Swimcare Moonee Beach

12/03/2026

Hi Swimcare Family,

Please, if you can, support my 96km March On challenge to help prevent veteran su***de and save lives.
Together, we will show our brave heroes and their families that they are not forgotten.
https://www.marchonchallenge.org.au/fundraisers/shaneedman/virtual26?utm_source=mobileapp

So far I have completed 38km of the 96km and have a couple more weeks to go to cross the line.

This March, I'll be marching on to help prevent veteran su***de and save lives. Please sponsor me now

04/01/2026

We are back to normal from today! See you at Swimming!!1

15/12/2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OUR FAMILIES

This week is the final week of lessons before our two – week break.
What a wonderful year it has been watching your children grow in confidence and progress in their water skills. It has been an absolute delight and privilege teaching them.

Thankyou for your continued support. We look forward to welcoming you back after the break, on
Jan 5th , 2026.
We wish all our families a blessed and meaningful Christmas season.
From all the Swimcare team 🎄

05/12/2025

For those that haven’t heard yet, Shane (that would be me 😂) has come home to Swimcare Moonee Beach.

10/10/2025

It’s been a bittersweet week this week. Tomorrow is my final day as a swim teacher at Swimcare Moonee Beach. Monday I start a new role as Facilities Manager at Macksville Memorial Aquatic and Fitness Centre.

For the last 6 years Swimcare hasn’t just been a job. It’s been a family and it’s been a home. Many families have become friends, many children I look at like my own. I’ve seen hundreds of kids grow from 3 month old babies to 6 year olds that are fantastic swimmers. I’ve seen kids that could barely swim straight go on to squad and do very well at their school swimming carnivals. There have been kids terrified of the water become brimming with confidence. I’m both proud and honoured to have been part of the team that has helped all of grow in their swimming. I’m not going to lie, there’s been some tears, mostly mine, as I’ve said my goodbyes.

Starting this new chapter I just want to say to all the wonderful Swimcare families, thank you for trusting me with your children. This isn’t goodbye, it’s I’ll see you around.

I appreciate each and everyone of you.

All my best,

Shane 🏊🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

02/10/2025

🚨 PSA for our swim fam 🚨
We’re giving the pool noodles the day off this Labour Day long weekend 💪🌊

📅 Closed: Monday 6th October
📅 Back to business (and backstroke): Tuesday 7th October

Enjoy the extra day to perfect your land-based swimming skills (aka napping, BBQ-ing, or chasing kids around the backyard). 🏊‍♂️🔥🥩

Have a happy & safe long weekend – we’ll see you back in the pool on Tuesday! 💙

— Swimcare Moonee

17/09/2025

💦 WE’RE HIRING! 💦
Looking for a job where splashing is encouraged, goggles are a fashion statement, and high-fives are part of the uniform?

Swimcare Moonee is on the hunt for a Swim Instructor to join our team! 🏊‍♀️✨

What we need from you:
• Reliability (we love a last-minute cannonball, but not a last-minute cancellation)
• A commitment to stick around long-term (our swimmers get attached to their teachers… and so do we 🥹)
• A big smile, a positive attitude, and the ability to make lessons fun while teaching life-saving skills 🌊

What you’ll get:
• A workplace that’s more pool party than office cubicle
• Endless “dad jokes” from the pool deck
• The chance to help little legends go from doggy paddlers to confident swimmers 🐠

Sound like your kind of gig?
👉 Apply now and come make waves with us at Swimcare Moonee!

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.

06/08/2025

Introducing SHANE 🏊‍♂️🤿💦
After a well deserved 10 month hiatus, travelling our beautiful country, Shane is finally back!
Shane has been a dedicated swim teacher since 2017, following a career change from his previous role as an army veteran. After gaining experience at other swim centres, he was drawn to Swimcare in July 2019, appreciating its focus on small class sizes and genuine care for each child.

He thrives in the squad environment, where he enjoys seeing the progression of skills and the transformation of students as they grow to love swimming — both for fun and competition. Shane’s favourite part of the job is witnessing the journey of each child, from their first strokes to developing confidence in and out of the water.

If he could instill one value in every child, it would be to never give up — even when it’s hard.

If you have swam with Shane over the years, feel free to share the memories, he would love to see 🙌

30/07/2025

MEET THE TEAM WEDNESDAY ✨🏊‍♂️🤿
Introducing JOY
With a deep passion for nurturing and education, Joy is a devoted mother of eight and proud grandmother of twenty-one. After years of homeschooling, where every child learned to swim, play a musical instrument, and engage in team sports, she and her family also opened their home to foster care.

For the past eight years, she has been a dedicated swim instructor at Swimcare. Her role is one she considers a true honour, entrusted with teaching life-saving skills to children. She believes the value of a child is priceless and finds great joy in seeing students progress—many who she has taught from infancy, who know do squad and swim for enjoyment.

She is especially passionate about helping parents teach their children to swim, in the baby stage, its the first skill they learn out of home and watching parents teach their childen is a honour she feels pride and privelige to be apart of, recognising swimming as a vital life skill in Australia. Her greatest reward is watching children thrive, confident in the water and in themselves.
If you have ever swam with Joy over the years, or have any lovely memories with her at SwimCare please feel free to share them here, she would love to see them 🙌

23/07/2025

MEET THE TEAM WEDNESDAYS ✨🏊🤿
Introducing LORI
the founder of Swim Care herself.
Being in the Swim teaching industry, Lori noticed a lack of genuine care and consistency in such a vital, life-saving, necessary skill and decided to dedicate herself to being the change.
She first become a swim instructor in Canada ( where she was born and raised) and continued her passion after relocating to Australia. Starting Swim Care from her home pool in 2001, it rapidly grew to the Boambee Swim Care centre opening in 2005 and the Moonee Swim Care Centre in 2017. Being a mum to 4 girls, even with her passion and knowledge with swim safety, one of her daughters was nearly the victim of a backyard pool drowning, using her turn and reach skills learnt in swimming lessons saved her life. The Swim Care program was written level by level to in-still life saving abilities in babies from 3 months of age, this has been adjusted, and improved over the years and has proven to be successful for many many families over many many years. Although she’s not often in the water anymore, she is still just as passionate and loves getting to know each family and watching children enhance their skills.
If you have ever swam with Lori over the years, or have any lovely memories with her at Swim Care, please feel free to share them here, she would love to see them 🙌
Watch this space as we introduce all of our team members here at SwimCare Moonee!