Pool Safety Certificate
Full barrier compliance inspection. Form 23 issued same-day. Council lodgement guidance for City of Greater Geelong.
$250
Pool Safety Inspections · Curlewis
Pool Inspections in
Curlewis
Curlewis sits between Drysdale and Ocean Grove on the northern Bellarine, with the Curlewis Golf Club and the Curlewis Sands estate as its anchors. The suburb has changed dramatically since 2015 with major estate development — and that means a wave of pool stock now hitting its first 4-year compliance cycle.
- Flat fee
- $250 all-inclusive · no hidden costs
- Turnaround
- Same-day Form 23 once your barrier meets compliance
- Inspector
- Ryan Gaw · VBA-registered · Licence IN-PS 100055
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In Short: Estate pools and older clifftop spas in Curlewis go through an identical process: a $250 barrier inspection, a Form 23 issued on the day it passes, and a free follow-up visit when it doesn't. The certificate then has 30 days to reach the City of Greater Geelong, lodged by you.
City of Greater Geelong
What Curlewis Pool Owners Need to Know
We service Curlewis weekly from our Clifton Springs office — typically same-week availability, often within 48 hours.
Council: Curlewis is fully within City of Greater Geelong. Same lodgement portal as Drysdale and Ocean Grove.
Estate-era pool stock. The Curlewis Sands, Curlewis Beach and Bellarine Coastal estate developments have produced hundreds of new pool installs since 2017. Most of these were built to current AS1926.1 standards at install time, so the fences and barriers themselves typically pass. The first failure points we see are gate hardware — UV-degraded plastic latch components, sun-bleached gate-spring tension — and footing movement on properties with deep cut-and-fill landscaping. Our pool barrier inspection checklist walks through exactly what we're looking for at each of these estate builds before we arrive.
Curlewis Golf Club and the older village core. The pre-estate Curlewis village (around Curlewis Recreation Reserve and the older Bellarine Highway frontage) has older pool stock — mostly 1990s installs that may need barrier component replacement. Different inspection profile to the new estates; if your fence dates from that era, our non-climbable zone explainer covers the rule most 1990s barriers fall short of today.
How Curlewis compares to its neighbours. Clifton Springs, five minutes south, has a genuine split between original coastal-hardware installs and its own newer pockets — so its inspection profile runs both old and new failure modes side by side. Curlewis is more front-loaded: the Curlewis Sands, Curlewis Beach and Bellarine Coastal releases mean a much higher proportion of our bookings here are first-cycle estate pools rather than repeat inspections on ageing stock. Drysdale, immediately north, sits somewhere between the two — established township housing plus its own estate growth on the fringes. Practically, that means a Curlewis booking is more likely to be someone's very first Form 23 experience, so we spend more time explaining the process on-site than we do in the older suburbs.
If a barrier doesn't pass first time, the Curlewis re-inspections page covers the free follow-up in detail. Planning a new pool or checking a builder's handover barrier first? The Curlewis compliance consultation is worth booking before the work starts.
Registration & the 4-Year Cycle
Do I Need to Register My Curlewis Pool?
Every pool and spa capable of holding more than 300mm of water must be registered with City of Greater Geelong — this is separate to, and happens before, your first Form 23 safety certificate. For most Curlewis Sands and Bellarine Coastal estate buyers, the builder or developer lodges this registration as part of handover, so if you bought new since 2017 it's very likely already done. Older village-core owners occasionally find no record exists and need to register directly with council before booking an inspection.
The 4-year cycle. Once your pool is registered and has its first Form 23, re-inspection is required at least once every 4 years — this is a Victoria-wide statutory minimum set under the Building Act 1993, not a City of Greater Geelong-specific rule. The clock starts from your last certificate's issue date, not your registration date, which is the detail that trips up new estate owners who assume the two dates line up.
Council registration and lodgement for Curlewis properties runs through the same City of Greater Geelong portal used across the wider municipality — see the City of Greater Geelong pool compliance hub for the current portal link and lodgement steps. The council charges a small stamped-fee component to lodge the certificate — capped by the statutory maximum under the Building Regulations 2018 and paid by whoever lodges, separate from our $250 inspection fee. Confirm the current amount with the City of Greater Geelong. We inspect right along this stretch of the Bellarine — see our Clifton Springs and Drysdale pages for how the same registration rules apply just down the road.
Our Services
Pool Inspection Services in Curlewis
Flat $250 — same-day Form 23 where compliant, free re-inspections, no hidden fees.
Pre-Purchase Inspection
Detailed compliance report for Curlewis property buyers — ideally before contract signing.
$250
Compliance Consultation
Written report with each non-compliance item flagged, plus practical fix advice — DIY vs tradesperson.
$250
Free Re-Inspection
Complimentary follow-up after remediation work. No second call-out fee.
Included
Services in Curlewis
More Curlewis Pool Compliance Services
Failed an inspection, or planning ahead of one? Two Curlewis-specific services cover both.
Re-Inspections Curlewis
Pool failed its inspection? The follow-up visit is free once the listed items are fixed — same-day Form 23 where it now passes.
Free re-check
Compliance Consultation Curlewis
Planning a new pool or checking a builder's handover barrier? Get it right before the formal inspection.
$250 flat
FAQ
Curlewis Pool Inspection Questions
My pool was installed in the new Curlewis Sands estate in 2018 — is it due now?
Yes if it was certified at handover (most are). The 4-year cycle starts from the last Form 23 issue date. If your handover was 2020-2021, you're in the window now.
What's the most common compliance issue you see in Curlewis estates?
Gate latch and spring degradation. The fence panels and posts are usually fine — but plastic and rubber components on the gate hardware degrade in 4-6 years of UV exposure. Easy 1-hour fix once flagged.
Do I need to register my new estate pool with council?
Yes — pool registration with City of Greater Geelong is separate from the Form 23. Your pool builder usually does the initial registration at install; you don't need to re-register at each Form 23 cycle.
Can I get a same-week inspection during summer?
Usually yes. Curlewis is on our weekly rotation. December and Easter peaks may push it to 7-10 days; rest of year is 2-5 days.
Is a pre-purchase inspection worth it for a Curlewis Sands or Bellarine Coastal resale?
Yes. Even a 5-6 year old estate pool can have gate hardware that's already degraded, and a resale contract won't tell you that. A $250 pre-purchase inspection before you sign gives you a written list of anything non-compliant, so it's a negotiating point rather than a surprise after settlement.
Do you cover the whole of Curlewis, including out past the golf club?
Yes — every property in Curlewis, from the Curlewis Sands and Bellarine Coastal estates through to the older village core near the recreation reserve and golf club. We also cover Drysdale, Clifton Springs, Wallington and Marcus Hill on the same weekly rotation.
Nearby Suburbs
Which Other Suburbs Do You Service Near Curlewis?
Same flat $250 across our entire service area.