Pools for Prevention: 60km swim to raise funds for diabetes research

By Lucy Bortolazzo
Updated February 8 2015 - 9:23pm, first published 9:00pm
Swim mission: Marie and Phil Hewitt from Newcastle are swimming ocean pools from Eden to Yamba raising funds for diabetes research.
Swim mission: Marie and Phil Hewitt from Newcastle are swimming ocean pools from Eden to Yamba raising funds for diabetes research.

Swimming 60 kilometres along the east coast of Australia sounds like a hard slog, but give it three months, 60 pools and winding coastal roads and you have yourself a road trip.

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