Name: Oak Park Rock Pool
Where: Oak Park, Cronulla NSW
Tips: as it’s a little south of the main beach in Cronulla, parking is pretty plentiful. Including the backstreets.
Built: Early 1900s
Pools of the Sea number: 9/100
Oak Park Rock Pool
Just south of Cronulla beach in Sydney’s southern suburbs lies the uniquely shaped pool of Oak Park.
Typical the rock pools that you see and the ones I’ve come across in my travels are a perfect rectangular shape.
But occasionally you come across ones like Oak Park that are a little different.
I really like the look of Oak Park pool as it definitely has its own personality and it fits into the landscape really well.
Built in the early 1900s and refurbished by the council in 1930, the pool in Oak Park is a popular spot with locals and visitors alike.
It’s also number 9 in my Pools of the Sea project and I look forward to adding the rest of the Sutherland Shire pools here too soon.
It’s also one of many rock pools in the Sutherland Shire including North Cronulla, Cronulla and Shelly beach Rock Pool and one of around 35 in Sydney.
There was definitely a boom in the early 1900s for ocean pools and the uniquely shaped Oak Park pool has a style unto its own.
Well worth checking out for either a swim or a photoshoot.
Til next time!
Chris Lane
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