Sydney’s figure-eight rockpools are an otherwordly paradise full of mermaids and mermen and selfie sticks. That’s how it seems on Instagram, anyway.
But it’s not as perfect as it seems; there’s a big risk behind the infamous figure-eight pool. Before we get into that though: a little context.
The pools are located in Royal National Park Trail, Lilyvale NSW, and are one of the most perfectly formed infinity pools in not just Australia but the world.
They currently command 28,564 posts on Instagram (up from 27,651 posts in December 2020).
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Given their picturesque nature,