Friday 11 December 2020 School’s out

School’s out but inquiring minds keep on keeping on. A maths/science investigation on nipple size. I think

Forget apps to calm your busy mind. The sea offers the best solution. Just float about

No longer do I wonder about jaws and have the theme from that movie in my mind – now replaced with that earworm of a song – Hammertime. Ever since Inez encountered a hammer head shark last week, I have that song in my head. I don’t think it is a good rhythm for improving one’s stroke.

Good swimming on show today. Many had already finished their swim by my arrival.

How do you keep your long hair from your eyes, I asked. Swim fast was the answer. Better keep my hair short

A bit to the left is what I think Mark is saying

Having a cracker of a time

I wonder who will swim through the waves on Tuesday – do you see 17foot waves!? –

Here are some likely swimmers

In the (hatched) zone

A team race. Elbows close to the rock. I did not see who won.

Why crawl when you can fly. Impressive sight

Happy swimmers

This excellent elbow belongs to Andrew

This is Andrew

Juliette saw some lovely schools of fish

I saw a lot of these jelly fish that look like prawn gow gees and do not sting. The feel like peeled grapes

This frilly ray at the point but I dont know what type it is 

The only octopus I saw

On the crest of a wave

Actual swimming

Management notices

SUMMER BADGES

Due to government restrictions, this summer we will not be organising 6km or 10km swims or badges. Instead… we are offering the following badges:

• Triple Manly to Shelly – swim 3x laps of Manly to Shelly Beach and back, any day during summer – distance 3.5km
• Covid Summer Challenge – swim 30 times over 7 different weeks of summer
• Corona Super Swimmer – swim 50 times over summer

* Summer: 1st Dec – 28th Feb
You will earn and be eligible for any / all of these badge if you complete these swims and log them in i-Log

As for the winter swims, you can swim anywhere at any time to qualify, but if you don’t swim at Manly, you must log a Covid Challenge Swim.

Tilly Sammut needs your help

My name is Tilly Sammut. I am 12 years old, and I wanted to raise money for the homeless specifically Orange Sky. They are a company that do the laundry and  provide showers to the homeless, I wanted to help the homeless in a way I just didn’t know how. As part of my inquiry I came across Orange Sky. I was so inspired by what they do each day and I was determined to help them. So on the 21st of December I will be doing a 6km ocean swim in Manly, I would love to raise at least $500 but more or less is fine. I would really appreciate if you could sponsor me when I swim.  Please take a moment to check out my GoFundMe campaign:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/homeless-fundraiser-6km-swim?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1