115 Bold & Beautiful swimmers
A cracker of a morning, in fact it’s so sparkly you could be mistaken for thinking it’s fireworks day today… not quite, a couple more days to go.
There’s a definite inshore trough happening at the moment. Check out all the heads low to the water, then further out to sea they’re standing tall, walking again.
It was great to see Peter E from Dubbo this morning, he’s in the city for one night and got the ferry over especially to swim with us. He might have forgotten his pink cap
but he’s true pink through and through
There were a few lone pointers at the point this morning, the rest of the pink must have got caught in the drift… 😉 remember a good way to mark the point, so we all start together, is if you can see the blue roof of the surf club in the southern corner of the beach you’ve pretty much ‘got the point’ 🙂
Gorgeous conditions. Warm, warm and warm ! Very happy 🙂
Anything you can do…
We can do better…
The water could be a bit clearer, it certainly would make for more spectacular photographs. There’s a large school of small fish there, honest.
A lovely little wave to play in on the way back
If you thought you were happy when you arrived for the swim
You won’t know yourself for happiness after the swim 🙂
15 swimmers enjoyed a superb Bolderdash up to Queensie and back at 5.50am, ~12 did an early lap of Shelly at 6.30 and 6 did a double lap afterwards, totalling up a juicy 6km for some swimmers and all before breakfast 🙂
47 individual swimmers have done a Bolderdash at least once since we launched it as part of the Pacific Challenge for this season only 4 mornings ago !!! Pretty damn impressive hey !! Remember it counts 7 mornings a week now 🙂
Stephen’s morning art for today:
Happy birthday to Liz Jones and Dave Thomas from Eco Divers today 🙂
Water Temperature 19.5
Air Temperature 17.0
Sunrise 5.55am
Sunset 7.23pm
High Tide: 10.18am
Low Tide: 4.50pm
To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here
Whitewater, (the sister restaurant to our beautiful breakfast venue,
Bluewater) are hosting a special Melbourne Cup lunch if anyone’s
interested please see details on the flyer below
33 comments
lesley
01/11/2012 at 11:05 am
Really big thanks to Chris K for keeping by my side ALL the way to queenscliffe AND back on the bolderdash this morn!! To give u and idea of what he gave up to do that…. It was like a dolphin keeping a turtle company! :-D. I didn’t even ask him he just did it… So relieved…despite my 7009 kms on the pc I Still get scared being on my own out there! Thanks to everyone who waited for us at queensie…oh wait…they DIDN’T!! Sarah u were clearly faster than me yesterday coz they waited for you! Hahahaha
Rob Byrne
01/11/2012 at 11:13 am
We WILL do pretty much anything to get our our blog tart photo .But dammit, the girls certainly looked better than me and Rainer!
Graham K
01/11/2012 at 11:15 am
Missing swims already. 10 days min enforced lay off thanks to gravel rash. Enjoy. Might still make break key/coffee.
John S
01/11/2012 at 11:46 am
Remember G ur getting old. Time to slow down and smell the roses.
Grass bowls or chinese checkers for you.
😉
Get better soon.
Graham K
01/11/2012 at 12:01 pm
No way. I am just getting started.
Miles
01/11/2012 at 12:04 pm
We DID wait for you Lesley, and wait, and wait… Started getting a bit chilly! Sorry, we’ll agree a staged approach that works for everyone OK? Glad you had some company, you were looking good when I bumped into you early on!
John
01/11/2012 at 1:25 pm
Great conditions for the 5:50 swim, with both the moon and the sun visible at the start
Well done Chris K and John F, we were the only three to complete the Boulderdash and the 7am swims today.
lesley
01/11/2012 at 1:54 pm
ha ha …I don’t blame u not for waiting – I was soooo far behind and the moment you stop the cold sets in!!
It was amazing out there and i was NOT one bit cold!! mind you i was putting in ALL i had while Chris did a leisurely back stroke! 😀
Rainer
01/11/2012 at 1:54 pm
Excuse me Rob. Speak for yourself. You could at least have shaved…
lesley
01/11/2012 at 1:54 pm
I think Chris K had a bit of extra energy left over after the Bolderdash!!
Gaetan
01/11/2012 at 2:04 pm
chilly? 19.5 according to Michael! 🙂
Elaine
01/11/2012 at 2:05 pm
You are so brave Lesley, no fins, wetsuit or slowies to keep you company. I think there will have to be a Bolderdash and Boldercrawl! A few of us are crawling next Tuesday if anyone is interested. There might be myself, Aly, Retha, Nicky, Annie, Michelle (Speedy Sparkles) and maybe Rainer and Rob as our shark guards??
