25m Pool Upgrade – FAQs

The 25m pool and leisure pool will be closed from Friday, 25 April 2025 until an anticipated re-opening in mid-August, however we will keep all members and patrons updated as works progress.

The 25m pool and leisure pool will be closed to allow the South West Sports Centre to conduct some essential works, including removing the existing pool liner and replacing it with modern tiles and giving it a fresh new look as well as ensuring our high safety standards are maintained.

The current liner is failing and needs replacement. Through a consultant, tiling has been provided as a better more effective long-term solution to ensure that the asset continues to have an extended useful life.

This is a significant sized project which includes various elements from emptying the pools, removing the liner, installing new tiles and refilling and testing the pools prior to re-opening. It is being anticipated the pools will re-open in mid-August 2025, however all South West Sports Centre members and patrons will be kept up to date via email and our social media platforms ahead of the re-opening.

The 25m pool, leisure pool and slide will be closed during this period with construction fencing being installed around the entire 25m pool and leisure pool.

There will be some noise associated with these works, predominantly in the aquatics area. However, noise may also be heard from the café, gym and reception. The works carried out from 25 April to 15 July (11 weeks) will be the more significant noise periods with the rest of the project expected to have minimal noise disturbance.

If you are concerned about potential noise, we suggest planning your visit to avoid times between 6.45am to 4.00pm weekdays (during the dates indicated above).

During this period, the 50m pool, spa, sauna, steam room and other amenities will remain open for your use. Please note, the 50m pool will be set up for 25m lanes during this project to cater for all existing user groups, members, swim schools and other activities.

To best accommodate our existing pool bookings and user groups, the 50m pool will be running as a 25m pool configuration. This means there will be twenty lanes in the 50m pool available. This configuration will maximise pool space, providing space for other patrons to use the facility.

We will not be taking any new bookings during this time, and we will endeavour to accommodate all existing bookings.

Normal operating hours will be maintained during this time.

• Monday to Thursday – 5:45am to 8:30pm
• Friday – 5:45am to 7pm
• Saturday – 8am to 5pm
• Sunday – 9am to 4pm
• Public Holidays – 8am to 12pm

The café will be open and accessible from the Aquatics Facility with normal operating hours being maintained during this time:

• Monday to Friday – 7.30am to 5:30pm
• Saturday – 8:30am to 2:30pm
• Sunday – 10am to 1pm

All other facilities within the Aquatics Facility will remain open including the 50m pool, spa, sauna and steam room and as such no changes to your membership will be applied unless requested. Please note, the 50m pool will be set up for 25m lanes during this project to cater for all existing user groups, members, swim schools and other activities.

If you wish to suspend your membership during this time of closure, you can do so without affecting your annual allocation. Change of membership type is also available to our members at any time by contacting our membership office at 9795 2238 or by emailing everyonememberships@bunbury.wa.gov.au

To minimise disruptions, all swim school lessons will take place in the 50m pool during this time. To make the transition as comfortable as possible, we will be slightly increasing the pool temperature. We will be running 25m lanes to create more space to accommodate everyone.

Swim school participants have been contacted directly. If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact us on 9795 2251.

Lessons are moving to the 50m pool to continue providing students a valuable experience when it comes to learning to swim. The move to the 50m pool will also provide students with exposure and experience in a deeper pool with a slightly different temperature.

Yes, you can contact the Swim School Office to place your child’s lessons on hold during this time up until Friday 16 May 2025. This means you will not be charged until the 25m pool and leisure pool re-opens. The Swim School Office will contact you when lessons and payments resume in the 25m and leisure pool.

Yes, you can cancel your lessons at any time during this period and be added back to the waitlist until you wish to return however our existing Swim School policies still apply and it should be noted that our current waitlist is quite long and you will not be guaranteed a spot once the 25m and leisure pool re-open.

We will be offering a grace/trial period until the end of week three in Term 2 (Friday, 16 May 2025). If the pool gets too cold for a student, there is an option to either suspend or cancel lessons. After this period, we will assess each situation individually and advise on the best option.

There are some minor changes to the timetable:

• Monday
  • 8am Aquarians – No Change
  • 9am Aquarians – Cancelled
  • 12:30pm Water Walking – Cancelled
  • 1:15pm Aquarians – Moved to 12pm
• Tuesday
  • 9am Aqua Interval – Moved to 8am
• Wednesday
  • 8am Deep Water Running – No Change
  • 12:30pm Water Walking – Cancelled
• Thursday
  • 9am Aquarians – Moved to 8am
• Friday
  • 8am Aqua Interval – No Change
  • 12:30pm Water Walking – Cancelled
  • 1:15pm Aquarians – Moved to 12pm

Please see our website – Timetable | South West Sports Centre   for an updated aquatics timetable for this period.