Long Summer days and holiday fun are just around the corner and if cooling off in a pop-up portable swimming pool is high on the list at your home, you’ll want to make it safe for the whole family! You may be surprised to learn that any pool 300mm/30cm high or more may have to...
With the holiday season just around the corner, be sure the barrier fencing of any pools and spas at any tourist or visitor accommodation has been checked by our qualified certifiers. A business that is set up to accommodate paying guests needs to have their pool barriers checked every 3 years to remain compliant as...
Wingecarribee Shire Council has secured $50,000 in grant funding as part of the NSW Government’s Increasing Resilience to Climate Change (IRCC) program. IRCC grants are developed in partnership with Local Government NSW and the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to improve resilience and help communities adapt to the changing climate. Council’s Water, Sewer...
With summer just around the corner, Wingecarribee Shire Council is urging potential customers of portable pools to think twice before making an impulse purchase. Council’s General Manager Corporate, Strategy and Development Services, Mark Pepping explained that many portable pools required the same security fencing as built-in or above ground pools. “Many portable pool owners are...
With the warmer weather now upon us Wingecarribee Shire Council is reminding residents to play it safe in the water. Residents and visitors to the Southern Highlands are spoiled for choice when it comes to places to cool off with local swimming pools, rivers and swimming holes among the most popular places to escape the...
