13/08/2025
Introducing ANNETTE 🏊♂️🤿💦
Annette has been teaching at Swim Care for almost four years and brings with her a depth of knowledge and practical expertise to the centre.
As a child she learnt to swim simply by watching other children have swim lessons but until her mid 40s could only swim breaststroke. It wasn't until she was enticed into a fun triathlon that she realised that there was more to swimming and has never looked back.
"I was extremely fortunate to find swim coaches who understood the art of swimming efficiently, they instilled in me the need to practice over and over again, to understand how my body and the water could work beautifully together, how good technique was key to whatever I wanted to achieve, be it safety, speed or distance swimming".
That fun triathlon was just the start an athletic career that lead her all the way to the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, to run the Great Wall of China Marathon and swim the Hauraki Gulf from Rangitoto Island to the mainland so it's no surprise that her motto in life is 'Anything Is Possible'.
"When it comes to teaching ANY age-group to swim I'm passionate about passing on my love for the water, with a very healthy dose of respect.
As a swim teacher her primary goal is to ensure that EVERYONE is capable of saving themselves IF necessary, once that goal is achieved, THEN the real fun can begin".
When Annette's not teaching she's the Australian correspondent for TRT World News, works with her husband Allan to produce features for SBS Business News, is Coffs Triathlon Club's swim coach and in her spare time does CrossFit where she'll be competing in the Masters Final in October.