22-01-2020: Walking on water

How did you begin your day? Louise, Monica, Jane (and 277 other B&B swimmers) started with an invigorating swim, relishing the salt air, sun, warm water and stopping on the way for a chat with a guy who looked like…. well..that he was just casually walking past….. not walking across the street…but walking across the ocean. He sure looked like he was walking on water!

On a killer day like today, (even if the water was a bit murky and you find seaweed hours later in parts of your body you didn’t realise you had), a B&B morning swim sets you up for the day! You feel like you can take on the world. You feel like you can walk on water! Gaby was clearly loving her morning swim!

JK doesn’t look like he is walking on water but does look like he’s had a wax bust made of himself and released it into the water to float and bob across Cabbage Tree Bay! Say gidday if you see it floating past!

Another couple of floating busts otherwise known as Jane and Robbie. Jane is Robbie’s mum. She has been wanting him to join her for a B&B swim for ages! Today was his first swim! Thanks for joining us Robbie. Great you saw fish even in murky conditions! Imagine what you can see when it’s not murky! Hint hint! Come down again!

Head down, elbows up! These B&Bers are doing it right as they speed back to Manly….the smell of coffee from Kane and Annaliese’s coffee ‘hole in the wall’ luring them back!

Speaking of Kane and Annaliese – they also sell delicious ginger bread men! Sorry for cutting half your head off in this photo Brad! Clearly your kids with their ginger bread men were the focus here!

Back on land and boys will be boys.

Here are two of 2019’s ‘Top 20’ swimmers, Sue and Greg, with their daughter, Rachel, who is having her last swim today before heading away.

It’s great to have management Ian and JK back – already busily signing in newbies and briefing them on the best swim in the universe.

2 newbies (centre and right) with an oldbie.

Vicki (right) is from Argentina and been in Sydney visiting her daughter, Martina, for the last month. She has been swimming almost every day and loves it! She’s sad that her holiday here is coming to an end!

Semi regular swimmers from the inner and outer west with hard core swimmers Roz, Shelley and Inge!

Councillor David Walton briefing swimmers on how to be a good Councillor and gently persuading them to join up!

JK after only just losing the height competition against Ian.

Serious business.

And to leave you all on a relaxing note – a lovely post swim chill out photo starring the lovely Melisse, Ed and Monica!

Have a great week.

Stats

Water temp: 22.3

Swimmers: 280

Newbies: 14

Notices:

The Monthly Dinner – 11^th February 2020 – Guest Speaker

The first B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 11th February at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest on the night will be Julianna Kadar, who is a PhD student at Macquarie University. She is also a member of the Homeward Bound Program which is working to build and upskill a network of 1,000 women in STEM over ten years. Julianna will talk about her study on the Behaviour of Port Jackson Sharks. Her work involves finding out more about the activity patterns of the Port Jackson shark using bio-loggers. Her study includes both captive and wild experiments and aims to analyse distinct shark behaviour signatures. Her talk will cover variation in behaviour, social networks and migration of our lovable PJ.

Please book early for this event as it is sure to be popular. The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential. To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book atwww.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/bb-bluewater-monthly-dinner.html .

New B&B Merchandise

Fancy a new item of B&B merchandise to brighten up your wardrobe.

Check out B&B’s new T-shirt for summer (also available in white type)

Orders are available online along with all of our fun B&B merchandise at: https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/clothing.html