THIS WEEKEND – Please Read! 🙂
Tomorrow is “Australia Day”
We will go in as NORMAL from the surf club.
Can all the strong swimmers / regulars swim AT THE BACK of the pack.
We’d LOVE Paddle Boarders to join us!!!
Greg McDonagh will stand on path at the Point and play Advance Australia Fair on his bugle.
(if the water is too rough we will go in at Half way – swim to point and then Shelly then half way)
COME DRESSED IN YOUR FAVOURITE AUSSIE SWIMWEAR
Have a great day. See you all tomorrow for our colourful Australia Day Swim.
Renae
No Stats supplied so I’m just going to take a guess:
Swimmers: 230
Newbies:13
Water: 21.9c felt like 25 in some spots
Sunrise: 6:09am
Sunset: 8:05pm
B&B Attendance i-log!
Now that the new work year has kicked in, save time and be ever so efficient, by using the B&B i-log. It’s a smart phone friendly website so no need to download, just bookmark it. There are so many good reasons to use the B&B Login – like no queues, no need for glasses to find your name, never missing the 7am call, and you can do it on the bus or ferry on the way to work.
Log your swim ANYTIME that day for an easy way to ensure your swim is recorded in the daily attendance and on the Pacific Challenge. To get started, send an email to Ian Forster (ugoboyo@gmail.com). He will check that your email address is activated on the attendance register then send you info on how to get started.
Summer badge swims
Every Saturday during summer there will be a 6km swim – usual route is to Freshwater and back; then once a month there is a 10km swim – this is to South Curl Curl and back. However, the final route depends on conditions that day so it is a good idea to arrive a little early to have a briefing from the designated swim leader. Both swims kick off at 7am.
The proposed date for the next 10km swim is 15 February depending on conditions. This date will depend on final confirmation of local surf carnivals so keep checking the blog for updates.
Bolderdash
To Queenscliff and back. Every morning during summer, LEAVING the surf club at 5.50am. Wait for everyone in the water before the swim starts. Buddy up with someone, usually the same ‘speed’, that way everyone is ‘accounted for’ at Queenscliff.
The B&B swim school still has a few spaces left for their next swim school:
Saturday 1st February from 10am – 11:30am at Shelly Beach.
Cost is $30 and it’s limited to 15 people.
During the 90 min session we will be covering how to swim with more efficiency, flow and speed! Includes filming of your current technique.
What to bring : swim togs, cap, goggles, a wetsuit or rash vest depending on how susceptible you are to the cold water, sunscreen and water.
If people would like to book in we just need them to call or email Sarah Anne. ..0420 923 067 or info@pacificjules.com.au
2014 B&B Calendar ON SALE NOW!!
Get one for yourself or pin it up at work. Give one to friends or send them overseas to the family back home. Only $15!
Staying safe
Remember that there are no badges for scaring yourself silly! While it is great to extend your boundaries, it is important to know your limits. Do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download, click here
Morning All, Seeing as we did the swim backwards today I have decided to do the whole blog backwards in keeping with the theme.
Starting off with the table of knowledge and why everyone loves to coming swimming. There is nothing better than breakfast on the beach in the morning sun and catching up with everyone.
I learnt this morning that Australians consume 1 billion Hot Drinks a year. That’s alot of disposable cups and did you know they are not all recycleable. We are currently only able to recycle 10% of these due to the plastic coating on the cups. So if you can bring your own cups and get a top up to help cut down the usage of the cups you can help make a difference.
This poor little bandicoot was found a Shelly today. Looks like he has seen some better days. With a few injuries Lesley took him off to the local vets to get some TLC.
Can you read this? It’s all backwards. The actual text is at the end.
I am not sure what all of this was, but something was coating the surface. It looked as though someone had thrown their compost into the ocean.
Here was our Marker at the point today
and this is what you see when you swim backwards
The reason that we swam from Shelly today. A pic of the surf carnival from the point. Looks a little hectic if you ask me.
and we are off. Leaving Shelly.
I had a nice suprise this morning with some friends from the Sunshine Coast popping in for a swim. Great seeing you Erica and Pete. It’s also great to see the parents out their with their kids enjoying the swim.
JK giving us the run down for this mornings swim.
Our meeting point this morning was a nice change. Soaking up the sun before we enter the water.
You can run but you can’t hide Ros.
What a stunning sunrise this morning as the sun hides behind the morning clouds
Here is what I wrote earlier only it’s not backwards.
I didn’t manage to get alot of photos under the water this morning due to unclear conditions. You wouldn’t know it by looking at this shot though. The water was so warm this morning, I could have snorkelled around for hours. Well until I looked like a shrivelled up potato.
20 comments
Anne E
25/01/2014 at 11:41 am
I saw NO DUSKY WHALERS TODAY. If you spotted any please make a note in the blog.
