Today was spectacular in so many ways. The bright sun coming over the horizon, with that calm bay ahead of me. How could it not be a great day down at the swim.   Our newbie on the right with his daughter-Tom and Alex.   Dave and Maisy chilling out after throwing and chasing balls....

  Nice to have a shower at the end Beautiful sleeve tatts on a couple of great swimmers I love flamingos queue for the shower Penny Science doesnt care what you believe. Love that t shirt swimmers, spectators, babies… Happy birthday Kara – hula birthday girl Juliette enticed this swimmer from the Congo! HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

I had no idea what I was going to blog about as I made my way to Manly this fine morning. I just trusted that the universe would hand me a theme when I arrived at the surf club. First I met these lovely peeps…maybe a happiness route for todays writings? I saw the yogi’s...

Probably, like me, you have been eagerly awaiting the return of your regular Wednesday blogger, Lucy. With Lucy you can always be assured of a lovely, interesting and inclusive blog. Some may even say, the highlight of their week. Unfortunately this is to be another week without Lucy. She has just had a couple of...

        Stats: Water temp: 18.4° Swimmers: 123 Newbies: 4   The Monthly Dinner – 12th November 2019 – Guest Speaker The Next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th November at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest on the night will be Allan Sparkes CV, OAM,...

We arrive in a moment, then in another we are gone. In that first moment, all is awe and wonder. Infinite potential. Then we make it so complicated, we forget why we are here. And we forget how that moment, like every moment until the last, is always the time of our life.   (click...

It’s been a bit of a week for swimming. Not that I’ve been there myself. With those nasty winds having pushed the warm water out to sea, my inclination to plunge into cold water was completely diminished. Cold water swimming is something one does for a badge. I did hear there were waves, cold water,...

It couldn’t have looked more appealing after reading last nights forecast for big waves and hearing a wild wind at home. How lucky are we I thought, like a lake with sun shining. Not a bump to be seen.   Then I saw John and that temperature, and my heart sunk a bit, really not...

There was a nice swirl of water at the bottom of the ramp because of high tide this morning. The temp was 18 but it felt a bit cooler. Still a mix of swimmers with and without wetsuits, with or without flippers, etc. Very enjoyable thing to do. Post swim faces   Alex has dropped...