What a glorious morning – fabulous sunrise, calm conditions and to top it off a baby seal came into Manly to say hello. Munching on the seaweed this amazing creature captivated all who spotted it. So friendly it came up to anyone who got close. After a week of turmoil on the coast this certainly was a lovely treat. Signs of an ecosystem on the mend. B&B full of surprises.
Dorset counting down to his 1000km swim by 5 Aug & Anne
Drinkies 6.30 swimmers catching the sunrise
Our special guest star – baby seal
another pic captured by Shaun the seal whispherer
Peta being greeted by our baby seal
Michael & Matthew
Sophie & Fabienne
Lisa and her nephew Tanner visiting from San Diego
my cammeray crew – Keiran, Barb, with swimmer of the day Roz, Kate & jenny
The next B&B monthly dinner, tomorrow night is fully booked. If you’d like to go on the waiting list please email
Ian (ugoboyo@gmail.com) .
*B & B Trivia Night*
As you are aware B&B is a free for all activity, but there are ongoing
costs that need to be met. To help support B&B and keep it the wonderful,
inclusive, growing phenomena that it is we will be arranging a fund-raising
Trivia Night at The Steyne Hotel on Tuesday 12th July. Please keep this
date free so you can come along. In order to make this event a success, we
are asking for:
– volunteers to assist in the organisation of the event
– donation of goods and or services that can be used as auction items or
raffle prizes
If you can assist with either of these can you please contact John Kelly (
jmk@balancemanagement.net.au).
*Winter Badge*
It’s nearly that time again. Winter is coming … and so are the winter
badges. The winter swimming season runs from 1 June to 31 August, and to
qualify for your winter badge, you must:
– swim at least 20 times during this period
– swim in at least 7 different weeks
– log your swims
To qualify for the WWW badge (winter without wetsuit) you must complete all
of the above without wearing a wetsuit or any other form of bodily thermal
enhancement (don’t forget to check the “without wetsuit” button on the log
in screen). Why not give it a try? Any questions – email Ian (
ugoboyo@gmail.com)
10 comments
Jenny-Sue
June 14, 2016 at 10:32 am
Awesome blog Jac … Great photos – especially of the seal! So cute!
Lainey
June 14, 2016 at 12:27 pm
Lovely blog Jackie. Ted says there weren’t many swimmers today and as is often the way Cabbage Tree Bay entices us back, today with a seal! Last week may have put a few off but the day we swam with the whale was the coldest, most miserable looking day. You are so right, CTB is full of surprises.
Lesbubs
June 14, 2016 at 12:41 pm
Can’t believe you didn’t show the photo of Peta being chased by the seal as she got too close!
Jackie
June 14, 2016 at 1:23 pm
I didn’t get the footage but it was lovely to watch
Jackie
June 14, 2016 at 1:23 pm
thanks Lainey x
Jackie
June 14, 2016 at 1:24 pm
It was a fun morning – great to see you guys x
Shelley K
June 14, 2016 at 2:04 pm
Baby seal! Extra tender and delicious to apex predators.
Elizabeth X
June 14, 2016 at 4:08 pm
Wow great pics of the cute critter, thanks for a great blog Jackie
JK
June 14, 2016 at 5:23 pm
Nice blog Jackie, bring your cossie next time
Jenny ((:
June 14, 2016 at 9:44 pm
Hi Jac, great blog, thanks for filling in for me – very greatful Jenny 😎