
Rosewood - Free Pool Entry
Sandstone Point - Free Water Slide Entry
Stanthorpe - Free Pool Entry
Surat - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
Townsville - Free BBQ Breakfast
Wandoan - Free BBQ Breakfast
Clermont - Free BBQ

SA
SA Keith - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
SA Peterborough - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Roseworthy - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Roxby Downs - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
SA Cummins - Free BBQ
SA Elizabeth - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Campbelltown - Free BBQ
SA Salisbury Park - Free BBQ Breakfast
SA Playford - Free BBQ Breakfast

TAS
TAS New Norfolk - Free Pool Entry
TAS Oatlands - Free Pool Entry

VIC
VIC Aberfeldy - Free BBQ
VIC Balmoral - Free BBQ Brunch
VIC Bendigo - Free Pool Entry
VIC Bendigo East - Free Pool Entry
VIC Brennan Park - Free Pool Entry
VIC Byaduk - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Casterton - Free BBQ
VIC Castlemaine - Free Pool Entry
VIC Cloverlea - Free BBQ
VIC Cockatoo - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Cranbourne - Free BBQ
VIC Darnum - Free BBQ
VIC Drouin - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Dumbalk - Free BBQ
VIC Dunkeld - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Elmore - Free Pool Entry
VIC Golden Square - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
VIC Goornong - Free Pool Entry
VIC Hamilton - Free BBQ
VIC Hampton Park - Free BBQ
VIC Harcourt - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
VIC Heathcote - Free Pool Entry
VIC Heywood - Free BBQ
VIC Hill End - Free BBQ
VIC Jindivick - Free BBQ
VIC Kangaroo Flat - Free Pool Entry
VIC Labertouche - Free BBQ
VIC Longwarry - Free BBQ
VIC Maldon - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
VIC Marong - Free Pool Entry
VIC Merino - Free BBQ
VIC Moe - Free Pool Entry
VIC Mount Beauty - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
VIC Murchison - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Narracan - Free BBQ
VIC Neerim South - Free BBQ
VIC Nelson - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Penshurst - Free BBQ Breakfast\
VIC Portland - Free BBQ
VIC Rawson - Free BBQ
VIC Raywood - Free Pool Entry
VIC Shady Creek - Free BBQ
VIC Stawell - Free Pool Entry & Party
VIC Tanjil South - Free BBQ
VIC Tarrington - Free BBQ Breakfast
VIC Toolamba - Free BBQ
VIC Tooradin - Free BBQ\
VIC Traralgon - Free Pool Entry
VIC Warragul - Free BBQ
VIC White Hills - Free Pool Entry
VIC Yallourn - Free Pool Entry
VIC Horsham - Free BBQ Breakfast

WA
WA Balingup - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Beverley - Free Pool Entry & BBQ
WA Brookton - Free Pool Entry
WA Donnybrook - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Gascoyne - Free BBQ
WA Gosnells - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Kambalda - Free Pool Entry
WA Kambalda West - Free Pool Entry
WA Kirup - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Lake Grace - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Lake King - Free BBQ
WA Morley - Free BBQ
WA Mullewa - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
WA Newdegate - Free BBQ Breakfast
WA Three Springs - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
WA Corrigin - Free Pool Entry & BBQ Breakfast
WA Harrismith - Free BBQ Breakfast

[Deactivated] on 18/01/2018 - 21:58

+4

Reported as spam.

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- PJC on 18/01/2018 - 22:03
  
  +1
  
  Report this as Spam

muncan on 18/01/2018 - 22:42

+1

Thank you for your report:
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- Moderatorscrimshaw on 18/01/2018 - 22:44
  
  TA has requested it for it to be reverted, so for now I've reverted all changes. If TA wants the table, he can add it back in again by simply using Revisions.
  
  Thanks for the report.
  - muncan on 18/01/2018 - 22:45
    
    +2
    
    Thanks for the… spam? 🍖
subywagon on 18/01/2018 - 23:33

+1

Nothing in Tassie as usual. Looks like I'll have to drive to Victoria to grab a free snag and go for a free swim!
- Clear on 18/01/2018 - 23:53
  
  +8
  
  Should have gone to Specsavers.
  - subywagon on 19/01/2018 - 09:26
    
    +3
    
    lol I didn't notice those two squashed in between. Melbourne is still closer though I think.
- PJC on 19/01/2018 - 00:33
  
  +2
  
  New Norfolk? Oatlands?
  - Clear on 19/01/2018 - 09:19
    
    +2
    
    New Norfolk? Oatlands?
    
