EMMA’S AT IT AGAIN!! I’ve signed up to walk 35km in one day in The Bloody Long Walk. I’m walking to support people living with mitochondrial disease (mito), a debilitating, terminal disease that affects thousands of Aussie kids and adults. Mito is a cruel disease that can...

Water temp 17.2 degrees Mostly clear skies, 12.5 degrees ambient                   With love, Andrew Maher. Foundation, Neuro-Structural Optimisation. Collaroy (mention you swim with B&B)   The Monthly Dinner – 10th September 2019 – Guest Speaker The Next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 10th September at 6.30 pm at...

 Happy Father’s Day down at the BnB Below is today’s VLOG 🎥  Happy Sunday xx Jac notices from management  The Monthly Dinner – 10th September 2019 – Guest Speaker   The Next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 10th September at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest on the night will be Emily Kempson, who is Australia’s 2019 Ultraman Female...

Apologies for the upper case (not really), please log them today – this was a message management asked me to include in the blog. It’s so nice to be back after a month away on the other side of the world, especially when Manly turns on its best conditions (huh?) and there is plenty of...

“Sure Elizabeth… I’ll fill in for you for your blog next Friday” I said… Argh! Oh well, actually it turned out to be a great morning to swim…   I mean if you are going to get wet anyhow… and the parking spots… ample I tell you! Dave and Drinksy Do. Not. Miss. A. Swim....

Once upon a time in a land far away in Persia a beautiful woman fell in love with a visiting Prince of the Palace. She thought ‘How can I charm the Prince when surely his Palace provides him with all he desires…’ And just when she was in the depths of her longing, she was...

I was stuck for a blog title today so have named it after the stumpy tailed Ray and Grey Nurse Shark that have made Cabbage Tree Bay their home the last few weeks! Excitement at the swim this week with the presence of not one but at least 2 Grey Nurse Sharks! A few of...

Earworms: Stranded on a remote Peruvian mountain, mountaineer Joe Simpson was overwhelmed by Boney M’s ‘Brown Girl in the Ring’ So there you go, blog reader – your worm for the day   Shark Tales Lainey (circled above) is off early to hunt down the grey nurse.  What colour is it? “She’s greyish, with a...

Newbie Tiger said, “I flew from the UK to swim with the B&B”.   Lainey & Nat post swim @6:41am.     Stats: 4 newbies, swimmers 100+, water temp 17 degrees C. Cold & Wet! If you want a hot shower everyday, like me, consider joining the Manly LSC.     6:45am – I did...

Gorgeous sunrise this morning!  And I was thankful to see a flat ocean, after a couple of challenging days last week that diverted me to a halfway exit.   Lesbubs and JK pointed towards whales (I couldn’t see them), then two drones.  Found one of the drones – it’s somewhere in this shot:    ...