Kiama Council has updated the Jamberoo Pool facilities page to reflect new entry fees for 2024-25.

Residents voiced their concerns on Facebook about the fees.

“Our family certainly won’t be able to use the pool as much”, a concerned resident wrote. 

Entry fees are listed as $4 for adult entry, $2 for children and $10 for a family pass. 

Residents called upon the Council to ask why community consultation hadn’t taken place before fees were finalised. 

“What does Jamberoo get for the rates we pay? We don’t have a library like Gerringong”, another resident wrote to the Council.

Labor Councillor Stuart Larkins responded to the outrage.

“It was put out for public consultation in Kiama Council’s Fees and Charges document around May 2024,” Larkins said, “I’m a little surprised to see that the fees were introduced without the changes to the pool opening times.”

The fees are outlined in Kiama Council’s Fees and Charges document for 2024-25 which was released in July of this year. 

A Jamberoo resident conducted a survey eight years ago, asking residents if they would be happy to pay a small fee and prefer longer opening hours, both questions were

responded affirmatively.

“Council also needs to obtain money for a pool covering, to help stop it turning into a duck pond for the other half of the year,” Larkins said.

The Jamberoo Pool is still listed as having free entry on the NSW Government website.

The pool is currently closed and scheduled to re-open in December 2024.