51 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
A beautiful morning in paradise, sooo calm and appealing.
The water was a little fresh at both ends, but out the back it was lovely and warm.
There were a few jimbles out and about unfortunately, but there was also a large numb fish sitting right in close at Shelly Beach which was nice to see 🙂
Of note this morning was Sue McGregor who swam both ways without fins, great effort Sue well done 🙂
8 of us are off to Townsville tomorrow for Bold & Beautiful’s first out of town ‘on tour’ swim this Sunday. Check out Stephen obviously very comfortably modelling our ‘on tour’ jacket 🙂
Somebody from Townsville’s local ABC radio station is planning to phone Michael Christie to interview him live about the magnetic island swim this morning at 9.20am, I’m sure you could tune in via the Internet… 🙂
For those of you who were around at the start of Bold & Beautiful some 2 and a half years ago you may recall a friend of ours, Sean Parker was filming all the ocean swims for the season to make a documentary, which also featured the first and very special B&B Bronze Medallion assessment. Well, Sean and his wife Collette hosted the first showing of the final 90 minute documentary to a small gathering last night. After 100 hours of filming and 2 years of editing the final piece was absolutely brilliant, with fantastic footage. Sean is hoping to have a fundraising night at a local cinema where he will show it to a wider audience, I will certainly let you know when that occurs so you guys can all enjoy it too 🙂
Water Temperature 17.4 degrees.
Air Temperature 8 degrees.
Sunrise 6.51am.
Sunset 5.12pm.
Low Tide: 11.50am.
High Tide: 6.27pm.
9 comments
CCD (Pommie Chris)
July 28, 2011 at 9:10 am
Good luck this weekend peops. You’re certainly going to be noticed in Townsville with those tour jackets!
Stephen Coulter
July 28, 2011 at 9:37 am
Thanks CCD, How are the wounds?
Anna Alvsdotter
July 28, 2011 at 9:45 am
Yes Chris how are you faring? Do you need anything from the shops? Tomas and I are around if you need help with anything. 0415-749 865
CCD (Pommie Chris)
July 28, 2011 at 10:44 am
Today’s the first day since the op when I’ve actually felt mobile enough to walk further than the sofa and back: I made it to the mailbox to pick up the Manly Daily! Thankfully me Julie is looking after me and George but I am taking callers. After all, there’s only so many funeral insurance ads a bloke can take.
Little Tiger
July 28, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Goodluck this weekend. The jackets look sensational. Safe journey.
Nick
July 28, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Have a Lovely Swim in Townsville !!
Dont pickup anything heavey Chris , your guts will fall out!!
Get well soon ..
Michael [EX CI]
July 28, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Yes please CCD, we don’t want your (blank/blanks) falling out during the swim, it could attract all sorts of predators!!!
However thanks for the good wishes everyone. It does sound like it might be a bit of a challenge. Tides, winds and Crocodiles have all been mentioned. Any way we’re all just in it for fun.
See you in the morning.
Apparel PLM
July 28, 2011 at 4:14 pm
Thank you for this blog. Thats all I can say. You most definitely have made this blog into something thats eye opening and important. You clearly know so much about the subject, youve covered so many bases. Great stuff from this part of the internet. Again, thank you for this blog.
Iain
July 28, 2011 at 5:55 pm
Magnetic Island Swimmers
Good Luck!!!
Just got back this afternoon and wish I was with you all.
Iain
ps. any takers for a 6:20 am swim???