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Wed 23rd: Peace and Goodwill

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CONDITIONS Serene and flat … beautiful sunrise. Soft, smooth waves. Romantic. Surprisingly, I could see the bottom all along garden route. More signs of oceanic fish, after the heavy rains. (Upwellings?) Visibility still stuck at 70%. Air 19º Water 20º Vis: 70% Feel: Serene Fish: Lots Light: Solstice was yesterday. (Today...

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Tuesday 22 December 2020: Day four of lockdown…. I think?

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BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). PLEASE CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. Thank you for the past year of swimming at different times of the day and maintaining 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! The Northern beaches are making the rounds on...

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Sunday 20 December 2020

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BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). PLEASE CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. Thank you for the past year of swimming at different times of the day and maintaining 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! My swim morning started much the same as normal. Wake up...

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Six more sleeps till Christmas Day!

19/12/20208

I went down for an early and quick swim today, get some pics for the blog, then head home. The bay looked calm and beautiful, just a few joggers around, a few swimmers in the water, not much happening really. I bumped into Lyndall who rode her bike down for a quiet swim alone....

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This is the usual notice at the start of a blog but today I am adding that today there is a Health Dept recommendation that people should not go into and out of the northern beaches, from the Spit Bridge to Palm Beach (in case you have a different definition) and if inside, should stay...

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Thursday, 17 December 2020 – Life Down Under (deep) – Schoolies

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BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). PLEASE CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. Thank you for the past year of swimming at different times of the day and maintaining 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! *SSDD = Same School, Different Direction Enjoy the wild seas....

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15/12/2020 – We Don’t Regret our Swim!

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Always better than you expect on miserable looking days like this…and you’re always glad you got in the water for a splash, a dash or even a challenging swim! Remember there’s always options and most of us enter in and out at Shelly Beach when it’s looking treacherous at Manly! The first lovely people I...

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Monday 14th December 2020 – Ian said, “21 degrees in the water”

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13/12/2020 Turn on the lights

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Many will have households and gardens either adding the to the electricity bill or tapping into are ample solar resources to brighten the nights. Above: Less than two weeks until Christmas in a year of total uncertainty. Above: On the subject of brightness, you could probably do a 5.30am swim at this...

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Friends and fun….

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I love my walks to the club where I can see the morning surfers heading down to the beach. The morning light is always interesting and luckily today the weather was holding up. No rain yet! In Manly, up north yes. Greg and friends all having a catch up pre swim, also wondering -what’s...