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Australia has lost a giant with the passing of legendary swimming coach Harry Gallagher OAM. Harry Gallagher, the man who ushered Dawn Fraser from the Balmain Baths, which now carry her name, to the dizzying heights of Olympic immortality, was 96 when he passed away in a Gold Coast hospital.

Learning to swim can save your child’s life but the benefits go well beyond safety. Anecdotally the experts at Carlile Swimming have long known how children’s confidence grows, along with their physical and emotional wellbeing. Then research proved them right. A four-year study by Australia’s Griffith University found children who

As a parent without a background in swimming, how do you find the right teacher for your child? It’s one thing to pay good money for great lessons, but imagine your time and money being wasted on poor quality instruction. Imagine watching your child strive tirelessly but never learning the

It was January 8, 1972, when Carlile Kid Shane Gould created a slice of history that will never be equalled. The scene – Saturday night, Drummoyne pool, the NSW Swimming Championships. A 15-year-old schoolgirl is the overwhelming favourite for the Open 100 metres freestyle. The gun goes, 58.5 seconds later

From Carlile Seahorse to champion IronWoman, what a journey it’s been for Carlile Swimming teacher Naomi Scott, who this weekend takes on surf sports best. The Nutri-Grain series kicks off at Kingscliff on the NSW Far North Coast and Naomi Scott goes into the opening event hot on the heels

Today we celebrate one of the most astonishing nights in Swimming history when 13-year-old Jenny Turrall and her 14-year-old “twin” Sally Lockyer smashed the 1500m Freestyle World Record. Their swim was massive news, they are pictured above (Jenny in the yellow cap) with Forbes and Ursula Carlile in the Australian

Find out why the world’s leading learn to swim experts believe children are never completely safe around water. “The answer to this question is never. No child is totally SAFE around water,” says Carlile Swimming director, former teacher and Australian champion Richard Cahalan. “That’s why we use the word SAFER.

On the anniversary of his passing we remember Forbes Carlile, one of the most influential and innovative figures in the world of swimming and in sport. Early days Born in Melbourne in 1921, Forbes grew up in Mosman, Sydney. He confessed to at first being “an unwilling student” during swimming