Early morning crew making their way back to Manly in time for sunrise     Enjoying the sunrise on our way to Shelly this morning.   Lots of little fishy friends to keep up entertained on the swim this morning! Spotted one dusky, but didn’t manage to get a picture today.   Enjoying a quick...

Hailed by critics. Thirteen tracks (plus a few more old standards …)     —– Skipper Hayes is back on dry land   —— The Solstice Swim 2019 Saturday 22nd June 6.15 am Only the one Solstice swim this winter (Badges have been printed) —- The concrete’s complete —– Long Weekend and there’s heaps of...

Who else watched this epic match? What a legend, nerves of steel, brilliant all-round game, no tantrums, a class act. Look out Wimbledon!   OK fangirl moment over. For now. This morning’s sunrise made getting up after 3 hours’ sleep worthwhile. One of the great things about winter swimming is you don’t have to get...

Welcome to the long weekend.  Swimmers this morning were greeted with another beautiful sunrise, reflecting off our amazing ocean.   Today is World Oceans Day; an opportunity to honour, help protect and conserve our world’s shared ocean. The ocean is important because it: Generates most of the oxygen we breathe Helps feed us Regulates our...

  What makes a person wake up on a grey cold day and put on swimming costumes and go to jump into the sea. It is because it is so great. People have different tolerance to cold but everyone is smiling at the end. I took lots of photos of smiling swimmers today but have...

My mum told me cold hands mean a warm heart, but you could say cold hands strong heart. So when you are wrapped up in a nice warm bed why get up and swim in winter?Well there are at least 5 reasons to get up and go for a brisk cold swim – It can...

A gloomy day and I’m off to work so a lot of this blog was pre-loaded and is about Cuttlefish! It was a few swimmers birthdays though. Four regular swimmers, Fiona McTackett, Clare Martin, Heather Washington and John Lehman celebrate their b’days today! The photo above is of 2 Cuttlefish I thought I’d caught  mating...

Wow what a morning! I unfortunately didn’t swim this morning due to a horrid sounding cough but arrived down at 7 expecting to see the huge swell that has been predicted for today. Instead it was completely flat and looked so inviting! The weather was very off putting for many (including myself) but I was...

Claire’s 5:30 crew.     Flash sharks, thanks Fifi fantastic shots. 6:30am crew, suck it in.   Welcome back Matt after sailing Sydney to Granada and winning every leg of the world ARC race. Water temp: 20.1, Swimmers: 200+. Mellow yellow. Lainey you’re in my blog. I like this shot. Legend Joe. Our Jo. Up...

OK, let’s face it.  It’s here.  There’s no point in avoiding the issue.  It’s best to talk about these things.  WINTER HAS ARRIVED!!  I’m not a winter person.  I’d move to Darwin if it weren’t for the crocs and the box jellyfish (and the shorts and long socks thing).  So today I reminded myself of...