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The local swimming pool. In Newcastle where I grew up, the local swimming pool was referred to as 'the baths', a usage I also found in Sydney. In Wollongong no one ever says they are going to 'the baths' (except non-locals) - everyone talks about going to 'the pools': I'm going down to the pools for a swim. Compare baths.
Contributor's comments: Where I grew up, in Sydney, it was called "the pool", not "the pools", even though there were many pools at the complex.
Contributor's comments: Always used in the singular "pool" in Gippsland and North East Victoria - Never "baths".