Could Mort Bay turn into Sydney’s next harbour pool?

And now Mort Bay could join the growing list of Harbour and river sites cleared for swimming, with locals keen for testing to be conducted at the former port.

Local Rory Steinle-Davis (centre) takes a dip with friends Dominic Curran and Jorge Yanez Stegmaier at Mort Bay on Saturday. Nikki Short

Lifelong local Rory Steinle-Davis, 39, said Mort Bay had always been a popular place for the neighbourhood’s children to swim.

“I went to Balmain Public School, and back then kids used to jump off the old wharf and off the pylons,” he said. “There’s always been a lot of local kids using…

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