HAHA …NOT …this is about the 8th week in a row, surely?? that we’ve had this great weather, warm seas and it was possibly the clearest yet??
Although…
Judging by this pic it seems to be gloomy (and not many BnB’ers) but it’s ALL an
illusion…because YES it’s still glorious…
No trick camera work for me – this is the real thing! 😀
John S.
I spotted the turtle swimming along the bottom this time – well away from bloggers camera’s and I didn’t tell anyone!
Marije
Bloggers Nick and Stephen fighting it out for the photo of the week!
Yellow tails taking off!
Jane taking off!
Yep bloody awful! 🙂
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Just in from Dr John Jackson: As some of you may be aware, Rob Byrne has initiated an effort for some of the softies, sorry wet-suities, to swim a winter WITHOUT a wetsuit for charity… Unfortunately it looks like Rob is already really struggling and it’s not even June – based on the latest scientific calculations, by the end of July he’s likely to look a lot like my (Dr John’s) Dad! 😀
ps. see Rob if you wanna join him and raise money for his chosen charity Bear Cottage
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Amazing jellyfish shots taken by Stephen yesterday and doing a great modelling job alongside is Richard Glover. 3rd one down, Richard, one for your Facebook page!!
Other info and events:
WINTER
BADGE – Starts June 1 To qualify swim minimum 20 times in at least 7
different weeks. Each week starts on a Monday and there are 14 weeks
in the season.
AND
if you go without a wetsuit you also qualify for the Winter Without
Wetsuit (WWW) badge! Put a W by your name every time you tick the
attendance.
To
celebrate the start of Winter Badge Season which is a Saturday (1 June) –
please come down wearing a ONE-SIE (or jumpsuit) – the funnier the
better!!
AND let’s make it a charity event!
Please bring a gold coin on Sat June 1st and we will donate it to the Royal Far West Hopsital!
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Speaking
of badges there is also another NEW BADGE – the 500 km badge! See
the Pacific Challenge top left of the blog to see how many km’s
you’ve swum – if you’ve hit 500 or more you get a badge….(for $10)
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People have already qualified for their badge – they will be
presented at our NEXT monthly dinner at Bluewater – Tuesday 4th
June at 6.30pm (or any time after that night). See the “management”
for more details!
ALSO
at the above dinner one of our swimmers Dr Ray Hodgson will be giving
a talk about the work he does in Nepal with
women who suffer prolapse after child birth. He organises trips for
volunteers for 2 week stints and is always looking out for more
volunteers to go to Nepal and help. If you want to hear from someone
who is making a difference to peoples lives and want to find out what
you can do to help, thencome along to the dinner.
TO BOOK INTO THE NEXT MONTHLY DINNER PLEASE RSVP HERE!!
We want to get as MANY people as we can that night so we can book the whole restaurent out!!!! Remember it’s only $20 for a starter AND main course of delicious food!!
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Special
offer from Whitewater . . .
Exclusive
offer for all the Bold and the Beautiful swimmers, Whitewater
is
pleased to offer all Bold and Beautiful swimmers 25% off your entire
bill *(valued up to $30). Join us for lunch or dinner at Whitewater
restaurant,
Manly. Please mention this offer when making your reservation to
ensure you receive the discount. Reservations: call 02 9977 0322 or
email info@whitewaterrestaurant.com.au
Open
weekends for breakfast 8am to 11.30am, Daily for lunch from 12pm to
5pm, Dinner from 5pm to late… * Offer valid until 30th June 2013 *
not valid in conjunction with any other offer * Only one discount per
bill *Discount does not apply for breakfast
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Staying
safe
While
there has been little wave action to test the surf skills, you never
know when the sea will show its turbulent side. Stay safe by knowing
how to read the signs with these water safety tips courtesy of
champion Ironman Craig ‘Riddo’ Riddington. It’s a great read and
can help keep you safe in the surf. To read, or even download click
here.
The Stats
Regulars: 112
Newbies: 2
Water Temp: 20.4 degrees
Air Temp: 10!
Sunrise: 6.44am
Sunset: 4.58pm
21 comments
Jane
22/05/2013 at 11:40 am
Gobsmakingly amazing jelly photos, Stephen. From these photos it is clear that it is the White-Spotted jelly, Phyllorhiza punctata. My book doesn’t say it stings, but I wouldn’t risk touching those trailing bunches of grapes!
What size would you say, Stephen? I’d like to send the pics to the OzMus.
Jane
22/05/2013 at 11:47 am
Here is a link to Mauricio’s latest success – video of Blue Trevally which Mark has put on the Oz Mus website.
http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Araara-Pseudocaranx-georgianus/
There has been a name change and these are the fish we have been calling the Silver Trevally. None of my 3 textbooks now gives the correct scientific or common name! Confusion reigns.
Baby Jane
22/05/2013 at 12:04 pm
Rainer, where were we today?
Lips
22/05/2013 at 12:22 pm
Oh you’re evil!!!
