Beam me up Scotty!As Canberra sweltered through its hottest day since January on Sunday, Dunja Cvjeticanin's unique summer break project appeared to take on even more importance.
Just days after graduating from Australian National University with a combined arts/law degree, the 24-year-old is preparing for full-time work in a Canberra law firm next year. In the meantime, she is getting her feet wet and blogging about all of Canberra's suburban swimming spots. It could make for popular summer reading, if the temperature gets near the 38.1 degrees it hit just after 3.30pm on Sunday.
Thankfully the day is not set to be repeated this week, with moderate temperatures leading up to a mostly sunny Christmas Day with a top of 28 degrees.
Describing local swimming pools as ''sanctuaries of awesomeness and temples of purity'', Ms Cvjeticanin will rank each one on cost of entry, water quality and ambience, the availability of tanning space and the price of ice creams.
Advertisement ''Looking around on the internet for something similar, I realised that it didn't really exist yet so I thought I would give it a try,'' she said.
Her first review of the 1930s art deco Manuka Swimming Pool was posted online last week.
''So far the reaction has been really good,'' she said.
Ms Cvjeticanin is aiming to review one pool each week.
''My favourite pool is definitely Manuka but I also love my local, which is Tuggeranong, because it is great for lap swimming,'' she said.
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