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27/8/2017 Last Sunday in Winter

August 27, 20172

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here.

220 swimmers today and 8 newbies – flat sea, lots of fish, water warming up 17.1- what more could we want.

Inner West skyline this morning as we set out at 6am down Wigram Road…

 

Flat seas when we got to Manly

 

Inner Westies pre-swim conference

 

Morning Joe and Gino!

 

Welcome Willoughby Waders – Suzy and Andrea

 

Edwina and friends

Hello to Karen from Forestville

Regulars – g’day

Lovely lady!

Hi to Jamie from Scotland

The Ghost from Mosman…

Natalia from Columbia with our favourite builder

Fabulous fellow blogger Elizabeth

 

And before you know it, …. it’s all over! 8am photo

 

Manly locals enjoying life

 

Walking round to Shelly are the gorgeous rock sculptures.

This is my favourite

 

See you all next time.

Monthly Dinner – 12th September 2017 – Guest Speaker

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th September at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. The guest speaker on the night will be Dr Tanya Evans, whose talk is entitled “Swimming with the Spit”

Dr Tanya Evans is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern History at Macquarie University, President of the History Council of NSW and editor and author ofSwimming with the Spit. Tanya’s talk will demonstrate that we B&Bs are not the first people to amble down to the beach and enjoy our invigorating morning swims. Sydney has a fascinating history of dynamic community swimming organisations. Learn all about this fascinating subject on the night.

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 HERE.

 


2 comments

  • Elizabeth

    August 27, 2017 at 1:57 pm

    Fabulous blog guys. That is truly a lovely sculpture.when you walk around and look carefully you are rewarded by such treats. Cool swim again but that makes us all really cool so all good

  • Edwina Harrison

    August 27, 2017 at 6:44 pm

    I love the rock sculptures too, and the favourite builder 😜👍

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