Jane
25/01/2014 at 11:51 am
I saw NO DUSKY WHALERS TODAY.
lainey loo
25/01/2014 at 11:53 am
Snorkles spotted one dusky whaler whilst doing the 6 km, 6 laps of Shelly to Manly. Well done to first timers Snorkles and Corinne! It was beautiful. The stuff floating on the surface of the water is pummice. Does anyone know where it’s come from? Lovely sunny photos at Shelly Renae and that sunrise is incredible!
Fifi
25/01/2014 at 12:21 pm
Hello all,
It’s still Friday here!
Shelly still looks as good as ever. Great shots as always Renae, this is the first time I have seen the blog since I left for NYC and canada. Impossible to even imagine swimming when you are surrounded by snow and mountains. But I miss Sterch and drinks and Shauny and cap less Dave and my drinks companions too much and I’m coming home.
I’m also wondering how team drinks has fared at the ocean swims over the last few weeks?
🐋🐋🐋🐋
Snorkles
25/01/2014 at 12:48 pm
I saw a dusky whaler at lap 4 of 6 of our 6km swim. He /she was swimming into Fairy Bower and made a nice change than looking at the bottom!
Massive thank you to Brendan , Ted and Elaine for supporting our slooooooeeee 6km today. Big congratulations to my swim buddy to Corinne….who would have thought we’d would have been swimming 6km’s when we met up after my first swim nearly two years ago?
And a big thank you to the ‘Power Gel’ I had after 4km’s that made lap five very easy!
Can I get a special badge please? First female 6km (without using her arms)
Snorkles
25/01/2014 at 12:49 pm
Elaine ….thanks for coming along….there me thinking you were there supporting us, until you told us it would move you up on the Pacific Challenge!
Anyone for a dinosaur? 😉
Jill Rankin
25/01/2014 at 1:09 pm
Great blog Renae! it all flowed beautifully, didn’t feel backwards at all….
Ian McK
25/01/2014 at 1:45 pm
Nice blog Renae ! Best part of the day….. mornings
The Submarine
25/01/2014 at 1:51 pm
Great effort Snorkles, 6km of kicking is no mean feet (see what I did there?). Just don’t let them drug test that gel. Also well done Corinne on her first ever 6km
Dolphin Whisperer
25/01/2014 at 1:52 pm
Great blog Renae but your playing with my mind!
Everyone smiling, hugging, swimming, then finishing with a sunrise reminds me of the old days. party,party party!
I’m so confused!.
Well done 6kers, just for the record, I think you guys did around 6.5-6.7 Km’s with those 12 crossings.
Impressive. That’s what I call a real swim. 🙂
Dolphin Whisperer
25/01/2014 at 1:52 pm
Missing you too Fi.
Lips
25/01/2014 at 2:11 pm
Congrats Snorks! But who’s bottom were you looking at?
Loved reading the upside down blog Ranae. Few might have noticed, but I was wearing my budgies back to front too.
Slim dusky
25/01/2014 at 2:50 pm
Real swim Shauny but a SOFT one! Great blog Renae
Snorkles
25/01/2014 at 5:05 pm
Thankfully I didn’t have to look at yours today, in your back to front speedos
Snorkles
25/01/2014 at 5:06 pm
Thanks DW. I knew I could rely on you for an accurate measurement.
Snorkles
25/01/2014 at 5:07 pm
I’m going to get some more of them! I could be tickling the toes of the front of the pack on them (well maybe not, but anyway! )
LSA aka HKTQ
25/01/2014 at 5:41 pm
I’m reading the last few Blogs back-to-front as I catch up after a few days in the Thai mountains without internet….
Congratulations Snorkles and Corinne…. delighted for you! xxxx
John.s
25/01/2014 at 7:21 pm
Fifi who?
Bill McCaffeine
25/01/2014 at 7:30 pm
Great BLOG Renae and a great photograph of you at The Benches too 🙂
The pumice is from a new island off the coast of Japan. A volcano is creating the island and the pumice is forming a large raft, solidifying then breaking up. As it is porous it traps air and gas and the lumps are being dispersed by the wind and tides. Good for getting hard skin off your feet……. but we shouldn’t pick any up from within our Aquatic Reserve / Marine Park as that would interfere with the life cycle of organisms carried along in and on it.
emlight@bigpond.net.au
25/01/2014 at 9:06 pm
The pumice raft…from a volcano related to NZ – google it. I heard a surf reporter on 702 talking about it. It seems to be everywhere – we even saw some down at Pretty Beach a couple of weeks ago. Have a look at these 2 links – fascinating!
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/huge-pumice-raft-from-underwater-volcanic-eruption-off-new-zealand-arrives-on-great-barrier-reef/story-fnihsrf2-1226707748419
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/mystery-of-the-floating-rocks-is-finally-solved-theyre-pumice-stones/story-fni0cx12-1226781985464