CONDITIONS Air:             15º Surface:     Flat Wind:          Friendly Sea:            17.5º Vis:               Actually quite reasonable Seen:          Grey Nurse, two dead crays, eagle ray, fishes, togs, one lost snorkel Found:         One flipper (Red and black) Aldi bikes:    One TIME for COFFEE ENTERTAINMENT Crawdaddies at Bowlo on...

Air:  11º Wind:  Nil Rain: Constant drizzle Water:  17.0º Conditions: Flat (Great!) Waves: Nil Vis: 45% Swam: Not many Parking: Heaps Lainey’s Pix Support 2019 Winter Badge Ceremony – Sunday 22nd September   You’ve done the hard yards and earned your Winter Badge(s), now come and collect your badges with all the pomp and ceremony the B&B...

Water 16º Swam 140 Newbies 2 July’s Swimmer of the Month is Roger Ingram (Below left).  He says: “B and B is very important to me, as I use it to keep fit and sane at the same time.  The swim is the reference point each day to remind you that the simple things in...

Earworms: Stranded on a remote Peruvian mountain, mountaineer Joe Simpson was overwhelmed by Boney M’s ‘Brown Girl in the Ring’ So there you go, blog reader – your worm for the day   Shark Tales Lainey (circled above) is off early to hunt down the grey nurse.  What colour is it? “She’s greyish, with a...

CONDITIONS Air:              9º Surf:            Passive Bay:            Wishy-washy, shredded seaweed … freezing at Shelley Beach Water:        16.6º (Taken by The Cammeray Turkey Basters) Newbies:    3.5 Swam:         140 wetsuits, 32 skins WALK MY WAY Roger is effectively blind in frontal view, and relies on swimming by the side of another,...

You can usually determine relative air v water temp by how much of peoples bodies are underwater at Shelly – warmer in today I think! ——–   A long walk in today with a bit a swell rolling through now and again ——-   —–   Super low tide with ramp exposed. I saw a...

Temp: 17.9º.          Umbrellas: One   Sam and Wednesday Hacksaw Club went in at 6.05 a.m.   It nearly rained … (no warming sun)   Too wet for triathlon club’s cake. Sorry … I have to rush Roger

Another beautiful sunrise to wake up to … makes the early wake up and cold start 100% worth it!!     Low tide this morning made the swim a little shorter for us all!   Just caught the blue groper on camera this morning … unfortunately I think he’s a bit camera shy though  ...

A promising sunrise as I was walking along the beachfront towards the clubhouse at 6.15 this morning … before the murmurs started Gathered around the B&B tree.   6.33 goes by and I haven’t seen any swimmers walk down the ramp yet. Talk was of a 5.30 swimmer who had been attacked in the water...

CONDITIONS Air:        10º and crispy Sky:       Crystal-clear Moon:    Full and bright Venus:    Risen @ 5.50 a.m. Water:    18.8º  (16.5º @ Shelley) Vis:         65% (probably still polluted) Newbs:   Three Swam:    185 Rain:       Nil Sun:       Yes! —— Fashion: Leisa turns it on ————- Trending: Suits you, Craig ————- Controversy: Three mirthful folk discussing Midge’s ‘in the...