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Swimming Spots in NSW and Victoria

River holes, weir pools, lakes and the town pool that opens from November through March. The Murray, the Murrumbidgee, the Ovens and the Goulburn all hold spots locals use and visitors drive straight past. Currents, submerged timber and cold water below a weir wall kill people every summer, so ask about a spot before anyone jumps in.

12 listings · 7 towns live · Checked 2026-08-30
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6towns live in NSW
1town live in VIC
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Also searched as swimming near me, river swimming, waterhole, public pool, lake swimming, free swimming spot

Where swimming spots are live

Each town links to the swimming spots who work there, including the ones based on the other side of the river.

Top rated swimming spots

The 6 strongest profiles in the category. Ordered by quality score and then rating, never by payment.

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Riverside Wagga Beach

Swimming Spots · Wagga Wagga

NSW
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Riverside Wagga Beach is a sandy river beach on the Murrumbidgee about five minutes from the CBD, with grassed shady picnic areas, sheltered barbecues.

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Lake Albert

Swimming Spots · Lake Albert

NSW
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Lake Albert is one of Wagga's most used recreational areas, catering for boating, fishing, swimming and other aquatic activities.

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Lake Centenary

Swimming Spots · Temora

NSW
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Lake Centenary is four kilometres north of Temora and is used for power boating, water skiing, sailing, canoeing, swimming and fishing.

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Lake Talbot Water Park

Swimming Spots · Narrandera

NSW
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Lake Talbot Water Park at Narrandera has pools and three water slides, including an enclosed high-speed racer slide, plus a splash-and-play park.

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Albury Swim Centre

Swimming Spots · Albury

NSW
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AlburyCity's main public aquatic centre, on Wodonga Place near the Murray River foreshore, managed by Aligned Leisure as part of Albury Wodonga Aquatics.

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Lavington Swim Centre

Swimming Spots · Albury

NSW
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Seasonal outdoor public pool on Moore Street, Lavington, operated by Aligned Leisure as part of Albury Wodonga Aquatics and open between October…

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How this category is built

A swimming spot appears in every town it services, not only the town it is registered in. That is why the town counts on this page add up to more than 12. Address and service area are held as separate facts, which is the whole reason a business on one side of the Murray is not invisible on the other.

Listings are marked up as TouristAttraction in the structured data. Ordering comes from a quality score, and where it exists, promoted placement is boxed and labelled. How we handle advertising.

Questions about swimming spots

How many swimming spots are listed on LocalsKnow?

12 swimming spots across 7 towns, 6 in New South Wales and 1 in Victoria. A business appears in every town it services, not only the one it is registered in, so the town counts add up to more than the listing count.

Which towns have the most swimming spots?

Albury with 4, Wagga Wagga with 4, Beechworth with 1. Coverage starts on the border corridor and works outwards, so the ordering here reflects where the directory has been built out, not where the trade is busiest.

What schema type do swimming spots use, and why does that matter?

Every listing in this category is marked up as TouristAttraction rather than a generic LocalBusiness. The type carries the properties that fit the business, so opening hours, service area and credentials are read as what they are. Marking a swimming spot up as a generic business tells a search engine almost nothing, and it costs the rich result.

How is the order on these pages decided?

By a quality score built from profile completeness, whether the business has claimed its listing, and whether a licence has been checked against the state register. Rating breaks a tie. Payment does not enter it at any point, and any promoted slot is boxed, labelled, and kept out of the structured data.