Summer in Sydney can be lovely, and this morning rated pretty well (but spare a thought for Aussies in the bush while we enjoy the onshore summer breezes).
The NE summer swells will be with us for the next few days and that means choppy conditions and not so great visibility. Here is some of the 6:30 cohort heading out, together with some surf club members going for the early board paddle.
The welcoming committee. We had 43 newbies join us today. Hope you enjoyed yourselves.
Not many people. Not yet. Leonora pondering life, the universe and everything
A few newbies with Anne who is assuming upper management newbie-welcoming duties, and guess who, proving Germaine Greer right – she has said you’re only young once but you can be immature forever. She’s a mental giant (as is the owner of the fingers) so it must be true
Some more newbies, mixed in with regulars
Note the book title
This is Dave who racked up 1,000 km on Christmas Day and kept quiet about it. Congrats
There was an announcement today. The ocean conditions were deemed quite challenging, and we were informed about the option of swimming from Shelley and all that that entails.
A piercing whistle.
got everyone’s attention
This is Pete of the Drinks express, providing today’s Shower Scene
Some swam from the beach (always be conscious of your skill levels and choose your swim accordingly)
And others took the walk to Shelley including Jo and Sheila looking very lovely even in the early morning
Marije’s arm. She copped a rather nasty bluebottle sting the other day. It’s a relief to see it’s improving.
On the path to Shelley
Ted and co chose to go in at half way
This mob was training in the Bower pool
Heading in to Shelley
Having a little break and photo shoot
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe visibility under the surface was not great, but I saw this lot.
An old spouse – let’s be politically correct here
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFemale groper – you never know what’s really going on below
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA strange looking jellyfish
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOther stats – about 348 swimmers plus the 43 newbies. Water temp was 20.7 degrees
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5 comments
harrison edwina
28/12/2019 at 4:20 pm
congrats to dave for the 1000km during the week. lovely blog 🙂 even the spouses look good.
Elizabeth
28/12/2019 at 4:49 pm
Only you could have achieved fish photos today. Lovely. . Regardless of conditions there is always somewhere to swim and the announcements from Alan channeling Anne meant next to zero collisions.
Shelley K
28/12/2019 at 6:37 pm
Quality blog with a quality photo bomb therein. Couldn’t play that Marlon Williams track… he’s awesome though. NEARLY saw him at Dark Mofo last year.
Inge
28/12/2019 at 7:18 pm
Thanks for the capturing the morning Anne. Our only problem today was getting ALL swimmers to leave Shelly on the right. How frustrating! Even after the announcement, swimmers heading back to South Steyne ploughed headfirst into those swimming back into Shelly (in an anticlockwise direction).
Gemma
28/12/2019 at 10:20 pm
I LOVE that photo of Anne and Alan! Top blogging – thanks Anne.