It’s the start of another scorching hot summer and Angelica is looking for relief. She longs to dive into some cooling water, but there’s one problem... Angelica can't swim. Join our host as she examines what it means to be a non-swimmer in a nation that prides itself on its prowess in the pool, and what stood in her way as a young girl growing up in Sydney’s west.  

You’ll join Angelica as she mingles with the crowd at a pool party in Mt Druitt, hear from writer Sarah Malik about her own hard-won adventures in the water, and get Olympian Shane Gould’s take on Australia’s swimming scorecard.  

And you’ll be by Angelica’s side as she takes us back to one fateful school swimming carnival, many years ago.

Sink or Swim is part of an audio project called Welcome to Blacktown, supported by the Paul Ramsay Foundation. If you want to know more visit our website www.impactstudios.edu.au/sinkorswim