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Pool to pond: ditching chlorine for an urban wildlife waterhole | The Pool
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1:35Now PlayingWhen Ian and Carol Stroak step out of their South Turramurra home and into their pool area, they are welcomed into a wetland oasis, with fish, microbats, frogs and ducks.
Now retired, the couple were travelling across the country in a motorhome, and their pool left behind would suffer... all until they decided to embrace the algae.
"One of the people from Ku-ring-gai Council suggested, 'why don't you try a pool to pond', and it went from there," Ms Stroak said.
In the first two years, the couple said the pond looked 'a little pathetic' until the plants were established.
Now, they have their very own wetland paradise.
Billabongs, ocean baths, backyard pools or the local swim centre – The Pool is Australian culture. ABC TV + iview 7:40 pm September 22 & 29. Link ABC TV + iview TBC #abcthepool
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