110 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
17 swimmers took advantage of the delightful conditions for an early Bolderdash and were joined at Queensie headland by the 3 Freshers on their way back; David, Cae and Gaetan – yeh – we made it, we actually connected 🙂
BTW… the pink heart is back on Queensie headland 🙂 If you haven’t been down to Manly in the last couple of days to see it you can just see it if you click on the fourth photo to enlarge it. We’ll try to remember to get a nice close up shot of it for you over the weekend.
A couple of lovely colourful and dramatic early photos from Gaetan as well as a couple below of the masses on the regular 7am swim taken from the point. Thanks Gaetan. Gosh we look great 😉
I saw the largest fish I have ever seen on the way back from Bolderdash. It was a fish looking fish, an opaque kinda white colour with a stripe along it, but was the size of me – huge ! Maybe it was a monster king fish… do they grow that big ??
The Shelly swim was just magnificent. Gotta love swimming when it’s like this. Just in time for the Christmas holidays too 🙂
Lets hope these perfect conditions stay for the 6km summer badge swim tomorrow and the Christmas Adventure Swim on Sunday !!
For you distance daemons out there, there is talk of a few keen swimmers heading off on an early (unofficial – i.e it doesn’t count towards the Pacific Challenge) Bolderdash tomorrow before the 6km swim. I’m sure you will see it unfold on the comments below if you’re keen.
Brendan is also keen to swim from South Curly to Manly before our Christmas Adventure swim on Sunday morning too. (I think his plan is to leave South Curly at 5.30am to arrive in time to join us as we set off at 7). We are keen for Brendan to do this too so he can let us know what the conditions are like 😉 Anyone keen to join him ??
As you all know Ragnill flies back to her home country, Norway on Sunday 🙁 To mark the occasion James Goins has created a lovely postcard today from Ragnill with a touch of Norway at Nobby’s Beach which is where Ragnill has swam to so far on our Pacific Challenge ! James Goins and Peter Wood baked cakes to mark the occasion and share at brekkie, bloody beautiful they were too !! Thanks guys.
Alex Prendergast joined us for Brekkie too, you look fantastic Alex, hope the recovery keeps going well so you can be back in the water with us real soon.
Check out Lexy below, our newest, cutest most committed B&B participant with her new pink tail… 🙂
Christmas Adventure Swim this Sunday, leaving at Manly at 7am, all swimmers, land contingent and craft are more than welcome and appreciated. If you or your partner are willing and able to participate as land contingent or craft please let me know, thank you.
Tim’s fact of the day: “Near the Equator the Pacific Ocean stretches 11,000 miles, almost half way around the world.”
Bruce Paterson is our most senior participant. He turns 83 in February, but we don’t want to wait that long to celebrate as we love an excuse for a party. Bruce has done an enormous amount of renovation on the bushland behind his house. He would love everyone from B&B to come and join him in his extended backyard to celebrate at 15 Moresby Place, Allambie Heights on Saturday 7th January from 5pm. Please mark it in your diaries and bring a plate and your good cheer.
Water Temperature 20.5
Air Temperature 18.0
Sunrise 5.39am
Sunset 8.02pm
Low Tide: 6.34am
High Tide: 12.52pm
16 comments
isobel@executivevoice.com.au
December 16, 2011 at 10:41 am
I’d recognise that dog anywhere! that’s little Lexie Sheedy! Lovely in pink!
ohhhhhh soooo full of fabulous cake! xxx guys
Brendan Maher
December 16, 2011 at 10:50 am
Good to see that the spirit of Roald Amundsen lives on and that Ragnill has claimed Nobby’s Beach for Norway!
For those “distance demons” we’re going in at 5.45 tomorrow to do an unofficial Bolderdash before the 6km. Might be interesting after the office Christmas party today.
and on Sunday we’re meeting at South Curly carpark at 5.30 to swim to Manly before the Christmas adventure swim.
we’ll meet and regroup at all the points. anyone interested in a little extra swimming is welcome, we are slow and steady, there’s no racing.
as always, swim at Ben’s risk 🙂
Little Tiger
December 16, 2011 at 10:57 am
One of those lovely, peaceful swims today. Pecan pie & cheesecake, wonderful breakfast food!!!!!
Congratulations Maxine on the Gold Medallion.
Tacomajim
December 16, 2011 at 11:07 am
I would love to think I had journeyed with the demons this morning, but alas, it was not me. That should be Cae’s name in the credits! I was resting up for a big swim weekend!!
Just the main event for me today, though even on the return trip I made a pastry chef’s escape at halfway beach. Parties to prepare for…
Great to see you today, Alex. We’ll be down to join you for your Christmas return, for sure.
Pacific Jules
December 16, 2011 at 11:31 am
Whoops, sorry. Fixed now 😉
Iain
December 16, 2011 at 11:53 am
Might be due to come swimming tomorrow. Neck not 100% but when is anything 100%?
Jane
December 16, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Wow, what a fish, Jules! Wish I’d seen it. The yellow-tailed kingfish (Seriola lalandi) that we see quite a lot of can grow up to 2m long, so it’s a possibility. The black kingfish ((Rachycentron canadon) is gorgeous, a bit sharky to look at, also up to 2m, but is tropical so less likely here.
Michael [EX CI]
December 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Yep, I have seen a spearo [Dean] get a Kingfish which was over two metres. He could only just get it up the cliff.
Michael [EX CI]
December 16, 2011 at 2:03 pm
What???? Did Maxine get a gold medallion? That’s pretty cool if its right.
I Love Stroking Breasts but Not Breast Strokers
December 16, 2011 at 4:32 pm
Intermittent breast strokers.
If you stop mid swim, please don’t restart with breast stroke kicks – they are very dangerous to those behind you.
Michael [EX CI]
December 16, 2011 at 4:52 pm
Hardly!!
Breast stroking beats drowning.
Michael [EX CI]
December 16, 2011 at 5:01 pm
Neil is nearly at South West Rocks. For those of you who dive, here is a link to photos from the fish rock dive just off the main beach. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.103814946403550.4220.100251776759867&type=3 I have done it and it is just like the photos
Gaetan
December 16, 2011 at 5:44 pm
wow very cool Michael (except the toothy big fish :-))
Gaetan
December 16, 2011 at 5:45 pm
FINALLY!!!!! :-)))
Gaetan
December 16, 2011 at 5:56 pm
I love the second pic, very cool with the reflexion!
Jules, regarding the “largest fish ever”, NTB was out surfing today, and that was probably him practising his duck dive :-)))
Alex it was good to see you, you indeed looked great, 1 week to go before we see you back in the water!
Jane
December 16, 2011 at 5:59 pm
Hope he wasn’t in Cabbage Tree Bay………..