Today’s blog is quasi remote as I have an appointment in the city I can’t be late for. I can’t get rid of the 77, sorry. So far everything is working, starting with a VIP parking spot. My nice shot of the light with the ocean the background was unintentionally photobombed but given the outcome...

Despite being dark, gloomy & pouring rain at 6am on arrival at Manly, by the time it reached 7am all of the swimmers who turned up were very excited about the calm conditions and the rain stopping. An enthusiastic dozen swam out whilst others like me decided on another option. I chose a walk to...

It’s 6:14 a.m. and still dark at the beach.The streetlights are on, casting their quiet glow along the curve of the shoreline. A garbage truck rolls past with its flashing yellow lights, the only real movement in an otherwise sleepy morning. Across the sand I can see the bright lights of Queenscliff pool, and the...

I swam north (50 stroke sprints) @6:33 with Brett et al plus Clair. Jules’ last day (for now) swam with the ‘big boys & fast girls in the DX. Greg aimed for the perfect DX group shot. The Bishop inferred the A-team was faster than the DX. I saw a sky-writer before the shark alarm@7:22!!...

What a beautiful autumnal morning for the distribution of our summer badges. Congratulations to everyone who battled the challenges thrown at you this summer to complete our swim challenges. What a lot of challenges there were- summer challenge-30 swims, super swimmer(SSS)-50 swims, triple(3.5km), 6km & 10km. Congratulations to everyone who completed a challenge this summer...

Today was a welcome back to the bay after some time off due to conditions and work. Temperature is 22 degrees and felt warmer,  we had a cooler air temp but it’s now becoming a warm , autumn day. I missed any newbies cos I was slow to arrive , welcome to anyone who was...

The roar. An hour before sunrise we arrive. Cant sleep. Surfline upgraded its wave size forecast overnight. But we can’t see anything, walls of foam. The horizon past the point disappearing as something moves, then stalls, crashes, adrenaline starting to pump. 620 we can’t wait any longer. Snoopy, wave queen, and me paddle, closely followed...

Ian said the visibility was still pretty good, thankfully with none of the bull shark booger. Hopefully that has gone for permanently. Per the sign the beach is closed today, so like the good clubby I am I did not go in. Our Kiwi neighbours have kindly sent us a Tasman Low. The surfers are...

Good morning, Bold and Beautiful swimmers. Today was my first proper Bold and Beautiful swim from Manly to Shelly in quite a while. The last real one I did was the Cole Classic, which made me realise just how long it’s been. I have still been swimming, but mostly in the harbour netted areas. I’ve...

Today’s swim was all about a paddle out for Michael, husband of Julie Isbill , founder of our swim group, who died recently. The water temp is down to the 22’s , much more like an autumn swim finally. Conditions were ok apart from lots of algae , I only swam to the pool and...