A Stunning morning as the 6.30am crew head out. The air temp was a chilly 8 degrees, but the water a warm 19.4 degrees. Clear visibility and lots of our fishy buddies were out to greet us.   Have you ever reflected on your thoughts as you swim back from Shelly Beach? I asked a...

Its budget day today. The thoughts that spring to mind are financial and bank accounts and tax, yadda yadda… Well what does that mean for us swimmers? Us worshippers of the sunrise and the sea…? Ever heard of the Exercise Bank Account? Well, its the deposits that we make every time that we exercise that...

It was a chilly 10 degrees air temp at 7am today, a toasty 19.9 degrees in the water….and a luxurious 32-38 degrees (Internal “pee” temperature inside a certain newish local swimmer’s wetsuit – not making her but she was at Blue Water Cafe) today telling us all her little “secret”. Some of us cope better...

                      What a wonderful start to a beautiful day….. Did you join in the 6am Yoga group with the lovely Kara? Did you Enjoy a stunning sunrise? ……Swim with the Turtles? Well for those of you who did…I’m sure that you have a satisfied smile...

Its amazing what a difference a week makes….the sun was rising at 6.30am last Tuesday …..now its 7.30am. Our regular Tuesday yoga that starts at 6am with our gracious instructor Lynne and the gang was in complete darkness until 6.45am this week.       The Yogi’s need headlamps so that the sand cleaner can...

St Patricks Day today, great to get the exercise in early so that we all have a “deposit in our exercise bank accounts” before the yearly Black Beer festival for a day. Even the water was St Pats green,  the baby stingrays were camouflaged green today.   John has some green goggles for St Patricks...

I don’t know what happened today but our usually reliable Sunday team of bloggers didn’t show so I am composing a lightning blog (for all of those closet writers who are a bit tentative about volunteering, don’t be hesitant, with Mary’s wonderful notes, it’s dead easy and it can be quick too….I reckon this one...

134 of us this morning!!  Water temperature is down – 16.8 …but that didn’t stop 3 new people joining us for their first swim today! And it was another super duper sunrise! And yeah can’t believe this is winter! Love is in the air! Tui whispering sweet nothings to Sir Winston.. OR, more likely, giving...

A stunning morning!  BUT with a bit of a surprise in store for us… No, not Elaine and her new 500 km badge….. or this guys tattoo..? but some more big waves to deal with! ..all the usual hard core amazing swimmers…ie, the 6.30 crew said it was tough and scary! So we headed off...

More technical issues today… so just putting this up until the real blog is published by Guest New Blogger Simon…(his will override this) TERRIFIC SWIM – WATER was flat and peaceful and not too cold… visibility wasn’t great! John Kelly reminded us AGAIN can we all wait AT THE POINT! And also please be in...