A stunning morning: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPlenty of seaweed around: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA And yellowtail: This eagle ray disappeared into the gloom before I could get a good shot: Little Stripey Things: Little Non-Stripey Things: Long Non-Stripey Things: Crayweed’s looking good: Bin: Amanda, about to breaststroke her way across the bay: And Veena 🙂 Stay safe...

With a little more TIME on our hands, ( which are cleaner than they have ever been before) I found myself chatting to friends (on line) about the number of emerging “silver linings’ and how this can help us feel grounded when other parts of our lives are changing at a pace. As a way of...

A seal has been hanging around – look for the crowd on the path and then at the rocks. It looks like one of the rocks. Chad got footage of it swimming as did Captain Nicole. I hope they share it.  The sea was more benign today than it has been. Quite murky and a...

Bold and Beautiful acknowledges the growing concern and need to implement procedures to stop the spread of Coronavirus.  We also acknowledge the many advantages ocean swimming provides to both physical and mental wellbeing. As such, currently, the B&B swim is proceeding as normal. This situation may change, depending on future circumstances.  We request that all swimmers inform themselves...

As Scomo’s daily announcements continue to significantly change the way we live – we at the B&B are embracing these changes! Why? Because ‘Change is as good as a holiday’!  and if we can’t go on holidays, then this is the next best thing!    Social distancing gives us the big green light to do the...

Temp: warmer in than out Swimmers: <500 Newbies: a few   2020 Summer badge ceremony. Sunday March 22nd You’ve done the hard yards and got your Summer Badge(s), now come and collect your badges with all the pomp and ceremony the B&B can muster.  Bring along $10 for each badge you have earned (correct money...

The purpose of your immune system is to fight. Fight pathogens, poisons, and things that you don’t want in your body. To do this it must differentiate between self and non-self. The self is safe, the non-self, the other, is a potential threat. It’s a complex system to say the least. The extended immune function...

Today’s blog features the A team demonstrating a very effective Covid 19 avoidance technique, more demos, hints and tips to come Some early starters including one our resident spectres, Nearly Headless Nick. As the sunrise gets later, the lights come on If Namaste is a good enough handshake substitute for Prince Charles  and the oompa...

The sky was beautiful today as I walked to the club , as we move to winter the early morning sunrises are always stunners. People were mingling pre chat I saw this on the sand before entering the water and became worried But, it was one of the loveliest swims I’ve had in a long...

Today you could see weed from every angle. It was very dark until about 644. But the early swimmers still went in. I tried a lot to upload blog but could not so posted photos on facebook This is the new Corona St Virus greeting dance temperature today was 20.3 but felt warmer huge numbers...