54 Bold & Beautiful Swimmers. We celebrated the last winter swim by going on an adventure swim to the back of the Bower, over the rolling boulders with pristine waters, lots of fish, groupers and Port Jackson Sharks but Mr Whale didn’t quite make it 🙁 James L, Tim E, Tim T & Trish qualified for their badge this morning taking our total for the 2010 Winter Badge Challenge to a whopping 93 – amazing effort guys ! Our Winter Badge Presentation Ceremony is at 8am on Sun 12th Sept at Manly Wine. Check out the awesome video that James Goins kindly put together for us yesterday, you can find it at www.pacificjules.com.au then go to Bold & Beautiful, then go to Video. 🙂
Water Temperature 17.9 degrees.
Sunrise 6.15am.
Sunset 5.36pm.
High Tide: 12.12am.
Low Tide: 6.37pm.
31/08/2010 – Last Day of Winter!
August 31, 201014
14 comments
Tim
August 31, 2010 at 9:20 am
Fantastic, I got the badge. That bloody badge! On the plus side I feel a lot fitter than i did 2 months ago and my confidence in open water has increased ten fold. Thanks Lin for swimming with me everyday, Thanks Julie for running a great group and thanks to the rest of B&B for being additional shark bait while I’m swimming. next in my sights…. A SUMMER BADGE!
Mchris
August 31, 2010 at 10:55 am
that’s fantastic Tim, and Tim and James and Trish, well done. Well done to the other 89 people who got their badge as well. Now that that is over you can’t possibly miss the first day of SPRING tomorrow now can you??
Skulking Shark
August 31, 2010 at 11:06 am
I love Spring time. All those whales heading South with their babies. Lots more of those land based beings splashing around drawing attention to themselves too. Not just yummy mummies!
John
August 31, 2010 at 11:09 am
Has to rate as one of the top swims of this winter session – nice sunshine with the water very smooth and clear at 17.9 deg. The adventure swim out to the Bower made it an even better way to finish off our last swim for the season. Congratulations to all of the swimmers who qualified for the winter badge – see you in the spring.
Linda
August 31, 2010 at 11:58 am
Awesome swim this morning, have never ventured out to the Bower before not even snorkeling! Great finish to the winter swims.
Thanks to Julie and Michael for the encouragement and dedication to running and organising this great group of people.
And just one last time… I GOT MY WINTER BADGE!!!!!
Annette
August 31, 2010 at 12:56 pm
What a way to spend the last morning of winter – fantastic! fish, boulders and Manly in the distance! Thanks to Jules and everyone for such a great swim this morning.
Michael [TLC]
August 31, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Wow! Have a look at the ‘wall of fame’. There are actually shots of people up there that you can recognise!! What a fine looking bunch.
James
August 31, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Wonderful adventure over the Bower and into the blue this morning. Saw the biggest blue grouper in the deep, clear water out there. B&B is like swimming in colour after years of swimming in black and white.
Thanks to Julie for dreaming it up and making it happen (and for encouraging me to swim the last eight straight to qualify for the badge). Thanks to all B&B for good company on land and at sea.
Nick
August 31, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Bugger I missed it!!
Salli
August 31, 2010 at 5:59 pm
What an awesome swim this a.m….to the Bower and beyond! Where to next??
Sam
August 31, 2010 at 6:00 pm
and I ditched my wettie!
Lee Cooper
August 31, 2010 at 6:04 pm
What an absolutely fantastic swim this morning. I could not stop telling everybody at work that I swam out to the Bower and further! What a sight looking back at the Shelly lookout and being out further than the headland. One swimmer said that she was out of her comfort zone – I think that applied to most of us. Thanks for the early morning excursion Jules. Lee
Michael [TLC]
August 31, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Good on you Sam. I noticed you didn’t have a wetsuit on. I thought your mother must have reclaimed hers, then I saw neither of you had one on. Well done both of you. It’s nice without a wetsuit isn’t it.
Little Tiger
August 31, 2010 at 8:05 pm
Gee we had some fun this morning. Great conditions and wonderful company. Thanks to all that took part. Just had a look at James video, brought a big smile to my face. So tranquil, above and below the water line. Thankyou James.