It’s the first day of Winter – and how do we do it…?
Have a onesie day, with donations going to The Royal Far West Children’s Hospital!
This morning is better summed up in pictures rather than words… so, with the help of the Incredible Giles… here we go!
Godzilla put the books out…
A day where the people dressed as animals and the animals dressed as people….. Good boy, Turbo!
Reow, you two!
The sea life had a bit of a day off really… all I saw was this great little fiddler ray and a cuttlefish that wanted no part of the occaision….
Apparently Mary whipped up this little number from scratch…
Stats:
Swimmers: 254!
New friends: 10!
Doublers: 12
Water: 20.8c
Sunrise:6:51
Sunset: 4:54pm
Have a great weekend!
WINTER
BADGE – Starts June 1st. To qualify swim minimum 20 times and in at
least 7 weeks of the winter. Each week starts on a Monday and there
are 14 weeks in the season.
AND if you go without a
wetsuit you also qualify for the Winter Without Wetsuit (WWW) badge!
Put a W by your name every time you tick the attendance.
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There is a NEW BADGE – the 500 km badge!
See the Pacific Challenge top left of the blog to see how many km’s
you’ve swum – if you’ve hit 500 or more you get a badge….(for $10)
33 people so far have already qualified for their badge – they will be
presented at our NEXT monthly dinner at Bluewater –Tuesday
4th
June
at 6.30pm
(or any time after that night). See the “management” for more
details!
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ALSO
at the above dinner one of our swimmers Dr Ray Hodgson will be giving a
talk about the work he does in Nepal with women who suffer prolapse
after child birth. He organises trips for volunteers for 2 week stints
and is always looking out for more volunteers to go to Nepal and help.
If you want to hear from someone who is making a difference to peoples
lives and want to find out what you can do to help, then come along to
the dinner.
TO BOOK INTO THE NEXT MONTHLY DINNER PLEASE RSVP HERE!!
We
want to get as MANY people as we can that night so we can book the
whole restaurant out!!!! Remember it’s only $20 for a starter AND main
course of delicious food!! Desserts and drinks are only $5 each and no
corkage on wine!! Bluwater now offer a special $25 menu too.
26 comments
Pacific Jules
01/06/2013 at 11:42 am
Happy winter everyone !!
What a fab morning, you all look brilliant, love it. Wish I was snuggled up there with u all 🙂
Giles’s photos are sensational, seriously wow factor photos, the colours are just so vibrant. What’s the trick !? xx
lesbubbles
01/06/2013 at 11:42 am
Photos are AMAZING!!! Wow! And funny! !! Graaaaaaaaaayte blog!!!!
Elaine de Jager
01/06/2013 at 11:53 am
Yay!! Great blog again! How much fun can we have before 8am!!!
Alyson
01/06/2013 at 11:58 am
Love the blog, and love the dog!!
Gayle
01/06/2013 at 12:03 pm
Anyone pick up a ladies Black B&B suit left in ladies change room Thursday morning swim ? ? ? ?
please call Gayle on 0414582065
Nick D
01/06/2013 at 12:05 pm
The trick is.. There’s several tricks 🙂
Pacific Jules
01/06/2013 at 12:06 pm
Always the case 😉 x
Cheeky Monkey aka Snorkles
01/06/2013 at 12:16 pm
Apologies if anyone slipped on my banana skins this morning, I’m a little bit partial to them!
Vanessa Maund
01/06/2013 at 12:42 pm
Great blog, shame I missed it – was poorly 😷. Would love a copy of the first picture, more than happy to purchase it. Giles can you email me vanessa.maund@gmail.com. Thanks
Nick D
01/06/2013 at 12:43 pm
As long as you didn’t do any of the other things monkeys do 🙂
Dolphin Whisperer
01/06/2013 at 2:11 pm
Great blog Nick.
Photos are fantastic.
Thank you JK for asking me to do the Shelly “lets go” today.
This is one of the greatest days of my life!
Thank you to the lovely Sarah Abbot Hong Kong Triad Queen for corrupting the PC challenge which makes the first legitimate 500km badge all the more special.
Thank you to the other 50% of the integrity police for making sure the legitimacy of ticks remain true.
