Us swimmers are a hopeful lot. We hope for not too much bump, not too chilly water, and nothing stingy.  And we got it this morning – perfect conditions. When you think about it, hope is the beginning of every good thing in our lives. It always believes for the best, even in the face...

Today was a Beautiful day in the land of the B&B and even Better Because it was Brian’s Birthday. Bravo Birthday Boy! All the Best for a bonza day!   The Board says it all! Sunset Bar for B&B (and others!)! Can’t do much Better than that! A brewskie or two over looking the brillant bay at...

Today I’m filling in for Murray and the Babewatch Crew who have their first group swim of the season on Sunday from 9am – after the morning B&B swim of course. This morning when I arrived to prepare for my 7am swim the talk was all about the hundreds of rays swimming in formation between...

You may have heard of the nature – culture divide. On one hand you have nature and on the other you have culture. However, nature and culture do share many qualities. They are both continually evolving, and are both fragile to changes beyond their ability to adapt. Every aspect of our day relies upon a...

  It’s good to be back!  I haven’t been around much in the last few weeks, what with holidays in Greece with some fellow B&Bers, jet lag, work and dental treatment.  It felt good to get back down to the beach, especially to see flat conditions and a decent temperature: Ian presented me with my...

One of my patients told me yesterday the weather was going to change on the weekend. He called it the last hoorah from the winter season. Let’s hope so, it was greyer and colder and a bit windier when I woke up to head down to Manly. If that’s what the last of winter looks...

As we all know, swimming in Winter is exceptional. The conditions are favourable and the days beautiful. Spring has some good days but some rough days. Today was just splendid. As we approach to the daylight savings change, more and more people arrive early   Bot not these two who are here early all year...

We really are a wonderful bunch of people at Bold and Beautiful – generous with our support of Royal Far West, generous with our support of one another and we love a good cause. On Sunday we all collected our winter badges with our entry fee raising $1,372 for Royal Far West.  They wish to...

  Trevor the Turtle wasn’t to be seen today unfortunately nor the Grey Nurse, but we did get lots of sightings at the weekend so there’s a good chance they’re still around! It was a beautiful swim though. The sun was up, water calm and quite clear… and lots of grinning swimmers 🙂 🙂 A...

An imageless blog today unfortunately. Conditions like a lake this morning. When the 6:30 crew arrived at Shelly, talk was of a shark “Did you see the shark?” “It’s a decent size” “It was a Grey Nurse!” “Just over there, where that kayaker is” I had only seen a Port Jackson on my way over,...