Guy with light & thermometer@5:18am.     Longest day of the year is tomorrow. Hasko Patrick & Kenny@5:38. Jane Jo & Danny@5:41am.   Boys@6:30am.   Lucy’s Brad (gun swimmer)@6:32am.   Fiona & Sophie (neighbours & swim buddies).   Derek with board.   New swimmers can now be greeted & registered by Ann as well as...

This morning I left Manly at 6:45 am and drove to Canberra to see our son Adam and granddaughter Matilda. So it’s a remote blog from me.   BNB swimmers and readers of the blog are an international bunch. I was fortunate enough to spend a year living in New York and still introduce myself...

Elsa Fran – a little frozen@17.2 degrees. Sarge & Jim.   Great hair Ryan & Hannah. Love the orange toe nails Jody. Barry & Husky     October bootie birthday girls.   Sam & Jody.   6:30 speedsters swam to Shelly  & the pipe.   Welcome back Derek. Tony still has his Lockdown hair.  ...

Clouds before sunrise.   Have you ever seen this?   Pirate & Suzie   Unusually Drinks swam with the Express on a Monday public holiday. My buddies posed in front of Guy’s art. This shot makes me think of underwater & one of our favourite swimmers. Kendelle has been very busy over the pandemic fighting...

5:22am   Trish & Ali@5:30   5:48 Sunrise – thanks Greg. Malibu.   Corso.   Coffee after Coach Brett’s session: Warmup Ramp to Corso 6×50 stroke sprints to Trident Return sprints – 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 ramp       Pull it up.   Happy birthday Liza   Alex & mum Heather Harry loves...

5:55am   Someone said there may be Jimbles in the bay so I swim north with these guys. The water at sunrise was golden velvet. We caught several fantastic waves at North Steyne. Then did 100 stroke sprints from the Corso to the pyramid steps  finishing with two  waves into the beach. Bend and stretch...

Mauricio’s shark     Day 1 Outdoor masking. Motheroffivesons   Duncan   Brad, “please say Hi to Lucy”.   Mary swam early. In the coffee queue.   Aubergine   Lyndall   On your bike   Incognito     Fifi’s Jelly’s.   Sam & I caught waves opposite the pyramid steps after swimming @6am through the...

6:04am.   5km rule for all of Greater Sydney In Greater Sydney and other lockdown areas, the 10km rule will be cut to 5km from 12.01am Monday, August 16, with shopping, exercise and outdoor recreation to be done in a person’s local government area (LGA) or, if outside their LGA, within 5 kilometres of home....

4 x Gold Emma masked up.   Masked up sun.   I swam @6:10am with Sam, Trish & Tom. We swam return to the Trident. No cuttlefish but we got to catch TEN WAVES – I’ll take that for awe & adrenaline any day.   Mark masked up. Guess who else Masked Up.   Covid’s...

Boys in blue arrived @7:15am. 6:10 am moon from the point. I swam 2+2 with Tom, Sam and Carel. ScreenshotJo swam with the Pirate.   John St & Lyndall.   7:19am.     7:23am I went home.   Stay safe, swim, mask up and go home. Simon