25/08/2012 – Aqua Gnomes

138 Bold & Beautiful swimmers

get ready for a beautiful swim, making sure everything is sitting just right, especially those ears under the caps 😉

What a spectacular morning; clear blue skies, brilliant sun and magnificent calm, clear water 🙂

Mark was rising above us all… standing on a rock so other swimmers didn’t hit their knee on it as he did, ouch !

The half way dance was in full swing at Shelly

as were all the smiles

Lizzy and Yvette think they’re on holiday in the Greek Islands.  To them they are, as they travel over from Balmain to swim with us every weekend 🙂

Whilst it looked beautiful above the water

It was sensational under

With a little ‘giant’ cuttlefish

 and a Gnome on P plates !! 🙂

Another spectacular swim 🙂

With only 6 days left of winter, 170 swimmers have qualified for their 2012 winter badge, and another 36 are still able to bring it home.  Please click here  to see how you’re going, don’t miss out now… !

14 swimmers continued on for a double and 5 of those tripled.  Meanwhile Ben and Collie set off at 6.30am a little further up the coast, enjoying their last big swim before Collie heads off to take on the English Channel solo, closely followed by Ben (photo courtesy of their land contingent, Brendan).  They will be joined half way through by Alex and James and plan to finish up at North Curl Curl around 11.15am to enjoy some fish and chips on the grass.  If you’re up that way and would like to join them please do, they would be most happy to see you 🙂

Charlotte’s B&B bib, courtesy of Maureen, is still going strong 1 year on, for which mum and dad, Debbie and Magnus are very grateful 🙂

Matilda Cameron is also looking beautiful in her new B&B jacket, again courtesy of our ever talented and generous angel, Maureen 🙂

Congratulations to Sophie who gave birth to our newest B&Ber, and her’s and Geoff’s beautiful 3rd child on Thursday, 23rd Aug, Lily Jasmine Coombes 🙂  Congratulations Sophie and Geoff and welcome to the world little Lily!

Stephen Coulter left for Hawaii yesterday and will be joined by the remainder of his team, Adam Moore, Bruce Baird, John Bond, Richard Agius and Simon Cowell later this week as they get ready to take on the Maui Channel together on Sat 1st September !! 🙂

Also next weekend, the Sydney Magazine will be publishing the article featuring Anna Alvsdotter talking about the benefits of group activities and in particular B&B to the individual, don’t forget to look out for it !!

This Monday, 27th August at 6.30pm  is our August B&B special
dinner.  We have enough people booked in to
have the whole restaurant to ourselves, but… we can still take more, so don’t miss
out – please book in here   

Dinner is $20 each including shared entrees, a selection of mains to
choose (incl vegetarian option), corkage (for byo wine
only) plus a little thank you from each of us to the staff !
All beers (including 4 pines) and desserts only $5.

One of our swimmers, Murray Stewart, who won Gold at the London Olympics is on a stamp !!  Check it out here

Also, Izzy’s Triple M movie night is this Tuesday, they are going to be watching ‘The Sapphires’ at Manly cinema, starting at 6.20pm.  But don’t go in there thirsty, join them for a beer first at 4 pines from 5.30pm and/or a drink and pizza afterwards at the wharf.

So Gaetan… Mum was there… lapping up all the fuss, but where were you 😉

Water Temperature 16.7
Air Temperature 10.0
Sunrise 6.22am
Sunset 5.32pm
Low Tide: 7.45am
High Tide: 2.27pm

To read Michael’s tips on how to stay safe in the surf please click here