Clair said, “If the 1st five pictures of the blog are about me, you can come with us to the Whitehaven,  Qld swim next year”. #1 Clair @ 5.30am   #2 Star jump @ 5.50am   #3 With the girls (Dawn, Ali, Mary, Ali, Clair, Nichole) after Clair’s pre-6.30am triple Shelly #4 Race Branded and...

5.51am   Smurf stretches   Bolderdashers Gaeton & Roberto   6 o’clock rocks – I swam with these guys. Tricia, thanks for the sprint pace both ways.   John Kelly’s swimming aid   6.30 drinkless express led by the urbane Jimmy   Pre 7 am activity – smile     Nat & Zoe said, “shoot us...

B&B Special Event Today!!! Geremy Cliff (shark expert at Natal Sharks Board, SA) As head scientist at the Natal Sharks Board in Durban, South Africa, Geremy Cliff runs the South Africa’s shark attack file, where his duty is to archive all shark attacks on humans. His work also broaches the ecological impact of the shark netting program on...

I arrived at Henrietta’s place on Bower St at 5:52am, a great place to watch the sunrise and the B&B passing parade.       Santori or Shelly?   walkers off the point   Paddler with Alex Jackson and Gaeton further out and on there way from QC to Shelly. Gaeton sent me some great...

5.55am – Anyone for booty camp?   Storchy’s script   Storchy’s exercise song – that just happens to be one of Leila’s (5yr old) favourites Start humming “…..That’s what people say, mmm-mmm But I keep cruising Can’t stop, won’t stop moving It’s like I got this music In my mind Saying, “It’s gonna be alright.”...

Today’s blog is dedicated to a very special member of the B&B. (Thanks Roger for this birthday card)   I swam with Fifi’s 6.06am squad today   Swam to the bower before sunrise – Hi Clair Clair & Fifi We decided to skip Shelly and swim around the point. Capless Dave showed us some boardless...

Long term B&B hard throb, the softly spoken, would be Anaesthetist with an english/Manly accent, together with his beautiful partner is flying home today for 7 years of hard hard labour in the northern Antipodes. He plans to add the initials FRCA (Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists) to his name before finally deciding whether...

Today’s title comes from a wristband  found during the swim.   5.58am – the water was cold for the first 100 metres but noticeably warmer past the point.  ≈   6.02am swim-in-the-dark crew, can someone please give me some selfie tips. me, Mark, Ken, Ali, Patrick   Ali swims at 6 to give her time...

“Did you see the Mick Fanning shark attack?” was the word on everyone’s lips as I arrived at 5.55am for a pre-dawn swim with Fiona’s crew.     http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jul/19/surfer-mick-fanning-battles-shark-attack-at-j-bay-open-im-just-tripping Fiona’s “6am swim in the dark crew”.   We left Shelly @6.28am passing a smaller Drinky squad mid-bay. Clair, feeling cold, sprinted to the point but...

6.20am – First sight of the beach     Sisters Ali & Clair swam at 6am   6.28am pre drinks trio Nan, Lee & Midge before and apres swim shots   6:31am Drinkless Express for 14 swimmers led by Jill yelling, “it’s 6.30”   Rusty 6.32am   simultaneously at 6.32 –  from roving B&B reporter Texan...