Over 66 Bold and Beautiful swimmers + 1 turtle!
Another lovely morning, bigger waves though but water still fairly warm at 20.9 degrees and air temp was 12.8!!
On the way back from Shelly we bumped into Marine Man, Michel Le Vieux and he said that swimming near/behind us as we left the point earlier were dolphins – but unfortunately we didn’t see them! But a lot of swimmers saw a wonderful turtle on the way to Shelly! My guess is the dolphins will be back soon! Maybe tomorrow!!
“Ok out with it you two, what did you do?!?!”
The march in, Liz modelling a wonderful ‘new’ type of wetsuit – looks pretty good but how did she go in it? And apparently last pic has to go up on the blog of me in a wetsuit! Forgot my goggles and cap – so I went in at half way…so no at the point photos!
Below the ‘arms in the air’ exercise usually seen throughout winter! …the waves! A lone half way-er I saw when I arrived there!
There is a fish in this pic – arrow pointing to it! 😉 Everyone in at Shelly – and a what looks to be the Great Barrier Reef but it’s actually just before the point – it looks so blue!!
A short wait at the point before swimming back into the beach – A massive rogue wave got us just after this photo! Izzy arriving safely – about 1 minute later we both fell into a hole and the rip! You just never know what will show up in the ocean!
Bold and Beautiful extra news!
Here is picture of Michael Crawford in yesterday’s South Curl Curl to Freshwater Oceanswim. It was quite a dramatic swim as a southerly change rolled on over the course right after the start and forced the swimmers to work a bit harder to get out and around into Freshwater. All in a day’s work for the seasoned BNB swimmers who took part.
Also:
Sean Parker followed the 2009 season of ocean swiming very closely with his camera in toe and as such has put together a great movie which whilst encompasing the whole season it also centres on four stories:
- Shelley Clark, eight time 25km open water champion attempting her ninth title despite shoulder injuries;
- Julie Isbill, a Manly resident, establishes a daily ocean swim that becomes very popular within her local community;
- Michael Christie, aged 67 and following heart surgery, attempts the Rottnest crossing and veers off course making it difficult to complete
- Paul Ellercamp a stalwart of the ocean swimming community faces the challenges of bureaucracy and a season beset with sharks!
The film features guest appearances from former Olympian Shane Gould, the Premier of Victoria Ted Baillieu, Cole Classic organiser Chris Cole, former Open Water Champion Shelley Taylor-Smith, former World Surfing Champion, Barton Lynch, Ocean swimming legend John Koorey, shark experts, Ron & Valerie Taylor, and colourful Northern NSW swimming celebrity, Mark “Killer” Edwards.
The one and only, very first Bold & Beautiful Bronze Squad is also featured !
The film takes us from iconic Sydney beaches, down to Portsea in Victoria, to the famous Rottness crossing in WA, ending the season at beautiful Byron Bay.
You can watch a preview of the movie here
The premier screening is in support of cantoo, the charity that raises funds for cancer research whilst teaching new swimmers to prepare themselves for ocean swimming.
- Wednesday, May 2, 7pm (Upstairs bar opens 6pm)
- Cremorne Orpheum, Military Rd, Cremorne (the Walsh Room)
- Tickets from $20 – to book at ticket click here
6 comments
Tim
30/04/2012 at 12:12 pm
There were indeed dolphins – I saw them too.
They swam right amongst the surfers about 5 mins before you all swam back past the point.
Maybe tomorrow
Anne E
30/04/2012 at 1:00 pm
Missing B&B while I nurse a sore back. So nice to have the blog – with photos and news – while I recover. Thank you! Hope to be back on the weekend. Hold the dolphins!
Elaine de Jager
30/04/2012 at 2:01 pm
What an eye catching title for the blog Lesley! Drew us all in I’m sure. Judging by the guilty look on their faces it was obviously Little Sarah Abbott and Jonathan that did something to scare away the dolphins for the 7am swimmers! I do believe it’s Sarah’s birthday tomorrow. I hope she’s busy baking!
Lesley, you mention CanToo. I’d just like to mention CanToo is an amazing Program that trains people with no or little experience for ocean swims but also running Programs like Half-Marathons etc. There are quite a few CanTooers amongst the B&B group like Nicki Brake, Alyson Maier, Jules Mackin, Judy Cameron and myself. I’m training for the Sydney Half Marathon in 2 weeks and have nearly reached my target of $5000 for Cure Cancer/CanToo. If you would like to donate click on Cantoo link, sponsor a participant and Elaine de Jager.(And a big thank you to those that ave already). Some of you may be keen to join one of their running programs just click on that link or ask one of us!
Looking forward to swimming with you tomorrow and singing Happy Birthday to Sarah at Shelly with the dolphins, sharks and turtles!
iain
30/04/2012 at 2:06 pm
6:00am meeting at Manly Surf Club tomorrow to discuss the viability of swimming to Freshie. 6:40 am Meeting at Freshie point to discuss the viability of swimming back to Manly.
Little Sarah Abbott
30/04/2012 at 2:17 pm
What? Us? :-))
It’s official, John Bond told us it’s now tracksuit pants in the mornings…brrr….
All smiles after the swim…..Besides the lovely clear water, lots and lots of fish, beautiful waves and a lovely sunrise followed by ever-changing light on the horizon this morning.
Sandra, have a great trip to Indo and come back soon! Izzy, enjoy your Aussie galavanting:-) Fifi, I don’t think you left your Uggs outside the club last Thursday – I’m usually the last to leave and look around to check as Jules is away.
Yes, do all come for coffee and cakes tomorrow, also the last swim for the Lake Argyle swimmers, so we can give them a good send-off!
Back to the oven:-)
Little Sarah Abbott
30/04/2012 at 2:20 pm
Anne, hope your back gets better and we see you back in the water soon. Meanwhile, can you manage some coffee and cake?