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Community rallies around Port Fairy's Belfast Aquatics, launches petition for pool

Ben Silvester
Updated March 22 2022 - 6:44pm, first published 3:30pm
Treasured: Belfast Aquatics has been a much-loved community hub in Port Fairy for nearly 15 years and hundreds of locals have expressed dismay at the prospect of it closing its doors as it struggles to find new insurance cover. Picture: Morgan Hancock.
Treasured: Belfast Aquatics has been a much-loved community hub in Port Fairy for nearly 15 years and hundreds of locals have expressed dismay at the prospect of it closing its doors as it struggles to find new insurance cover. Picture: Morgan Hancock.

The Port Fairy community has rallied around the embattled Belfast Aquatics leisure centre, launching a "Save our pool" petition as the facility searches frantically for a new insurer.

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Ben Silvester

Ben Silvester

Victorian state correspondent

Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.

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