91 Bold and Beautiful swimmers on ANOTHER spectacular morning’s swim!
We measured the water temp in various locations this morning and what a difference!
The edge of the water was: 15.7
The Point: 17.2
Shelly Beach: 16.3
An ‘ordinary’ photo can look quite different when you zoom in…
See? 😀
Again ‘just a’ photo of the seabed…..
but look closer, it’s a wobbegong! …he didn’t look too happy…
No need to zoom in on this pic more like zoom right out to capture everyone at the so called “Point”!!
The salps are back!!!
I was busy taking some underwater shots of Jill for a competition…
When the newest and possibly worst blog tart of them all jumps in!! 😀
It was sooo cold I couldn’t get many marine life shots…but here are some yellow tails…high tailing it!
It looks like summer!
Spot the salp!
Super clear!
Again…’ordinary’ photo…(well not really that ordinary!)…
Another Tip Top Swim!!!
Bye for now Lesbubs!
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For the Diary!
Bold and Beautiful Monthly Dinner – Special Event – Guest Speaker
The next Monthly Dinner on Tuesday 3rd September at 6.30pm at Bluewater Cafe will feature a special guest speaker. Sarah Ann Evans, our official Pacific Jules swimming coach, will give a presentation on open water swimming and tips on how to swim faster with less effort. We will also be launching the B&B swim school. Come along to find out more.
At $20 for two courses, with $5 drinks, $5 desserts and no corkage for BYO wine the dinner is great value. Bluewater also offers a $25 special meal in addition to our standard $20 deal. Bookings are essential, and numbers are limited to 100 people, so Click here to book NOW. This event will sell out so make sure you book early and avoid disappointment. Don’t forget, the next batch of 500 km badges will also be presented on the night.
Charity Events:
One of our swimmers Tim Giovanelli is involved with a charity called Halve Poverty and on the 31st August they are hoping to get 1000 people with the help of Bold and Beautiful to spell out the letter L as part of advocating for the millennium development goals in the federal election! If you are interested in being part of it or want more information please contact Tim on 0404076504 or email Tim.giovanelli@manlylife.org
19 comments
Renae Fowler
21/08/2013 at 10:32 am
nice blog Lesley. I really like the one of the legs. Are they your legs? What are the salps? I’ve never seen them before.
Ray of Sunshine
21/08/2013 at 10:59 am
Fascinating blog, very interesting regarding the varying temperatures. How/where do you transport the thermometer?
Ray of Sunshine
21/08/2013 at 11:00 am
Fascinating blog. Very interesting regarding the different temperatures. How/where do you transport the thermometer to ensure it is not unnecessarily heated?
lesley
21/08/2013 at 11:08 am
Ooh I can’t remember what salps exactly are…Jane??
They’re like a cross between fish eggs/ plankton/ jellyfish!!
Hehe yep my legs 😉
Elaine de Jager
21/08/2013 at 11:34 am
Great blog Lesbubbs. Fantastic photos and photography, love the zoom ins and speech bubbles. Nice to see Stephen getting an ‘up the clacker’ shot! Salps probably are great fish food for the bigger fish so will keep the marine life coming! See you all tomorrow 🙂
Rusty
21/08/2013 at 11:40 am
Funny blog again Lesbubs!
I’m sat at my desk laughing at your comedy speech bubbles and close up’s!
Cheeky ‘up-skirt’ of Stephen at the end.
There were so many ‘salps’ today, I’m pretty such they aided my buoyancy!
So clear, so much marine life – it was like swimming in a massive aquarium!
That big wobby was good.
Ray of Sunshine
21/08/2013 at 11:44 am
Fascinating blog, how do you transport the thermometer between locations?
DWTG
21/08/2013 at 11:54 am
Great blog Lesbubs
I had been swimming for 12 months with the b and b and looking at the photos on the website I was questioning if they were real and when is the water EVER that clear. Well today it is.
The water is unbelievably clear as the photos show.
(I am finding it difficult trying not to comment on how good the legs look in photo 17.
So, I won’t, – no comment)
jill Rankin
21/08/2013 at 1:05 pm
thanks for the pics this am…..i had a giggle with speech bubbles too…such a lovely swim this am, water was clear and teaming with fish, just loving the swims lately Great Blog …thankyou
John
21/08/2013 at 1:50 pm
Great pics that illustrate just how clear the water is.
Saw that wobbegong near the point and schools of fish. Like swimming in an aquarium. An enjoyable swim.
Inez
21/08/2013 at 2:14 pm
Can we put a long diving board out over the point so that we can skip going in at the edge and get straight to the point? Have long suspected it is warmer at the point. And it does indeed look perfect out there.
ros
21/08/2013 at 2:36 pm
Great blog Lesbubs: I’m not so sure I like those salp though, I’m sure I swallowed a few for breakfast during the swim this morning.
Lips
21/08/2013 at 4:24 pm
I’m reliably informed they are nutritious and full of good protein Ros..
Great blog Bubbles! What a trooper you are, showing up for blog duty despite obvious cold and flu symptoms! 🙂
Michael [EX CI]
21/08/2013 at 4:27 pm
Hmm! We evidently swam with a tagged great white yesterday! He was off Leighton at 7.10am and so were we! He set off the alarm again today but was next beach up. I think I probably deserve some sort of badge for that!
lesley
21/08/2013 at 5:24 pm
up jenny’s sleeve!
lesley
21/08/2013 at 5:30 pm
Omg!! Definitely Michael! ! We’ll see what we can organise!
LSA aka HKTQ
21/08/2013 at 7:37 pm
An Insanity Badge?
LSA aka HKTQ
21/08/2013 at 7:39 pm
Love the zooms and bubbles and good humour, Lesbubs!
Jane
21/08/2013 at 8:53 pm
They are very strange (I think) organisms (Family Salpidae) that reproduce to form long chains of tiny individuals that later separate. When we see them in CTB they are often in huge swarms of chains that we feel as soft jelly-like particles as we swim through them. One of our talented photographers got some beautiful photos of them last year – I’ll try and find them.