101 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
What a fabulous turnout and how spectacular did we look on TV on Channel 9’s Today Show this morning !! 😉
Check out the footage at the link below which Gaetan Guilhon has kindly recorded and uploaded onto vimeo for us already:
Thank you very much to Tim (I only swim with whales and for TV) Ettle who gave us the heads up and to everyone for turning up early to make it happen – THANK YOU !!!
whales and for TV) Ettle who gave us the heads up and to everyone for turning up early to make it happen – THANK YOU !!!
It was a perfect morning, with a sensational sunrise, clear skies and beautiful clear, calm, warming water. An absolutely stunning swim and the conditions are expected to be like this or even better, if that’s possible, for at least the next week… 🙂 Get out of bed and come swimming it’s perfect and there’s lots of friendly inquisitive whales around too… 
Fabulous photos from James Goins this morning capturing the beautiful sunrise, our gathering on the walkway as we assembled for Channel 9 and Elaine Kindred supervising us as chief whale spotter from the security of her stand up paddle board.
Check out the article on ‘our’ whales in today’s Manly Daily. Anna Alvsdotter is quoted – go Anna !! 🙂
We even got a mention in today’s Brisbane Times too.
Yesterday saw a record amount of activity on our blog too with nearly 40 comments and 600 readers. We love everyone’s participation in the blog, that’s what makes it, so please keep the comments flowing 🙂
Tim’s fact of the day: “Sea turtles excrete salt absorbed in sea water from their eyes, which is why they seem to cry !”
James Goins is keen to make the most of these beautiful conditions and do an early Bolderdash up to Queenscliff and back at leaving at 5.50am tomorrow morning, back in time to pick up the regular Manly – Shelly swimmers at 7am. If anyone is keen to join him please comment below.
Water Temperature 17.6 degrees.
Air Temperature 14 degrees.
Sunrise 5.54am.
Sunset 5.47pm.
High Tide: 10.15am.
Low Tide: 4.31pm.
20 comments
Tim ' only swims with whales and tv stars ' Ettle
September 16, 2011 at 10:47 am
Good swim
Stephen "I always count my strokes" Coulter
September 16, 2011 at 10:49 am
Whale Tales, the results from yesterday’s whale encounter are in. See how long it was (or wasn’t). http://tinyurl.com/whaletales Please add your conclusions from the findings
Anna Alvsdotter
September 16, 2011 at 10:56 am
This morning’s swim was an absolute stunner, and the coffee session afterwards a great buzz. So many friendly, good hearted people – I love yous all!
Linda
September 16, 2011 at 11:12 am
Whales yesterday, awesome swim and TV coverage this morning…. it just gets better and better!!
Come on my little dolphin friends I have yet to swim with you…here dolphy dolphy (said in a Julie accent at high pitch)!!
Lesley
September 16, 2011 at 11:19 am
Nick your fall is recorded! hee hee spectacular recovery… 🙂
Bowes
September 16, 2011 at 11:48 am
Set the alarm to get up and watch you all this morning from Port Macquarie.
Great to see so many people out, and looking good in hot pink.
Judging by the outfits, and I know Mike’s thermometer would agree, water temp must be 23°.
Charlie
September 16, 2011 at 12:52 pm
loving the early swim and the TV Coverage…..
My only concern is the water temp….. surly it wasnt 17.6 today …. is that thermometer working Michael?? 🙂
Anna Alvsdotter
September 16, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Mr Daddy-to-be, you should’ve seen your amazing, athletic super sprinter wife dash across the sands this morning to get to the tv camera on time.
My goodness, I can’t sprint like that, and I’m not 8 months preggers. What a star!
Enviuos Nick
September 16, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Yes,wasnt pretty. Huge pink thing that can be seen from space .. . Wave just took my legs from out from under me .. Brilliant though ..
Stephen "I always count my strokes" Coulter
September 16, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Gaetan, All those days spent with your video camera in cinemas filming movies illegally is paying off. Its pretty hard to pick the TV screen and there’s no heads in front of the screen. Sound not bad either! Well done!
Little Tiger
September 16, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Hey Nick, was that during your ‘tv dip’ or your ‘claytons’ swim ?
Great photos James, thanks for sharing.
Pacific Jules
September 16, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Fantastic news… Debbie Long and Magnus Butlin had a beautiful baby girl this morning, more details and photos to follow. Congratulations 🙂
Enviuos Nick
September 16, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Oh girl, dont be to hard on me. Not often im Sick.. You can take the tick off me if you wish :0(
Enviuos Nick
September 16, 2011 at 4:29 pm
Babes love them !! Congratulations
Envious Nick TB
September 16, 2011 at 4:30 pm
i will be called this from now on, until i swim with a Whale again!!
Anna Alvsdotter
September 16, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Wonderful news! Big congratulations to Debbie and Magnus. Can’t wait to see bub.
DJ Smash Ya
September 16, 2011 at 6:12 pm
ahahahahaha :-))) it was a lot quicker to do it with a camera than with my Tivo!
Bowes
September 16, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Well done Debbie and Magnus!
Bowes
September 16, 2011 at 9:09 pm
They didn’t show that !
Not surprised though.
I keep telling her she has to slow down.
I did manage to see Sheri and Iain stretching her wetsuit over that bump, which was funny.
Sherieli
September 17, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Congrats to Debbie and Magnus! Hopefully Little B isn’t to far away to play with all the other spring babies 🙂