A 26-year-old Muslim mother of two has been photographed wearing a burkini at a public swimming pool in Sydney, apparently without fuss - an image that starkly contrasted to the scenes of the crackdown against the swimwear on beaches in France.

As French police appeared on beaches to enforce a ban on the swimsuit, Fadila Chafic appeared at a pool in suburban Sydney with her children Taaleen and Ibrahim wearing a blue burkini.