I didn’t want to get out of the water today. A week in a car. Zero degree Mudgee mornings. Dodging potholes out past Dubbo. Back to Saturday bliss. Cold not cold.     Back to the characters, the community, tall tales and true.     There’s a wind on the eastern side. Ghost gums...

      The early Friday rises got the see the brief sunrise colour   Milestones galore today!   Jimmy celebrated his 1000km this morning with a perfect swim and perfect hair   What a breakfast! At least two bottles of sherry were passed around for Johnny’s birthday.     The Guvnor loved his swim....

  Be my ritual, Be my one desire Be my light be my pure delight, Be my purifier         6.30am we celebrate a rise of 2 degrees in the temp. Outside and Inside. Leave your wetsuits at home. Trooper arrives and leaves in his skin-tight wetsuit. Fast in the water but the...

  Only 2 weeks ago we swam nude to Shelley. It’s meant to be a turning point for a sunrise but it refuses to come up earlier. La Nina quietly wages war. Rusty and Caroline’s Pitch Report The rain has cleared. A magic morning. Fresh from the carpark I can see the Bombie breaking, swirls...

An explosion of colours this morning. Having turned the solstice corner, are we heading into Summer already? Water temps gone up! Oh happy Friday! Gymnast?   and some people just try really hard…   6.27am entry. Getting a head start on the Express crew. Walking through the high dry grass, pushing my way through slow...

As the temperature falls The morning sun crawls     Winter Without Wetsuit Will we all partake?   Pass up the neoprene Before it’s too late     For once my courage stands I will with all my might     Knowing my ugg boots wait To warm my cold feet just right    ...

Pitch Report Jon from Sales talks up the fish. Roger exits before the crowds, before the dawn, snorkle in hand. A crisp 9 degrees out, a glorious 20 in. We swim to half way, then play in the waves. The sets are crisp and clean and rise like big banks from the horizon. A school...

Autumn blurs into Winter. The FFF head into their winter hibernation. Trooper says it’s the cold sand. Lucy heads north with a farewell. A touch of winter swell lands, bumping us around today.   A sliver of Moon & Venus hold onto the night.   615 arrivals   The Terminator celebrates another lap around the...

Underneath the city lights, there is a world few know about. Where rules don’t apply. We emerge from our rabbit holes, a grey dark sky. But knowing that under water, clarity will come. The night before keeps echoing back. A little bit of naughty is a little bit nice. Felecity tells of erotic bubbles at...

Someone told me long ago. There’s a calm before the storm. I know. Today I know. 20m+ viz. A plethora of marine life. Multiple turtles. A French accent off the shed points us towards 4 cuttlefish. Daphne is bragging about a horse size Cephalopoda. Andy laments that he didn’t actually see anything, never does.  ...