Jillian Mitchell talks about the 1964 Bathurst flood

Jillian Mitchell talks about the 1964 Bathurst flood and how it stopped her from swimming ever again ... until now.

Transcript

00:00 We grew up in Bathurst.

00:05 Was a wonderful place to live.

00:11 The river was a joy for us really, as little children.

00:22 In 1964, there was an incident that happened that changed my life.

00:31 The river had flooded many times before, but this was the worst flood.

00:37 My memories are of waking in the night and we got out in a boat.

00:43 It's just an awful experience.

00:47 I think that's why I've had a fear of the water ever since.

00:55 Not swimming has held me back from a lot throughout the years.

01:00 Our children were taught to swim very early on, but that was part of their life that I

01:05 couldn't enjoy with them.

01:12 I'm 70 years old now.

01:14 If I'm ever going to do it, I have to do it now.

01:23 I think it will be like the weight of the world dropping off my shoulders.

01:31 I'm going to conquer it.

01:32 I am.

01:33 It'll be a good thing.

01:35 I'm going to do it.

01:36 I'm going to do it.

01:37 I'm going to do it.