Apologies, banned in all public pools. Well the title says all, the article/ video says YMCA
http://www.9news.com.au/national/201...cross-victoria
OK luckily this is just the YMCA pools so far and I would say this is as a result of the safety review that was done as a result of Brunswick Baths calling into question the safety of Mermaid/Merman tails. This is quite bad as other public pools may decide to follow suit on this. Please keep everyone posted here if you hear anything else!
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Member formerly known as leomar
Well that sucks! They should've had tail wearers do a swim test. Just like they make the kids do a swim test, before they let them onto the inflatables.
They didn't do proper research about OHS but instead of basing their info on one video. And the added benefits of tail/monofin swimming.
Told ya fear and paranoia is what will get us all banned. Luckily, its not in NSW yet, and fins crossed I have looked up my local pool and its not a YMCA one.
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I've been doing a little research and it looks like several fair trading organisations including nsw, Vic and Wa have so far flagged the tail warning. So we have to be careful this ban could spread really quickly nation wide.
Also, please sign the petition to remove the ban here https://www.change.org/p/anthea-hanc...swimming-pools
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By the way, tails have not been banned Australia wide YET, but the ACCC (Australian Competiton and Consumer Commission) are currently doing a review and pending that they may be banned Australia wide!
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Member formerly known as leomar
I'M SAFE! SAFE!!
I just called my pool to ask what they thought of the Vic YMCA ban, and they say have no plans to put it place, AND the pool is council run.
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Thank you for setting up the petition.
Bureaucracy loves paperwork.
This news as caught me on a not-so-good day.
We are fucked. We are all fucked.
So I sent an email to my council's 3 pools, asking them all if I would be banned from using my tail in their pools.
Just waiting on a response.
I think I'm one of the only if not the only mermaid who got pools to reverse bands. Our entire province decided to ban. But I got them to flip back.
I really feel the key is not to complain. They love to make you look like some weirdo with a weird hobby mad they can't do it.
The key is to approach pools and the media with solutions. Suggestions. And ideas. Then people will be on your side and support you.
As a community we need to start replying that way both on the small scale of social media, and the larger scale like being in the news.
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I couldn't agree more! The first thing I did was have a sitdown meeting with the head managment of a number of YMCA pools who were very happy to her solutions and options. They are now putting forward my recommendations to the National Board who are due to review the ban in the comming weeks.
Member formerly known as leomar
It's really important that it is the focus in the media because so far it comes across complainy
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I just feel like... How to describe it? You know those people on the Titanic that they locked up in the lower cargo area? That's how I feel like right now because of all these stupid tail bans. I'm lucky my pool is council run and the people there are open minded to the possibilities mermaiding has. But I feel so bad for those that can't follow their dreams.
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