It was an eerie start to the morning with a moody mist wrapping the shoreline. After 2 days of (almost!) no rain the numbers of ‘bold’ swimmers returning after the King tide and heavy rains was met with a mixture of anticipation, excitement and reserved resistance to get back into the water. The water temperature...

It was a beautiful swim this morning if you embraced the murky water and enjoyed the ride in the sunshine across Cabbage Tree Bay! The ocean was a balmy  22 degrees, no stingers and although bumpy it was a smoother passage than we’ve had in the last few days.  These signs went up just after...

Your Sunday Vlog! Click the YouTube link! Thanks for watching, Jac Shell Royal Far West Charity Golf Day – Cromer Golf Club Tuesday 3rd March 2020 Funds raised go towards supporting children in regional areas who have been impacted by the devastating bushfires, as well as those living with the insidious and enduring effects of the drought ....

The news is full of reports of rain and big seas and arriving today we saw they were not wrong. Glad for the rain. And also glad for the different options to swim – South Steyne, Half way and Shelly. Also the pool WA cousins – they know Julie Adrian and Peter   Swim in...

Big rains today. Very few swimmers. Dangerous seas are coming. Only proper swimmers today. And me It looked very exciting I wondered if that person had their hand up for help. I was not able to go in though! Some proper swimmers sheltering before the start Some early swimmers who were already dressed, fabulous and...

A beautiful bumpy ocean this morning. It’s the conditions when I get the thoughts many of us get on the way over to Shelly: Will I make it? How long will the bumpy conditions last? Of course, it’s not the questions you ask but the answers you decide are right that make all the difference....

On first look I thought Rainer had photobombed this great pic of Merrilee and Georgina, sporting a bit of extra facial hair. On closer examination, realised it was Merrilee’s dog, Napoleon, who wanted to be front and centre of the Big Reveal! What is the ‘Big Reveal’ you ask? It’s the first viewing of our...

Title is today’s SMH ‘target’ – can you find the 9 letter word? I can’t Twins Henry and Will. Here is a photo of them before summer. And here is a picture of them today. Please heed Henry’s advice to always wear sunscreen when out and about. Josh and Anna have recently returned from their...

We seem to focus on external indicators of worth. Many of us are beguiled ourselves with the acquisition of such external indicators… Possessions, awards, ‘likes’, even access to an experience from which others are deprived. Imagine if none of that really mattered. Instead there was a single indicator of value. One so paramount that it...