Winter’s here, the weather and water are fantastic, we’re having a ball!
It’s fun mixing and matching, Ugg’s & polka dot bikinis – anything goes.
Venturing out the golden ball of sunshine about to clear the horizon – life’s a ball.
Mother and daughter chilling together – what a ball…
Not quite as synchronised as the girls but we’re still having a ball.
Dr Who’s Tardis crew had such a ball here a couple of weeks ago they’re back for more
Elaine & Ted doing the “Brucy”, life’s a ball 😉
Sparkles sparkling Sunday at Shelly – having a ball
Elaine’s alway s having a ball above or below water
Catching a wave in Winter….
Sliding down the wave’s face
And remembering to take photos at the same time!
What a ball – how awesome is our life!
And a great ball of fun – Alyson and Martin brought Lukas along for his first Winter exposire to the ball all the B&B are having (Martin took the opportunity to have a well deserved nap).
Not even babies are safe for photos – Rainer has a ball bombing photos no matter who it is!
Did I Say We’re Having A Ball?
Yes the inaugural Bold & Beautiful Ball is coming on July 27th. Get ready to frock up. Lock in the date. Full details later this week – its sure to be the event of the year and a sellout!
Remembering Bruce
It’s this time last year we had an amazing memorial service for Bruce Patterson, our oldest B&B who had a ball with the B&B right through to his 83rd year! It was 16C in the water for the service last year. We’re still thinking of you Bruce – thanks for keeping the water a little warmer!
Why do you Love/What do you Like about the B&B?
We want single sentence answers to this question for an upcoming book. Please send your answers to nick@nickdawkins.com. Please keep your answer brief – one sentence.
iSwimtoo is in the top 50 of Australia’s Smart 100 Companies
iSwimtoo, the swimming social network where you can find and share places to swim, people to swim with and heaps more has just made the Top 50 of Australia’s Smart 100 companies. We now need readers votes to win the Reader’s Choice award. You can read about iSwimtoo and vote for us here, tweets get 3 votes, Facebook Likes 2 – please do both if you can, http://anthillonline.com/iswimtoo-nsw-2013-anthill-smart-100/
Winter Solstice Nude Swim – Friday June 21
Last year, Alex, Brendan, Iain, James and a few more celebrated the Winter Solstice with a nude “ghost train” swim around 6:20 to Shelly and back. Rumour has it they will be back again this Friday morning. Reports from last year were that it was more enhancing for the girls than the boys!
6:20am Friday June 21 – the shortest day of the year, Sunrise 6:59, Sunset 4:53pm.
Sponsors and Dinner
We have LOTS of sponsors – You can click here to see who they are SPONSORS LINK or go to main Bold and Beautiful website / ABOUT / Sponsors – OR see their ads down the left hand side of each days blog!
ACCESS Communications pay for the free pink caps we give you all when you first swim with us and their website is HERE – They are Importers, manufacturers and wholesalers of plugs, sockets, cables, adaptors and tools for Power, Telecommunications, Computer and Data products and installations. AND 25% off for all Bold and Beautiful swimmers!
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Wine Dinner at Whitewater
On Thursday 20th June, Whitewater Restaurant is having a special one-off wine and food night hosted by McWilliams Wines. McWilliams make some great wines, and to have them matched is great food is a true pleasure. They will offer five delicious courses with wines to accompany each course. The cost to the general public is $120 per head, BUT since they are offering B&B swimmers a 25% discount in June only, we will get it for just $90. We are organising a B&B table, but places are limited, so please SMS Ian (0412 331 530) by this Thursday if you are interested.
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Staying safe
In case you see a wave – there have been very few of late – do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download, click here.
The Stats
194 Swimmers
5 Newbies
Water Temp, 18.1C
Sunrise 6:57am
Sunset 4:52pm
Low Tide 7:26am
High Tide 1:47pm
The Dynamic Duo
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15 comments
Jane
16/06/2013 at 11:39 am
Photo no. 5 gets my vote for Pic of the Week! Such a strange effect with all those spangly triangles. The next photo shows it too.
Slow Ian
16/06/2013 at 12:01 pm
I agree Jane, hard to beat!
Alyson
16/06/2013 at 12:24 pm
I love the shot of the camera weilding arm emerging from the wave! Great to see you all this morning! Can the ball be formal dres? I need a reason to dress up and feel pretty 😉
Kazza
16/06/2013 at 1:46 pm
Yay!! I made the blog- thank you!! I’m the pathetic looking bumble bee in pic 11 that did actually catch that wave but got tumbled upside down!!! Need some helpful hints on wave catching…
A ball sounds fabulous!! If you need help organising I don’t mind helping out.
Ros(-e)
16/06/2013 at 1:49 pm
Gets my vote too.
Ros(-e)
16/06/2013 at 1:51 pm
… although the hand-with-camera emerging from the wave at #13 is pretty funny too!
Jane
16/06/2013 at 1:54 pm
Yes, that’s a beauty too. And doesn’t the water look an amazing colour?
Elaine de Jager
16/06/2013 at 2:35 pm
Love pics 5 and 6! Great blog guys. Lovely to see Family Maier and baby Lukas. Looks as if Martin is giving Lips the finger on last photo but we know he wouldn’t do that!
Little Sarah aka LSA aka HK Triad Queen
16/06/2013 at 3:19 pm
Amazing pics….. love those ones too! Also love the one of Elaine & Ted doing a “Brucy”.
Alyson, great to see you all. Lukas looks adorable – I think Lips is just trying to give him some blog-tart training, but it’s not quite working yet:-)
DWSS
16/06/2013 at 3:38 pm
It has my vote too.
Back to you Jane!!
DWSS
16/06/2013 at 3:51 pm
Just look in the mirror Alyson. One of the prettiest mums on the planet.
im very impressed that baby Maier has Km’s clocked up on the PC challenge!!
Great start!!
Jane
16/06/2013 at 6:31 pm
You’re always welcome, Dolphinboy.
Lips
16/06/2013 at 6:35 pm
Agree, pics 5 and 6 are just beautiful. Well done guys.
My apologies to family Maier. I have never photo bombed a baby picture and wanted to give it a go. Not a good look. Wont do it again.
Elaine, Ted, no apologies for bombing your Brucy shot. Proud of my work there. Really hope I end up on your mantelpiece!
Alyson
16/06/2013 at 7:46 pm
Aww shucks DWSS. Of course he has some clocked up, won’t be long and we will be following in Marks footsteps and I will pull him behind me on a board!!
Alyson
16/06/2013 at 7:47 pm
Haha oh Lips… You were so excited to photo bomb the baby shot I had to wait patiently to say hello!!