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...

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...

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...

School’s out but inquiring minds keep on keeping on. A maths/science investigation on nipple size. I think Forget apps to calm your busy mind. The sea offers the best solution. Just float about   No longer do I wonder about jaws and have the theme from that movie in my mind – now replaced with...

The attendees of last night’s BnB Christmas party were happy to see calm, clear and flat conditions this morning! No thinking or effort required to navigate Manly, Shelly and back after a late night and p’haps one or two beverages under the belt. The water was beautiful and warm hovering around 19.7 today and not...

So many rays in the water this morning!!! Did you see them? If not, come swim in the video from this morning: SUMMER BADGES Due to government restrictions, this summer we will not be organising 6km or 10km swims or badges. Instead… we are offering the following badges: Triple Manly to Shelly – swim 3x laps...

First blog since March… A 5.15am drop for eldest son for a cadet camp has provided my thought for today. Off for a ‘drop in’ the Colo Valley, a couple of days of camping on ones own. My son said” it the end of year ‘Think Out’.” It occurred to me my swim is my...

What is it all about ? the area outside the surf life saving club is cross hatched and as it was done overnight, was it done by the council or by the club or by aliens? Who can know. Like the mysteries of the sea and the boat that appears on the horizon sometimes as...

If you have ever been privy to the *W.O.W messenger chat you would know we talk about wind…a lot!!! Not the kind of wind you may experience from chowing down on too many baked beans…( although I think there may have been one conversation a long time ago about that kind of wind😳)  the other...