Conditions back to flat! BUT air and water cooler after yesterday!
Alice telling a joke! Bruce signing in.. looking pretty cool I must say!
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Exactly 2 years ago TODAY.. The B&B Pacific Challenge was launched! You can read about it on that day’s Blog HERE. I didn’t know this, but it was swimmer John Master’s inspiration!
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Tui the dog has had a complete makeove! 😀
What’s Jenny excited about?
I see!
Drinks Express coming back…
7am’ers on their way in…
It was definitely colder today!
Underwater action shots!
Dave…
3 people at the point!
Brad going in for his usual kiss – although Lucy doesn’t seem impressed!
He got her back though! 🙂
Nice and clear at Shelly! …no condoms tho 😉
Dr Who is back!
What’s this?!? JK having some fun on Dr Who’s dingy!
Helen and Jane miss their Captain, Lips! But they had time for some mucking about because without Lips they are definitely faster! 😉
Token underwater fish shot!
SUPERB!
2 Jenny’s having some fun!
STATS
141 Swimmers
4 Newbies
Water: 17 Degrees
Air: 12 degrees
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BnB Charity Friends:
B&B’s charity friends, Royal Far West (RFW), currently have a new campaign associated with a fundraising challenge !!
RFW have a team of 3 athletes who’ve volunteered to compete in the Port Macquarie Half Iron Man on 20th October to raise $10,000 to help bring 35 Indigenous children (kindy to year 4) from Green Hill School in Kempsey to RFW, as they’ve been identified as needing the specialised health services provided here, that they’re unable to receive in their local community.
The money you guys so generously raised for RFW at the B&B ball has been donated directly to this fantastic cause. So as you can see, something tangible, worthwhile and significant for these country kids will occur thanks to your generosity.
To watch a short video on this challenge click here http://animoto.com/play/Vp4RwVOSzsNRXM83MDlb0g
To learn more about this great cause, donate or help raise awareness please check out their website: http://portmac.gofundraise.com.au
Thanks guys, once again B&B continues to make a positive difference to the lives of so many.
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WINTER BADGE CEREMONY BREAKFAST AT ROYAL FAR WEST
ON SUNDAY 15th SEPT!
Please come along to Royal Far West (Drummond House garden area) and join in the fun of the
badge ceremony on Sunday 15th September straight after the swim.
RFW will supply a sausage sizzle breaky plus drinks for a $5 donation – please pay ‘on the door’.
It’s being held in the garden area outside of a Drummond House, Wentworth Street, (opposite Rialto Square), in Manly.
Please note you’ll need an additional $10 for EACH of the badges that you’re being awarded.
If you can bring the correct money that will help the morning flow more smoothly.
PLEASE BOOK IN ON LINK BELOW SO RFW KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TO CATER FOR.
Please RSVP if you will attend BOOK IN HERE
7 comments
Jane
11/09/2013 at 12:20 pm
I sent Snorkles’ great “baby Cuttlefish) pic:
http://pacificjules.typepad.com/.a/6a0133ed6f68df970b019aff412ec9970c-pi
to Mandy Reid, marine invertebrate expert at the OzMus, and she made this really interesting comment:
“Hi Jane
I think the little one that you sent is actually a dumpling squid, Euprymna tasmanica rather than a cuttlefish. They seem to be quite busy at this time of the year (love is in the air)!”
I also asked her whether that is the egg-case we can see under the squid and she said:
“If it/they are dumpling squids they might be adults because they are pretty small. They generally attach their eggs to something solid like seaweed or a rock, so I think the egg case possibility may be unlikely. I think they are creamy-coloured too. It might be some weed. It’s a bit hard to tell!”
Snorkles
11/09/2013 at 1:06 pm
Hey! Thats great Jane thank you 🙂
Jane
11/09/2013 at 1:11 pm
I checked Dumpling Squid in the Internet and it is EVER so sweet. Here are some pics:
http://au.images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?_adv_prop=image&fr=yhs-freecause-coles_001&va=Dumpling+squid&hspart=freecause&hsimp=yhs-coles_001
Brucy
11/09/2013 at 1:21 pm
OMG Lesley!! That’s so gross…delete, delete!! No-one needs photographic evidence of our routine at the Point!!
Leserazzi
11/09/2013 at 1:34 pm
NO WAY! finally the whole world knows!! hahaha
lesbubs
11/09/2013 at 1:35 pm
yeah that dumpling squid is super cute!!!! it’s amazing what is hidden down there!!
Jane
11/09/2013 at 2:01 pm
…..and it’s only 6 or 7cm long. (and no more naughty remarks, please).