WOLLONDILLY Leisure Centre manager James Barnes says he hopes summer is here to stay after the pool was drenched with the third wettest summer on record.
Mr Barnes said the pool's patrons in December were the lowest he had witnessed. "December was the quietest I've ever seen and I've worked in swimming pools in Picton and Campbelltown for 15 years," he said.
He estimated that early January's gate admissions had doubled from previous months.
"It's finally picked up," he said.
"A lot more families have come out since the sun's come out."
Weather Channel senior meteorologist Tom Saunders said 2011 was Australia's third wettest year recorded since 1900.
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