Thank you to Jenny A for ticking while I was not there for without your help, my 500k badge would still be on order.
Thank you to all the BandB ers for making this suspicious, oops auspicious occasion all the more special. Thank you for not making a fuss and can I also remind you all that a guard of honour must be straight. Not like the pathetic banana shaped thing you did for Jules!!
I will see you all tomorrow
Little Sarah aka LSA aka HK Triad Queen
01/06/2013 at 2:26 pm
Love it! Great job Onesie Brigade – amazing pics!
Laura (yesterday) and Jasmine today – you’re becoming great Blog Tarts! Well done! I expect Lips will try to take the credit:-))
Will be seeing Blog Tart Extraordinaire, Annie, today! What a shame I left my onesie at home:-)
Little Sarah aka LSA aka HK Triad Queen
01/06/2013 at 2:30 pm
Congratulations Shady Shauny and all the 500s! Can’t wait to join the Club and get my new badge on return:-)
Thanks for the kind acknowledgement of all my assistance. Much appreciated! Without it, no one would know the depths of depravity you had to sink to for the sake of a little bit of cotton to sew onto your new onesie. Pic please!!
"Snorkles"
01/06/2013 at 2:32 pm
*sigh*
I cant add any more at this point!
One day i hope to join the dizzy heights of the 500 club!
DWSS
01/06/2013 at 3:21 pm
Mary!!! B and B Onsie, I’m impressed!!!
Little Sarah aka LSA aka HK Triad Queen
01/06/2013 at 3:43 pm
Yeh, Mary! Always knew you were a Blog Tart at heart:-)
Love the matching couples too!! They’re all fantastic:-)))))))))
john S
01/06/2013 at 4:15 pm
Mary pink is def ur colour, looking hot in hot pink, that Erick’s a lucky man!!
All the onsies looked great especially Brentons.
Great blog today Blog person!
Shaun, congratulations on being the first legitimate, certified and accredited 500 kms swimmer.
Truly an achievement, it makes it so much more special given you didn’t need to cheat, bride the HKTQ or b part of ‘management’ to get there!
I hope to also follow in ur footsteps and make it soon with honesty and integrity.
Helen Ludgate
01/06/2013 at 5:17 pm
Great photos. Is there somewhere that we can view and purchase Gile’s photos that he took that are not on the blog?
Thanks
DWSS
01/06/2013 at 5:30 pm
Thank you John S
Thank you for your support, partnership in integrity, your company and your ticks, without any of which I could not have made it!!
I appreciate your acknowledgment that we have not given in to temptation from the evil genius HKTQ or her Henchies. It’s a tough job, rarely, acknowledged and your thoughts go a long way towards reinstating the core values of the B and B..
I Thank you all!!
Remember, please don’t make a fuss but a guard of honour swimmers tunnel should be straight!!
Nick D
01/06/2013 at 5:34 pm
Helen, there will be a book which will have all the pics…stay tuned and we will let you know very soon where to get it 🙂
Mary
01/06/2013 at 5:57 pm
Thank you John 😉
john S
01/06/2013 at 5:58 pm
straight and true,…straight and true,….like the heart of an integrity policeman!!!
ticks of bliss, acknowledged as necessary for the achievement of the 500k!
Jimmy the knife
01/06/2013 at 6:01 pm
titled ‘THE PINK BITS’
Vanessa Maund
01/06/2013 at 6:03 pm
Hi Nick, Can I get a copy of the first picture, would love to put it on a canvas as moving to NZ in a few month and will be a great reminder of B n B. email is vanessa.maund@gmail.com. Thanks.
Lips
01/06/2013 at 6:20 pm
Agree, Laura and Jasmine look fantastic in Giles’ shots. I can only take limited credit. The girls are naturals.
Missing you and Jon. Say hi to Annie from me. Hope to have you all back here swimming with us soon!
Rachael
02/06/2013 at 10:58 am
Hi Nick! Would really love to have a copy of the photos you took of me and my friend Sat morning. You took a few of us and they were amazing! Would love to show our families at home! 🙂 Please let me know if you can email them to me? Thank you!