Memento Mori; ‘Remember you will die’… Sobering but helpful. Bringing to our attention the understanding that, from a universal perspective, death is our default state. Life is an instant of opportunity in an endless eternity.  A parenthesis of potential, bound by death. Daily comfort, indulgence, and manufactured distractions make this easy to forget but through...

BB is not swimming as a group Today I stopped counting at one million swimmers. The surface of the sea was covered by swimmers in beautiful caps, all searching for either the two healthy turtles that were released yesterday or the sick turtle that is to be collected today. Like the fingertip or grid search...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. Today was beautiful in the water and out of the water. We saw whales out at sea spouting and...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. As you know, all swimmers are good looking or better looking than non swimmers. On days like today that...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. In case you haven’t heard, there’s a remarkable documentary trending hard on Netflix at the moment, titled “My Octopus...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you for swimming at different times of the day   Photos of big waves never appear as impressive as they really are – today was a surfers paradise with 3ft breathtaking waves....

There have been so many shark sightings whilst swimming the past week!  I mean the harmless variety of shark of course. On Saturday lots of swimmers got to see a beautiful Grey Nurse shark (or even 2,3 possibly 4!) and there have been lots of Port Jacksons and Wobbegongs about! I don’t want to put...

ON THE BEACH Birdsong:          From 5.15 Air:                   18º Horizon:           Pink hue at 5.40 Wind:               Nil Conditions:      Deceptively treacherous Best option:     Start @ Shelly Sunrise:           6.15 Sharks:            Port Jacksons along rocks into Shelly Water:             17.3º Vis:                  Pea soup Crossing:         Wishy-washy Patrol 11:         Bogged at 8.45 BOLD...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you for swimming at different times of the day and please continue to maintain that 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! Today was the the start of daylight saving in the...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you for swimming at different times of the day and please continue to maintain 1.5m distance When there are grey nurse sharks in the bay, that’s how! The walkway was...