    Literally woop woop. Oatlands is a very nice convict built town overrall though.
    - PJC on 19/01/2018 - 09:29
      
      +1
      
      Maybe the ferry is better after all.
- Russ on 19/01/2018 - 00:51
  
  +3
  
  Looks like I'll have to drive to Victoria
  
  If you drive from Tasmania to Victoria, maybe the swim is superfluous?
- damnable on 19/01/2018 - 08:37
  
  +1
  
  http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/tasmania-to-celeb…
- JediJan on 19/01/2018 - 12:24
  
  +1
  
  Need a bigger boat.
Hadoop on 18/01/2018 - 23:35

Manly (NSW) - not free, but Gold coin donation:

https://www.northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au/things-to-do/whats-on…
- muncan on 18/01/2018 - 23:59
  
  https://youtu.be/t9PbfItwnIQ
Russ on 19/01/2018 - 00:25

+1

TA, one more for the list, free evening movie in the pool at Hibiscus Sports Complex, Upper Mt Gravatt, Brisbane. There will be a BBQ there with food available for purchase from 6pm. I don't think pool entry is free before 6pm, the event page is vague on that.

Movie starts 6PM, the movie is "Sing" (animated) with voices of Matthew McConaughy and Reese Witherspoon. Similar to Zootopia, IMDB link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3470600/

Link to event: https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/whats-on/event/free-movie-po…
aether on 19/01/2018 - 00:27

+8

I made a map of all the free bbq's and pool entries in Victoria. Entries have details in the description and a link back to the original page. (I was going to do the rest, but I seem to have bitten off a bit more than I can chew. If anybody wants to help add the rest, PM me.)
- tightarse on 19/01/2018 - 10:05
  
  +2
  
  Thanks for this aether. Incredible work. OP updated :)
anastasiastarz on 19/01/2018 - 00:56

The only place I'll be going is to bed after the parade XD
fjalldway on 19/01/2018 - 06:25

+1

Change the date voters need not apply.

fjalldway on 19/01/2018 - 06:25 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
- Yarkin on 19/01/2018 - 07:39
  
  How very inclusive of you.
- Miss B on 19/01/2018 - 09:02
  
  That's cool, I prefer not to swim in pee anyway.
vinster55 on 19/01/2018 - 09:24

Pool and BBQ hopping anyone ?
MissPeaches on 19/01/2018 - 10:16

None in the ACT?
- Ten on 26/01/2018 - 09:20
  
  +2
  
  As per usual the capital city is getting in to the spirit
Seraphin7 on 19/01/2018 - 11:58

+1

Not bad … if you live at Woop Woop. Seriously, one venue in the Sydney basin!
blonky on 19/01/2018 - 12:00

+1

How do you 69 a swimming pool
PowerPants on 19/01/2018 - 14:01

+1

What’s a 69 swimming pool?
Thomas C on 19/01/2018 - 17:35

Does anyone know if there be at my local area "Roselands, Punchbowl, Bankstown NSW" area ? Thanks.
rjstev on 20/01/2018 - 23:51

Sadly none on the Goldie but thanks for the effort TA.
Jaxx on 24/01/2018 - 13:18

SA Onkaparinga - http://www.onkaparingacity.com/onka/discover/events_festival…
[Deactivated] on 26/01/2018 - 08:42

+2

Cancelled/rescheduled events for SA (due to extreme heat): http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/messenger/adelaide-councils-ca…
- tightarse on 26/01/2018 - 08:46
  
  +2
  
  Thanks for this :)
Wystri Warrick on 26/01/2018 - 09:22

+1

Do we wear speedos?
- smuggler on 26/01/2018 - 10:09
  
  Do we wear speedos?
  
  If you don't live in a white area, probably not.
toastpaint on 26/01/2018 - 10:42

ｎｉｃｅ
trevor99 on 26/01/2018 - 10:42

Public pools 25% chlorine, 75% ****
susu abis on 26/01/2018 - 11:25

+1

++ for effort TA

Happy Australia Day
- tightarse on 26/01/2018 - 11:40
  
  Thank you. And to you :)

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