A promising sunrise as I was walking along the beachfront towards the clubhouse at 6.15 this morning … before the murmurs started
Gathered around the B&B tree. 6.33 goes by and I haven’t seen any swimmers walk down the ramp yet. Talk was of a 5.30 swimmer who had been attacked in the water
The man in red was telling us not to enter the water.
Shark alarm was sounded for a few minutes, drone up to see if it could see anything in the water, police had rocked up to investigate.
They stood guard at the top of the ramp – and news crews were interviewing swimmers.
Five logged swimmers today – a few people walked round to the pool at Bower to get wet and do a few laps, but most were content with a coffee and a chat.
Apologies for the lack of photos from this morning – tech issues!
Wishing all the best and a quick recovery to our friend from this morning. Thanks to those who were swimming with him and looked after him, and I hope they will be back in the water with us before too long.
From Murray
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Swimmer of the day: Leanne Smith
Newbies: Hell no
Swimmers logged: 5
11 comments
Elizabeth
02/07/2019 at 5:29 pm
Very exciting report so I did not even miss the photos. How does this impact the winter badge tally
Paul E
02/07/2019 at 5:55 pm
Best wishes to Peter for a speedy recovery.
Surely fighting off a shark should have earned him Swimmer of the Day?
Alex
02/07/2019 at 6:13 pm
And a special badge!
ian the slowest
02/07/2019 at 7:17 pm
because it doesn’t happen often, we probably don’t need a ‘shark special’ swim to tick. Today, a swim from The Corso to Nth Steyne could have been a ‘shark special’ for a shark south of Manly Point.
Jenny
02/07/2019 at 8:36 pm
Thanks Murray, funny comment about the newbies 🤣
Paul E
02/07/2019 at 10:11 pm
I’ve always referred to the 5:30 swim as the Darkie Sharkie. :-/
Emma
02/07/2019 at 10:14 pm
So team BnB (Roger), any real info about what happened? What type of fish/shark? Any details?
Thinking of everyone and hope Peter is ok.
Emma xx (inner westie on long service leave….)
harrison edwina
02/07/2019 at 11:05 pm
Good idea 👍😉
harrison edwina
02/07/2019 at 11:06 pm
Reports are it was a grey nurse , Peters had surgery and doing ok considering, no real details yet 🙏👍
Paula
03/07/2019 at 4:31 am
👍🏼
Paula
03/07/2019 at 4:33 am
Thank you! Wishing Peter a fast recovery!