01/07/2015 – What a Wonderful World! (When you start the day with our swim!)

As you swim back from Shelly Beach under an amazing sky, high on endorphins… do you ever start singing a song to yourself? I do, and I know I’m not the only one! Brian told us yesterday it was a Joni Mitchell song for him. I often sing along to Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World’. I even start changing the lyrics to suit our swim!

I see seagrass green and luderick grey

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world…

I could go on but…I won’t

 Here are the happy ‘Hard Corers’ who left home in the rain today but enjoyed flat, calm conditions with great water clarity!

6amer swimmers reported beautiful phosphoresence on top of the water this morning. There was even talk of a dolphin…

 Sarah is always ecstatic after her 6.30am swim as she crosses with the 7amers. Here she hugs Ian who clocked up 1000 kms over the weekend!

John Kelly would be proud. Quite a tidy group at The Point today.

Swimming with mullet!

Nick is joined by his wife Trish today for the first time!

It was Ian’s birthday but no management around to organise the ‘Let’s Go’ so he was left on his own waiting for the ‘Happy Birthday’ chorus. Luckily a few of us stayed to serenade him!

Marco, Nick and Matt with a magnificent photo bomb behind! Matt Hayes is becoming quite a Blog Tart. He’s trying to match his son Alex who made a video of being circled on a surf board by a Great White Shark which went viral but was fake! Good on ya Alex!

I come across Henry and Henrietta out in the middle. (Don’t worry Richard I made them get that close together 😉

 

Gemma and Fiona try to drown Ian on his birthday!

 The 2 ladies near the heater have come to swim with us from Mount Martha in Victoria. They swim in 11 degrees without a wettie!

Gayle has gone to work and Ian smooches up to the heater whilst Ted looks on…

I asked a few swimmers what the song was that they sang along too…

Good Vibrations   Lyndall

Happy    Sophie

Dancing Queen   Belinda

I Started a Joke   Dorset

Oh What a Beautiful Morning   Henrietta

Smoke in the Water   Midge

Staying Alive   Ian Nicholls!

Jaws theme   Shaun

What is your song??

 To make blogging easier and less stressful I preload some of my favourite moments of the past fortnight the day before I blog. Hope you like them.

 

The beautiful white wobbegong a few of us saw yesterday off Shelly.

Sarah Bursle and the cuttlefish last week

Isn’t Anna’s expression as she dives deep in her wetsuit SO cute?

The beautiful, mesmorising Giant Cuttlefish which has captivated so many of us lately.

A flash of blue…and It’s a Groper…

Our birthday boy, the wonderful blogger, Ian aka Shelly sidles in on Jane’s hot shower! (I’m so sorry if I’ve spoiled your image of ‘Shelly’ with the big boobs!)

 The lovely Rankin family! Milly, John and Jill.

 Still worth swimming on cloudy, rainy days!

 

Terry on the left and Mike and Louise on the right coming in from a Double.

The beautiful Sophie Coombes, (Marriage Celebrant extraordinaire) often finds it hard to come down with 3 young kids. But when she does she, like many more of you, she sprays her special sparkle around and puts smiles on many faces!

 Sparkles! (Another sparkly person)

 Wish Roz well when you see her. She is off to Europe for 6 months and will be walking The Comino Trail for 5 weeks! Quite a new ‘regular swimmer’ she is now addicted and will miss her B&B swims. 

I took this on Monday as I ran around to Shelly to do a tag swim with Ted as we swapped over walking the dog!

Lucky enough to see Shelly the Turtle on Monday

 My video of a cuttlefish click here

Talking of song lyrics when I did a bit of blog research yesterday I came across a beautiful song recorded by our very own Cathie Coleman called ‘Into the Blue’. Here it is here! click here

We all love Roger’s Friday blogs. His cartoons are amazing. Some of you may remember my poor attempt at ‘cartoons’ when I first started blogging 2 1/2 years ago. I thought I’d dig out one. recommending a different type of water temp indickator 😉

  

Winter Warmer B&B Swim School

Join Pacific Jules coaches Warren and Sarah Anne in the ocean – as they teach you the fundamentals of freestyle breathing.

This one-hour session in the water will help you breathe with ease.   Tune your body position to get more air, and work on achieving a calm and controlled breathing pattern.

 

We have an amazing 12 year old swimmer Cameron who swims with his Mum Hilary and is swimming in Winter and raising money for Nepal. 

 

 

When:        Saturday 4 July  (9:45 – 10:45 a.m.)

Cost :          $25

Location :  Shelly Beach

Open to everyone – all abilities welcome

What to bring:  swimmers, cap and goggles.  NB: wetsuit compulsory.  Drinking water, and money for a hot cuppa afterwards!

Please email:

info@pacificjules.com.au

for more information or to reserve your place

Staying safe

Remember that there are no badges for scaring yourself silly! While it is great to extend your boundaries, it is important to know your limits.  Also, if you have a bit more experience, keep an eye out for new swimmers who might need company. Do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download, click here.

 

The Stats

Regulars:     105 (ish)

Newbies:     1

Temp:           18.2

Sunrise:       6.59am

Sunset:         4.58pm

 

Have a fantastic day folks!

Lainey Loo aka Elaine