Rainer
01/11/2012 at 2:09 pm
Lesley, happy to help if you’re looking for a super slow buddy for the bolderdash. With Little Sarah in HK, I’m currently shopping around for someone who appreciates sunrises and small talk on the way to Queensie.
But be warned, we’re talking very slow. You better cancel any early lunch appointments on the day… 🙂
Rainer
01/11/2012 at 2:21 pm
Count me in!
Don’t think Rob is quite ready for the bolderdash yet… 🙂
fifi
01/11/2012 at 2:24 pm
wow, Chris K, you are in such demand as a swimming companion!. You’ll have to keep a roster…Lesley, are you boldering tomorrow? 🙂
John S
01/11/2012 at 3:10 pm
Hi Fifi, are you?
I’ll let you swim with SS and myself, wait for you at 5.45…..
lesley
01/11/2012 at 3:23 pm
RETHA!!! are u kidding!!she was in the elite arrive first group this morning! I didn’t see her for dust on the way back…nope she’s not in OR Speedy Sparkle! ha ha ..I’ll take you Elaine, Rob and Rainer… Michael C if he’s lucky and Paige! :-DD
lesley
01/11/2012 at 3:26 pm
it was very cruel – poor Chris! AS much as i would love to Bolder tomorrow – i need to know if the various “slow crew’ will be there…and Fifi u are defo not on my list!
:-)))
John S
01/11/2012 at 3:39 pm
but Lesley I certainly am and any nasties are going to go for my juicy calves before yours!
;-))
Elaine de Jager
01/11/2012 at 4:19 pm
Lesley, Retha has really long flippers (sorry Retha) and sometimes a wettie. But I don’t want a level, playing field I want to keep my short flippers! (Might do wetsuit boldercrawl and Shelly with wetsuit and one short flipper Tuesday!)
François Pradel
01/11/2012 at 4:24 pm
Sorry Lesley, I wish I had stayed with you guys but I had to take the bus at 7:30 this morning! I’d swim slower with Rainer and you tomorrow if you guys are up for Bolderdash.
Following up on Rainer’s suggestion, I don’t mind taking my time and I do enjoy the sunrise but I’d rather not stop as I enjoy as much the state of mind regular breathing puts me into.
François Pradel
01/11/2012 at 4:28 pm
Congrats! Did you all three go for a double as well?
I wish I had more time this morning. The water temperature is definitely rising, I hardly felt cold after the Bolderdash.
lesley
01/11/2012 at 4:50 pm
Thanks Rainer – i will be doing interviews next weeks to fill the position!!
lesley
01/11/2012 at 4:51 pm
ha ha taking your time!?! I was giving it EVERYTHING! Ask Chris!! :-DD
François Pradel
01/11/2012 at 5:07 pm
Haha fair enough! Pardon my language and please replace “taking my time” by “swimming a bit slower” 😉 I am not that fast and definitely do not belong to the ‘elite’ group!
John
01/11/2012 at 5:23 pm
I was the only one of the three desperate enough to do the double.
Rob Byrne
01/11/2012 at 5:51 pm
reverse psychology eh? Damn u Rainer!
Liz Jones
01/11/2012 at 7:55 pm
Thanks for the birthday wish Jules…..just a month premature! Am going to cling on to that lower number for another 30 days x
fifi
01/11/2012 at 8:04 pm
Sterch, are you REALLY going to wait for me? Or are you cruelly raising my hopes? I shall be there waiting for you to stand me up.
anyway, you ALL need me on Bolderdash in order to take all the stings for everyone. I still have a few patches of skin without red scribble on them somewhere…
fifi
01/11/2012 at 8:05 pm
elaine, won’t that make you go around in circles?
Pacific Jules
01/11/2012 at 8:30 pm
Oh whoops, sorry Liz. I will adjust in my trusty diary right now.
Pacific Jules
01/11/2012 at 8:43 pm
Oh how weird. I just went to change your birthday to 1st December but alas that’s already when I have your birthday in my calendar. Yours and Dave Thomas alike. Clearly it’s not my trusty diary I need to adjust…
Chris kiely
01/11/2012 at 9:03 pm
Lesley ,it was my pleasure to swim with you today .you put a monster effort in with every stroke.On the way back from queensie you were definetly going much quicker , had the swim been a bit longer I’m sure that we would have caught them up …………next time hey. !!!!!!!!!!!