I stood there all dressed up and nowhere to go. And again, for a 3rd day in a row, you stood me up!!!
Lucky for me Marije was there at 6:59am so I didnt have to go all by myself. Again.
Glad you eventually emerged at Shelly. Nice gesture to show up for the return swim at least.
Lesbutt – great photos. Love the new sign off pic!
Lesbutt
22/05/2013 at 12:50 pm
I didn’t see u either Lips?? No blog photos of proof either! 🙂
Robbie Byrne
22/05/2013 at 12:55 pm
If I look that good after WWW I will be happy.
Robbie Byrne
22/05/2013 at 12:59 pm
OH and a big THANK you to Jenny K for being our first donation to the WWW Charity Challenge!!! If you would like to donate, please click on the link below:
https://give.everydayhero.com/au/boldandbeautifulmanly
Group consists of Dr John, Iain Liddel, Nigel Fletcher, Renae Fowler, Susie Johnstone, Kara Dennis, Nicki Brake, Mariah Verbeek, Jules Mackin, Cara Illidge, Geneve Grasso and myself. Email me at robert.byrne00@gmail if you havent done WWW before and would like to join the charity challenge!
All proceeds to Bear Cottage, hospice for terminally ill children.
Chris Noone
22/05/2013 at 1:43 pm
If anyone wants to make a promise to swim the whole of Winter without a wetsuit, you can record it here http://www.PromiseLocker.com and everyone can track your progress on Facebook. Apparently Dolphin Whisper and John S think they are man enough to do it!
Lips
22/05/2013 at 2:07 pm
I’m in possession of CCTV footage from Manly Wine showing me walking down the ramp at precisely 6:59am.
Bring on the court case!
john S
22/05/2013 at 2:41 pm
Lips you slept in today, you didn’t swim remember?
Hang on how’d you get a tick on the PC???
Lesbutt
22/05/2013 at 2:48 pm
boy oh boy – Promises, charity, mapping progress – you’d think swimming without a wetsuit through winter was a hard thing!! ;-p
john S
22/05/2013 at 2:55 pm
Chris, it will be done!
but I refuse to get on Facebook!
The new improved skinny Fi and Andrew D also said they’d be happy to come on board.
Chris Noone
22/05/2013 at 3:33 pm
That’s OK John, we have a luddite option for non-Facebook believers.
mauricio
22/05/2013 at 4:24 pm
Fantastic pihotos Stephen, great blog, I agree with every word, maybe the best vis so far. I was late today, by 10:00 was in the water and couldnt believe it, saw 12 duskies and the turtle together, this swim will be hard to forget! Hope conditions remain the same for the rest of winter!
Jane
22/05/2013 at 4:29 pm
I can confirm that Lips swam – or at least walked – because I saw him sobbing with relief and joy when Baby Jane turned up at Shelly.
Jane
22/05/2013 at 4:38 pm
I thought Stephen’s amazing jellyfish was a White-Spotted jelly, and sent the pics to Stephen K. at the OzMus to confirm. This is what he says:
“Hi Jane,
I don’t think that is Phyllorhiza. I think it is Versuriga anadyomene a species generally only known from the tropics (some info attached). We only have one specimen in the collection, from Rockhampton. I would love to get a few more and if you are seeing them around Sydney it is very unusual and needs to be documented. Jane can you let me know where they could be collected please.
Thanks. Steve.”
Isn’t that fascinating? I think the OzMus can collect from a Marine Reserve for scientific purposes, so I’ll keep you posted.
Jane
22/05/2013 at 4:43 pm
I also sent Stephen K. Lesley’s beautiful jelly pic from a few days ago; he says:
“Hi Jane,
That one is a species of Thysanostoma. There are 3 recognised species, I am not sure which it is. They seem to be rare this far south but we do have one record in the database from off Coogee. They are very beautiful.
Cheers, Steve.”
DWSS
22/05/2013 at 6:40 pm
Chris, ill promise you anything now that you are running smooth faced!!
Soo much better looking than the Neptune impersonation you were running with.
Lips Noak, your under surveillance, watch it, watch it!
Lesbutt, great sign off pic. Very pretty!! Nice butt too, hehe
Stephen Coulter
22/05/2013 at 6:51 pm
Lesbutt, glad you like my new profile photo for your signoff. What about the other ones from today’s shoot?!!
Little Sarah aka LSA aka HK Triad Queen
22/05/2013 at 9:09 pm
Ha, ha – glad to read the day-by-day account of your swims!
Lesbutt, love the pic and caption of the turtle, but of course totally out-blog tarted by Stephen’s amazing jellyfish shots.
Lainey, if he can add them onto the next day’s Blog, you can add your lovely Boldercrawl pics onto your Blog tomorrow. I think it was a conspiracy by the guys to eliminate the pic-of-the-week competition!!
Lindsay & Richard
22/05/2013 at 10:23 pm
Cracking photos of the big jelly Stephen. Lesbutt, you are right, those photos are going straight to FB!