After a couple of weeks of rain, debris in the water, wild conditions and the feeling of swimming in a cappuccino… this morning was back to Bold & Beautiful glory! Lots of people out and about in Manly doing their ‘thing’ whether that be in and outs with the surf club, booty camp with their...

One way of looking at our Bold & Beautiful Swim is a great collection of stories, as you can see from some of the genuine characters  below. It began with a great story about Julie and her friends swimming to Shelly and back, and they started a truly global community. They were followed by the story...

One way of looking at our Bold & Beautiful Swim is a great collection of stories, as you can see from some of the genuine characters  below. It began with a great story about Julie and her friends swimming to Shelly and back, and they started a truly global community. They were followed by the story...

Never turn your back on the ocean – it has all manner of tricks up its sleeve as Georgina, Melise and Jo (who is in the photo but mostly underwater) discovered on their bumpy but fun ride back into the beach this morning!   Speaking of morning – it started off warm with a beautiful...

The Monthly Dinner – 10th March 2020 – Wine Tasting The next B&B monthly dinner will be held on Tuesday 10th March at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Special guest, David Webster, will present the range of Bold and Beautiful wines especially for B&B members and their friends. The Bold and Beautiful wines were born out of the idea...

Dirty. That’s what the swim was. Dirty. That is all…       Stats: Water temp: 22°… And dirrrrty. Swimmers: 122 Newbies: 4 With love, Andrew Maher. Foundation, Neuro-Structural Optimisation. Collaroy (mention you swim with B&B) The Monthly Dinner – 10th March 2020 – Wine Tasting The next B&B monthly dinner will be held on Tuesday 10th March...

Plenty of weed around this morning: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThank goodness though the conditions have calmed down, after the cyclonic waves of the last few days: OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe signs of the stormy conditions are still around.  A fellow swimmer explained to me that this debris had come down from Queenscliff Lagoon.  What the photos don’t...

Enjoy today – we have more rain coming! However the swell will start swinging around to the south, bringing calmer conditions to our gorgeous bay, and while the forecast is for a few days’ rain, there shouldn’t be as much as last weekend I arrived early and decided that today would be a dry blog...

Well they said there was a cyclone and it would affect the seas. It was correct. There were crashing waves in many layers way out to sea. Lots of surfers. Lots of weed. Poor visibility and also branches and other flotsam and jetsam. Still, we swam. And walked and rode These champions entered the surf....

We have had some interesting weather over the years at our little corner of the world, and this week has been no exception. The evidence seen above, as a massive piece of drift wood washed onto the beach this morning. And just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water, wild...