After a fascinating and thought provoking BnB dinner last night where Simon Phin (aka Trooper) spoke on why we take risks and how we manage them from oil rigs to the swim,  I asked swimmers today how they rated themselves as risk takers. Fingerbone and the Driver (James and Chris to others) here. Despite the...

I love asking swimmers about their swim as they come out of the ocean alive and invigorated. I also have to say “What did you see?” The first swimmers I asked surprised me as they delved inside their cossies and pulled out pieces of fruit! “A banana’ said Lesbubbles and Fiona’s response was “a lime...

6:33 am Pre-dawn. Water temp 23.6 degrees Celsius. Ramp@6:28am. I asked Simon to give me a Classic Drinkless express pose at Shelly.   6:44am group wave.   Trish & Capless listening to Simon’s Shelly Sermon.   Barb & friends took the one way option.   Shelly pano.   Geoff and his mate took the dangerous...

Good morning b&b’s, today is clean up Australia Day!! We were a bit late to the party this morning, and it turns  out we are already a pretty clean crew… all I found was this ice cream stick.   The surf was a bit unclean today, with low vis and some sand bank dumpers. That...

Another moody, beautiful morning, the sea is warm and to mark the end of the week the talk is around having a slow swim…there is even a talk of a unofficial slow 6km. Now, a 6km swim for me is by definition SLOW. I have to miss this one, however you can see these brave...

Rusty and Chippos Pitch report Street sweepers sweep the Corso. June bug skipping like a stone. Busy early at the beach. 5.39am and already a gang is reaching north, dog lights on their heads. The old bloke on the bench (sitting there for 50 years!) told me he would not swim across the bay that...

Wednesday 3rd March – yes March already!  I hope you’ve all managed to achieve the badges you wanted over summer and its Autumn already although we wouldnt know it! Fun facts for 3rd March: in 1956 the mens 100m freestyle world record which had held for 20 years was broken by Dutch swimmer Cockie Gastelaars ...

Despite the high grey clouds, it was a beautiful day for a swim. 22.5 degree water meant that there were no excuses to not jump in today.  I headed to the water at about 7.30am and it was busier than ever! Whilst swimming around the corner there were blue gropers and sightings of dusky whalers...

Temp: 22.9 Viz: Medium Community Spirit: Off the charts Last week I was lucky enough to be reunited with my brother as well as my best friend and get back up to Queensland (I missed my morning swim routine dearly) after over a year of ‘stay at home’ orders and borders being closed – thanks...