51 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
Well this morning was nothing short of windy, choppy and messy which always makes for a fun swim and a well earned brekkie.
Anna Alvsdotter, Ben Thomson and others saw what they thought were two dead Port Jacksons about a third of the way back from Shelly Beach, as the sharks were laying on their backs. One of the Port Jacksons was looking very unwell as it was nusseling its way upside down into the side of the other stationary upside down shark. Anna treaded water for while watching sadly until suddenly the sharks righted themselves and swum off ! Amazing, I sure didn’t know sharks could lay upside down. Can anyone shed any light on this activity ?? Jane ???
Fab photos from James Goins again this morning ! A gusty morning, so not too many people around. Check out James’s
second photo, a very rare sight. It’s not often there’s no-one around enjoying the early morning.
B&B FUNDRAISING STEAK & TRIVIA NIGHT – WED 26th OCT !
As the administration, insurance and communication costs rise for the Bold & Beautiful, it’s time to organise a fundraiser to ensure that as a group we can keep growing.
As you are all aware, B&B is an activity which is free and open to all. In order to keep us operating in this way we are organising a quiz night generously supported by The Steyne Hotel on Wednesday 26th October from 7pm !
If we get 100 people attending we can have the brand new Moonshine Bar upstairs all to ourselves for the whole night !
Our very own John Kelly will be running the trivia and he has assured us that the questions will be general and not B&B related so friends from outside
of B&B will be both; most welcome and valuable members of your team.
If you have any prizes that you would like to donate for a raffle or a table prize it would be most appreciated… we have already received a couple of generous prizes, thank you !!
Tickets are available now at $25 per head which includes a Steak Dinner generously provided by the Steyne Hotel !
Please tell your friends and try and get a table together (8-10 per table) or we will place you on a table of likable B&B’ers. You can purchase tickets from me after any swim or via email.
If anyone would like to offer to provide some entertainment at half time that could be lots of fun too… 😉
Tim’s fact of the day: “Oysters can change from one gender to another and back again depending on which is best for
mating.”
There is talk that Iain McGregor and James Goins might be swimming a Bolderdash (to Queensie and back) at 5.50am tomorrow. Any takers ??
Check out the three lovely on tour photos of Peter, Betty, Dan and Matt King in Fiji. The boys all successfully completed the Mana Island swim on the weekend. Dan and Matt did the 1km and Pete did the 3km swim, unfortunately Betty wasn’t so
well so she didn’t get to do the 500m swim. We hope you are feeling much better now Betty and congratulations boys what a great effort, well done !!
Water Temperature 18.4 degrees.
Air Temperature 12 degrees.
Sunrise 5.48am.
Sunset 5.49pm.
Low Tide: 6.35am.
High Tide: 1.17pm.
16 comments
Tim ' only swims with whales and tv stars ' Ettle
September 20, 2011 at 10:57 am
If turned upside down, some sharks enter a natural state of paralysis that is sometimes called “shark hypnosis”
This phenomena has been noted amongst small reef sharks. They just seem to blank out. However it should be noted that some species in that same order of sharks do “go to sleep”, or at least they rest on the sea – floor especially in underwater caves during the day (they are noctural). White – tips, silver – tips, black – tip reef sharks, etc, as well as nurse sharks have been noted doing this. They continuously pump water through their gill slits in order to stay alive. Although this behaviour has not been observed in any large species shark. Wisely it is presumed too dangerous to try to turn a 15 foot Great White over and start tickling its tum – tum..
Anna Alvsdotter
September 20, 2011 at 11:19 am
Wow Tim, thank you for finding this out! Interesting indeed, and I’m glad we hovered over the presumed dead sharks for long enough to see them resurected to life. James Goins and Jade shared this facinating shark experience with us this morning.
Pacific Jules
September 20, 2011 at 11:24 am
Gosh… well there you go, that’s fascinating. Thanks heaps for this update Timberlie 🙂
Brian Black
September 20, 2011 at 11:38 am
Big thanks to Chris Kiely & James Goins we waited around to give me a hand through the surf this morning. Otherwise I might have been joining the Port Jacksons swimming upside on the bottom!
Cheers fellas!
Iain
September 20, 2011 at 11:49 am
I’m a bit worried about Tim’s trivia team.
With Tim’s numerous facts and also his firsthand knowledge of every near fatal disease and condition known to man, he could be a real challenger.
Thankfully I understand a little trick called stout which may just be his undoing.
Iain
September 20, 2011 at 11:50 am
Everyone 5:50 am tomorrow for the 2nd Balderdash of the season!
Please respond with your interest or firm commitment to turning up.
Tacomajim
September 20, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Iain,
I’ll be there. Working late tonight so will text you in AM when I’m out the door.
Linda
September 20, 2011 at 12:04 pm
yes but Iain…he will not have google at his fingertips at the trivia night…
Iain
September 20, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Tim is Google!
Iain
September 20, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Cool
fifi
September 20, 2011 at 5:13 pm
I would like to come but I think I will wait till next week when those jimbles have buggered off.
Charlie
September 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm
just drove past the beach and the wind has changed…looks amazing. Hope it stays that way for tomorrow!
Michael [EX CI]
September 20, 2011 at 6:05 pm
The prediction for tomorrow is NO DETECTABLE SWELL and sunny. Also the wind will be from the west as it is now, so it should be ‘lake Manly’. This will also remove any possibility of Bluebottles and probably will rid us of the Jimbals as well.
The only downside could be a slight drop in water temperature. Say it was 18.4c today, it could drop as low as 18.4c by morning!! But it should rise again to 18.4c by Thursday.
Anna Alvsdotter
September 20, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Brrr! Shocking.
Lesley
September 20, 2011 at 7:08 pm
I just did too Charlie – it looks beautiful out there!
charlie
September 20, 2011 at 9:11 pm
That’s most amusing Michael. As long as all temps lead to 18.4 it should be a doozy 🙂