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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mostafa Rachwani

Warm water and $8 hot chips: after six years of waiting does western Sydney’s new pool live up to the hype?

Man holding sports bag standing out the front of t a modern concrete building with Parramatta Aquatic Centre sign above the entrance.
Guardian Australia reporter Mostafa Rachwani heads to the new Parramatta Aquatic Centre for a swim. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Parramatta is a city without a pool no more.

The people of western Sydney have sizzled through six summers since the Parramatta War Memorial Swimming Centre was bulldozed to make way for a new stadium.

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