The Birth of Seadragonz
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Seadragonz Swim School is a purpose built learn to swim centre designed to offer a utopian learning environment for learning to swim.
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The Birth of Seadragonz
- 2. It all started with a seed sown by Paul Sadler of Paul Sadler Swimland in Victoria, who asked Lari why she was wasting her time working for someone else who would not appreciate nor reward her talents. Lari had never considered the thought of her own swim school.
- 3. After a lot of thought Lari realised Paul was right and made the decision to jump off the cliff and see what it felt like. It was scary and exhilarating and Lari spent hours excited and thinking ‘oh my gosh, what have I done’.
- 4. Being the first purpose built swim school in Western Australia we climbed over many speed humps and fell into a lot of pot holes.
- 5. At last, after kerthumping over speed humps and into potholes we finally broke ground.
- 8. And so we got this far and that was all for months
- 9. The grandchildren found an awesome new playground
- 10. The roof structure arrives
- 11. And in the meantime the weeds made a new home
- 12. One of the speed Fact: In humps was 1974 the required Cyclone over- Tracy engineering of the roof. knocked over Darwin We were with 217kph required to winds. make this cyclone proof to 228kph. Yes, we know that happens frequently in Perth.
- 13. Each pole sits in a 44 gallon drum of solid concrete.
- 15. The baby eucalypts joined the weeds in their new home.
- 16. The tiger snake also thought he had found a new home.
- 18. Furiously working men making the perfect floor slopes. They were threatened with drowning if there was puddling water.
- 20. Decision makers
- 23. And we work until the job is done!
- 26. And the cover goes on
- 28. Weeding time
- 35. Vinyl liner is completed welded to the concrete
- 37. Water would be good And the grandchildren waited
- 39. Water at last
- 40. The dogs watched the final stages possibly pondering that their regular ball throwers and playmates (the construction crew) would be around no longer.
- 43. January 29, 2007 Day 1
- 44. National Swim Australia Awards 2008 - Community Service Award Presented by Hayley Lewis & Karni Liddell
- 45. National Swim Australia Awards 2009 – Community Service Award Presented by Hayley Lewis
- 46. ational Swim Australia Awards 2009 – Australia’s Most nvironmentally Friendly Swim School resented by Jessica Schipper
- 48. WA Chamber of Commerce Business Development Award 2009
- 50. WA Environment Awards 2009 – Small Business Leading by Example
- 51. WA Environmental Awards 2009 – Overall Winner
- 54. National Swim Australia Awards 2010 – Best Swim School Marketing Award Presented by Tracey Wickham & Emily Seebolm
- 55. WA Chamber of Commerce 2010 – Certificate of Merit
- 59. National Swim Australia Awards 2011 Presented by Libby Trickett
- 60. National Savewater! Awards 2011 - Finalist
- 62. National Swim Australia Awards 2012 Most Environmentally Friendly Swim School Award Presented by Emily Seebolm & Brittany Elmslie
- 63. THANK YOU to all who continue to make Seadragonz a great place to learn to swim
Editor's Notes
- Paul Sadler 1st - it’s all your fault!!!!So many others
- Paul Sadler 1st - it’s all your fault!!!!So many others
- 1st in WA – benchmark for all othersCouncil – dumb birds – meeting with group – red carpetHealth Dept – State – define rulesDrawing plans – friends are awesomeSubmissions – HD ok –council and toilets - DUET BILL & LARI–moving wall 6cm – change room doors – 4 monthsProcess was 8 monthsFinding a builder – colin and joker - getting a builder in perth??
- Party day
- Really oh really – progress at last
- Now who worked out the number of bricksNow they have to be got out
- And the children playedHmmm what happens if i jump in it – run through itTastes yummyWhat funA pool with water in it even if it wasn’t the right kind!!!These children own the pool – they know all the stories
- The roof bits arrivedStory of the roof – Dowerin – one set of plans sitting in a girls house to redraw for ppl – sent to 1 engineer – and the story of how it goesBILL AND LARIAnd then.........(toilet arrives)
- We waitedThe water from winter dried out – we had a sandy bottom again – we had the 1st spring weeds starting to growBut.....there were signs of a pool in the making
- The drums for the posts+ same for next pic
- Looking good – mighty good work Colin – very straight – look at that perfect alignment with the angle bits and allCol was amazing – no idea but cluey and so willing to ‘she’ll be right – we’ll work it out!! – Couldn’t have got better
- And grew some more and even the trees decided well we may as well start growing again –lots of space to growI don’t think so!!!!!
- And the tiger snake took up resident in the pool jungle
- And now it looks like a hole with a wall around itOne complete wall NOW THAT IS SATISFACTION – and signs of progress we hope????WRONG AGAIN – labour on holidays lost plot never to return!! But he forgot to tell the brickie!!!And.....The pool men returned to start doing some touches now that WE were progressing ....next pic
- AND THE MEN WERE ON THEIR KNEESHand trowel – 12 of them there – one pour – no cracks, blah blah
- Ever the perfectionist!!!
- And the men discussed some more Still making it up and working it out as we went alongUntil Wow oh wow we started to see even more buliding!!
- Beginning of roof constructionJade from Narrogin – long drive – you would all kill for employees of this calibre – country boyNow you really see what making it up as you go along was all about!!!NEXT SLIDE IS A SHOW OF HOOP GOING OVER
- And yes i can do anything under the moonlight!!
- But at time i need a little helpBack the next day – 2 hours there and back every day he had to come up – made the most of it as u have seen
- The roof covering slides on in one piece – is easily replaced -10 year warranty on fabric.+ next two slides and then tightened
- And it was time for the weeding program to beginForward HO!!
- And the final stages of pool construction were under way
- The walls were rendered.......
- Ready for the floor pour.......
- Starting the welding of the vinyl – all welded no spot welds – only the best for Seadragonz + next slide
- And the children waited some moreThese kids were hanging out!!!!
- Oh Well – running lanes will do – probably the only opportunity we will ever get !!!
- And at long last...........we get to put water in!!!!!Now when can we get in!!!!
- Meeting Canine inspection – does this mean we can’t run along the concrete anymore? And Holly wants to know if her obliging ball throwers were going to end
- The sign goes up – note it is the female on the roof!!!+ next slide
- The final touchesCar parkStory of blanketBio Cycle systemLedge markersThe heaterNow to preparations for finding staff........did a group session at the zoo
- And Finally..........My birthday
- For all the support, help when we were looking for different opinions and your constant encouragement.And Paul Sadler – it was all your fault.....but you made a difference in my life and my love of the swim school industry