Tasmanian waters prepare swimmers for Rottnest Channel swim

Tarlia Jordan
Updated February 22 2017 - 8:40pm, first published February 20 2017 - 8:30am
PREPARED: Ben Carpenter, Pat Fitzgerald and Ian Johnstone will take on Western Australia's Rottnest Channel on Saturday. They swam about 16 kilometres from Swanwick to Swansea to prepare. Picture: supplied.
PREPARED: Ben Carpenter, Pat Fitzgerald and Ian Johnstone will take on Western Australia's Rottnest Channel on Saturday. They swam about 16 kilometres from Swanwick to Swansea to prepare. Picture: supplied.

The cool waters of Tasmania’s East Coast became a training ground for three locals in preparation for the  Rottnest Channel Swim.

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Tarlia Jordan

Journalist at The Examiner Newspaper

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