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Rock pools, so-named because they have been hammered out of rocks at the ocean's edge, are one of Sydney's defining characteristics, along with the Opera House and Harbour Bridge, though not as well known.

— Raymond Bonner

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Sydney's most famous beach is Bondi. At its southern end is Bondi Baths, an eight-lane, 50-meter saltwater pool built into the cliffs.

— Raymond Bonner

Pools have their own uniqueness, design and engineering to depict culture, history or innovation.

— Troy Dumais

My favourite pool is located in a remote valley in the eastern Lake District, surrounded by vine-hung cliffs and slippery boulders. It has a torrential sheet waterfall at one end and is almost black in colour, so it appears bottomless, a portal to nowhere.

— Sarah Hall

A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye.

— Joan Didion

Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it.

— Harry Seidler

Australia is an island surrounded by water. My fondest memories growing up were trips to the beach, walking around the harbor and playing in the beautiful parks.

— Tammin Sursok

I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.

— Joan Didion

Family is very important to me because that is the footprint we perpetuate. That is, the ripple in the water when the rock first impacts the pool, and it is those waves, that energy that one produces, that determines our direction.

— Larry Wilcox

✗Opposing Perspectives

As long as there's a body of water nearby, I'm happy. Pools don't count. I like diving into the ocean and coming out refreshed.

— Sarah Carter

Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.

— Julie Andrews