We couldn’t believe ouR luck!!
ANOTHER humpback whale joined us this morning!
There were so many of us too! HOW LUCKY ARE WE!!!
Sucked-in if you slept in this morning!! hahahaha
HAHA April Fools!!
No whale… but a WHALE of a morning! Loads of us! And the conditions were PERFECT!!!
CLEAR – WARM – FLAT – CALM – GREAT VISIBILITY!! DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER!
John S and son failing miserably at photo bombing/blog tarting! My camera just knows!
Silky water conditions – so good I saw the Frosty Nuts crew take off up north somewhere??
One of Mark’s girls giving it a good go! 🙂
OOh what are they?!?! Actually I think a person is in there too??
I found another new species of jelly…plasticbagacus!
BIG crowd at Shelly today….. Ian played a wee April fools joke too – I missed it coz I was so late…but something about seeing a big shark …the one he saw same time last year on April 1st!
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I am so pleased, I managed to avoid the Photo Bomb King AKA Lips the whole time… he didn’t bomb a single photo the whole morning! yay!
The Snorkel Gang – follow them.. they always find great things to see!
Wobbegong 1
Wobbegong 2
Wobbegong 3!!
Those great yellow tails!
Other fishies…
Rubbish collected! Do those pink goggles belong to anyone???
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Pics from Simon Cowell
Great photo of a?? Rock/fish/scorpion?? Not completely sure what this is – Jane??
Anyone lose an earring? see Richard Agius…
Happy Birthday Sparkles!!
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Staying safe
NEW water safety tips courtesy of champion Ironman Craig ‘Riddo’ Riddington. It’s a great read and can help keep you safe in the surf. To read and even download Click here.
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One last thing…. there are quite a few 2013 calendars left over – they are now going for $5 each…Please see me (Lesley) if you want to buy one – they are lovely!!!
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STATS:
Regular Shelly swimmers: 218 (incl. 20 newbies!)
Stingers/jellies/blubbers: a few of those NEW purple people eaters!
Visibility: Top Notch….GORGEOUS!!
Water Temperature: 23.8!!
Air Temp: about 20
SIGNING off in place of Robster the Blogster: Leswee!!
29 comments
fifi
01/04/2013 at 11:38 am
hahahHA hooray for Leswee. You fooled me, because I stopped to escort a young lady out of a swarm of purple jellies then had a cruise north. Imagine my despair to think I had missed my friend!!
very funny.
Happy Birthday Michelle, hope you enjoyed that luscious piece of french patiserie!! xx
Lainey Loo aka Elaine
01/04/2013 at 12:00 pm
Well done Leswee. Great fill in blog as usual. I’m at Easter show yuk so missed the swim today and my lovely friend Louise came. Thanks for making her so welcome and happy birthday again Sparkles!
Little Sarah Abbott aka Hong Kong Triad Queen
01/04/2013 at 12:05 pm
Good one….the title got me, but then I recognised Mrs Whale, our friend, who’s waiting for Jules and I to return to reappear:-)
Love the pic of Sparkles and great bomb, Lips Buddy! Can’t wait to get back into photo bombing again…..!
fifi
01/04/2013 at 12:18 pm
Could everybody google “jimble” on Google images and then click on MY picture, not Rainer’s? So that I remain ahead of him on the google search rankings. He gets quite enough attention as it is, what with all this unstoppable bombing and all.
Alyson
01/04/2013 at 12:29 pm
Happy birthday Sparkles!! And you got me Lesley!! Although didn’t we sim with a southern right not a humpback?
Jane
01/04/2013 at 12:42 pm
Great blog as usual Leswee, and nice pics of all the Wobbes. Simon your pic is a Scorpion fish, almost certainly an Eastern Red Scorpioncod, aka Red Rockcod (Scorpaena cardinalis). Nice shot! Good thing you didn’t touch it – my book (Hutchins) says: “All possess venomous spines, a sting producing extreme pain followed by numbness, but none of the southern species are known to have caused fatalities”. Yet. Phew.
I lost my goggles in the surf 2 days ago, but those are only mine if the immersion has totally changed their colour from pale mauve to hot pink.
Jane
01/04/2013 at 12:44 pm
One more Easter limerick:
Dr. Cathie knows all about hearts,
And their myriad magical parts.
She’s lovely and slim
And boy,can she swim!
She’s the Queen of the cardiac arts.
Jane
01/04/2013 at 12:47 pm
Those jellies must be GINORMOUS to swallow a human…..
Ros
01/04/2013 at 12:48 pm
Jane, re your goggles: someone told me that all lost goggles pre-worn by B&B swimmers change their colour to hot pink. This is a function known as ‘homing’, as in ‘homing goggles’, and means that all lost B&B goggles will come back to their B&B owner by changing from their original colour into the official B&B hot pink colour scheme. I can’t quite remember who told me this, but it sounds pretty genuine to me.
