It’s a blindingly bright day in Sydney. Sunlight glitters on the calm harbour waters, and moored sailboats gently sway beyond the boardwalk at Murray Rose Pool in Double Bay, known by most as Redleaf.
The harbour pool is where journalist and former Q+A host Tony Jones likes to swim when he’s not doing laps in the heated Prince Alfred Park pool, or at the jewel-like waters of Shark beach in Vaucluse.