Streets Beach Pool - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
S 27° 28.671 E 153° 01.394
56J E 502295 N 6960636
South Beach is not your typical swimming pool. It's a concrete structure surrounded by a man-made beach. It's located in the South Bank Parklands in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Waymark Code: WM5ZBG
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 03/06/2009
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From
Wikipedia:
A major feature within the parkland is its man-made beach, which is 2000 square metres of free-formed concrete surrounded by 4000 cubic metres of sand. The sand surrounding the beach is sourced from the Rous Channel in Moreton Bay and every year the beach is topped up with an additional 70 tonnes to ensure that it is kept in pristine condition. Almost half of the lagoon area sits on reclaimed land that was once the Brisbane River.
Streets Beach facts:
* Designed by: Desmond Brookes International
* Landscape Architect: Media 5
* Constructed by: Fletcher Jennings Construction and Water and Industrial Engineering
* Construction Commenced: February 1991
* Construction Completed: June 1992
The beach area comprises a lagoon with enough water to fill five Olympic swimming pools, with sand beaches, palm trees, rocky creeks and subtropical trees and exotic plantings. The beach is patrolled seven days a week by lifeguards.
The lagoon contains chlorinated fresh water that is recirculated every six hours at up to 125 litres per second. Water for the beach is pumped through two large sand filters and chemically treated before being pumped back into the pools. Dredge pump and self-propelled sifting machines clean the adjoining pools.