The Real Lips
01/04/2013 at 12:56 pm
Queen Sarah,
I have only you to thank. It’s lonely here without you, having to duck and hide from the Integrity Police and takings are down.
Leswee, how did those YELLOWTAIL get their name??
Jane
01/04/2013 at 1:01 pm
That’s marvellous Ros. What a sensible arrangement. Can someone hold on to them for me please?
Stephen C
01/04/2013 at 1:10 pm
Great blog Leswee! For those looking to learn the fine art of photo bombing there is now an official course, http://www.redballoon.com.au/creative-gifts/photography-photo-shoots/photobombing-lessons-exclusive?v=1
Jane
01/04/2013 at 1:45 pm
It’s obvious that Rainer should be the trainer – oh, I feel a limerick coming on………
Slow Lips formerly known as Lips
01/04/2013 at 1:48 pm
Imposter!!!
Slow Lips formerly known as Lips
01/04/2013 at 1:54 pm
Ok Fifi, it’s on..
I thought we both agreed the Google images search ranking is just a bit of fun. But if you want to make it a competition, I’m ready for it.
Your neck scars have nothing on my botox lips!
Slow Lips formerly known as Lips
01/04/2013 at 2:00 pm
Thanks for the redballon voucher Stephen! You almost had me..
But as Jane said, I should be giving that course. And there are plenty of B&B swimmers in desparate need of photo bombing correction. Have seen some terrible bombs on the blog lately. Might organize a half day crash course free of charge.
leswee
01/04/2013 at 2:08 pm
Oops are they southern right pics?
Slow Ian
01/04/2013 at 2:37 pm
Southern right, humpback wrong!
Michelle
01/04/2013 at 5:00 pm
Fab fun blog as always lesslee…love the almost in there lips shot and dialogue…where would we be without u rainer? thanks for yr lovely birthday wishes everyone and huge thanks to the very generous john storch for the absolutely sensational cake…and well…just thanks to everyone that makes this superb morning ritual so special every single day. cheers jules and Mike xx
fifi
01/04/2013 at 5:21 pm
But your botox lips went away….and my pretty scars make me a walking resource for jimble research.
Ros
01/04/2013 at 5:50 pm
Rainer, your photo-bomb today bears an uncanny resemblance to the face at Luna Park!
http://www.webwombat.com.au/travel/articles/luna-park-sydney.htm
The Real John S aka Rough Diamond aka T-Abs
01/04/2013 at 6:21 pm
King Blog Tart,
Don’t you worry any more about the Integrity Police! They’ve been totally out-witted by you and the Triad Queen.
As a result we’ve been forced to disband and DWSS is still recovering from the disgrace of utter failure.
p.s. Sergeant Jack would like to enrol for Blog class. Can he pay by helping to collect tick fees?
John S
01/04/2013 at 7:26 pm
hehehe
The real Slow Lips formerly known as Lips
01/04/2013 at 7:39 pm
Dear Triad Queen ,
I know when I’ve been had.
Right will always win in the end,
Right is Might,
The cream will always surface to the top (as a wise ExMC once said).
We need to run and hide, place ourselves at the mercy of DWSS, Sergeant Jack, John S and their followers!
Renege our evil ways and swim to the light!
I renounce my membership of the Triad!!!!
Sergeant Jack aka Blog-Tart Recruit
01/04/2013 at 7:43 pm
I would love to help with collecting tick fees (and would also like to pay some myself in winter) in exchange for Blog-Tarting Class. I just need a list of who owes what, i believe the HKTQ owes at least $400 to Lips!!!
Lindsay
01/04/2013 at 7:55 pm
Geat blog – got totally sucked in by the title!
The REALLY real Slow Lips formerly known as Lips
01/04/2013 at 9:55 pm
Great news, Sergeant Jack! Just turn up a little more often to collect fees and I’m sure we can come to a deal for your winter ticks and badge.
Bog-tarting class starts next Saturday! Recommended: a white rashie. Also, try to grow your arms during the week. I find family members are always happy to give them a daily yank!
And why not persuade a few of those pretty girls you hang out with to come along for the class too – itsy bitsy bikinis need no white rashie or extended arms.
p.s. HKTQ never owes – she is always owed. Repeat 1000 times before you go to bed!
The REALLY real Slow Lips formerly known as Lips
01/04/2013 at 9:57 pm
BLOG-tarting…we’ll keep it decent!
Little Sarah Abbott aka Hong Kong Triad Queen
01/04/2013 at 10:07 pm
Well spotted! Thx for also explaining about the homing B&B goggle syndrome:)