Wednesday 12th July – another perfect winters day with the chill of the air slowly warming as the golden sunlight rises out of the ocean.    AND its week 7 for the Winter Swim badges  – will more neoprene make an appearance, I wonder? I came across this poem (by “anonymous”) which I feel describes...

Wednesday 21st June – solstice is tomorrow!   get ready!    We are also celebrating the departure of the jellies!   Wonderful Wednesday brought one of the coldest mornings this year with the mercury dropping to below zero!  The water, however was delightfully tropical in comparison at 16.3 degrees! water temp:  16.3 air temp at 7:00...

Today is the last day of May – a memorable month of magic and madness.   Magical magnificent swimming conditions thanks to magnanimous mother nature showing her midas touch with golden sunrises and like a magnified magnet, mesmerizing and manoeuvring us down the ramp into rays of liquid gold and our beautiful playground:  meditative, flat,...

Actually, those were the conditions at the Domain Andrew Boy Charlton pool at dawn this morning, where I joined the “Vladswim” squad – due to having a bit on at work its a lot closer to home and work for me (and i definitely need to work on my technique!).  So this week the blog...

Wednesday 29 March – pitch black at 6:09am…. flashes of blue, green and red in the water….. I can hear but not see the small rolling wavelets…. zephyrs of breeze, the air felt a little heavy…. the clubbies have chosen to run to Queensie and play on the boards at first light, which today wasn’t...

Wednesday 8th March – a day to celebrate women, and what women want – and if you haven’t seen the film of the same name, starring our own “Love Songs” – you should!  Not only is it a brilliant movie with the necessary elements of a compelling story, laughter and tears and cringe moments; it...

Wednesday 15th February – the day after the carnage & the power of mother nature & Posiedon is still on show.   At 6am when I arrived for “Dolphins” clubbies board training (not really knowing whether we would be able to actually go in the water given the conditions of the last 2 days!) it...

Wednesday 25th January – and its Burns night (day) when Scottish all over the world celebrate Scotland’s much loved Poet, Robert (“Rabbie”) Burns.  Not to be confused with our very own manmaid Rob Burns! Burns wrote about nature, and the sea is a key theme in many of his poems so its fitting that we...

Four days into 2023 and what a change from the last few days – the sun (aka the greek god apollo) seems to have decided to take a holiday and Posiedon has sent Aegaeus, the god of stormy seas seems to visit, waiting for Triton to sound his conch shell to calm the seas so...

The week before Christmas – Sagittarius season, silliness, sleepiness, summer, so sydney….   Water temperature:   19.4 degrees Air temperature at 7am: 14.6 degrees Conditions: Silky, serene, sensational… Vibe:  a bit of sleepiness… perhaps still recovering from the Epic B&B Xmas party?   Its the week before Christmas, and all through the Bay, Christmas Cossie clad...