Wednesday 3rd April – the calmness in the dark, before dawn breaks. Early swimmers brave the black water, the flickering lights on their goggles twinkling like fireflies in the dark… The DPI contractor checks the shark nets, the Manly Life Saving Club athletes warm up on the sand in front of the club, boards lined...

… and just when we thought it was safe to venture back into the water and join our new turtly amazing friends, the nor easter that is a sailors delight becomes a swimmers dread…. those pesky pretty blue translucent bubbles of pain return – lurking beyond the “impact zone” to kiss swimmers who have braved...

  Under moody skies, reflecting the sadness of the Bold & Beautiful community who have lost stalwarts Ted de Jager and Justus Potgeiter in the last week,  after a few stellar days with dolphins and turtles bringing smiles and joy,  mother nature decided that she also must mourn… sending choppy seas and lots of bluebottles…...

Wednesday 17th January – a day for the, in the words of Sir Humphrey (IYKYK!), “Courageous decisions”…   To swim or not to swim?    A day to impersonate a tea bag?  Long immersion to infuse the oceans energy or a swift dip for a small taste?    A day to be Valorous, Valiant, Versatile in...

Wednesday 15th November – 2 weeks until Summer (and the summer badge blast commences)), 4 weeks until the B&B Xmas party, 6.5 weeks to go for this year and holiday time!   Seems like everyone and everything is “feeling it” from the weather to swimmers to canines and felines and everyone & everything in between.   Even...

Wednesday 25th October – seemed full of “weirdness” for some reason.  Firstly the sky was weirdly eerie – a red dawn followed by a thickening cloud stealthily slowly blanketing the city from the south, transforming the seas from calm to calamity …. Perhaps also due to the advent of “Scorpio season”  (which started on Monday)...

Wednesday 4th October – longer days, summer is coming!  How’s everyone going with the daylight saving time change?  A few weary eyes with less sleep, 6am feels like 5am..  At least its kind of dark – ish – at 6am, with the sun starting to break through at 6:30  – in time for the (depleted)...

Wednesday 13th September and the theme for todays blog is inspired by our B&B birthday mer-friends – our newest “sexagenerian” – the one and only David “DC” Collins (aka “super man” or “rock star” as he loves rocks and cant seem to stay away from them), and Brazilian-aussie, beautiful Tatiana Trevisan!    The Mermaids greeted...

Wednesday 23rd August, 8 more days to achieve winter swimming badges! water temp:  16.2 air temp: 8.2 degrees at 7am conditions: flat & clear vibe: excited to see 2 grey nurse sharks at the bower ! And more !  And for one more week of winter ! 8 days left (plus today) to secure winter...

Todays blog is brought to you from Thredbo, where I am skiing for a few days.    Did you know that Thredbo is also a destination for “wild swimming”? and, at altitude one can truly say that they “get high” from swimming!    Last year a marvel of brave mermaids squealed with delight as they...