This is the best time of year to swim at Manly and lots of people know it with more joining all the time. 40 newbies today! welcome.   I have been practising drills and today I think I will swim better as a consequence. Everyone has their own method of preparing shoulder stretching is good...

Like most swimmers I love the dawn in all its majesty and the promise it brings every day to refresh and enrich our lives. And that’s everyday magic. So what’s so special about Easter for us? Well Easter the word is a derivation of the name for the pagan goddess Eostre who was worshiped at...

The morning light was gorgeous today and I was keen to capture it in photos. However the Gods of Parking decreed that Today Was Not My Day and the opportunity was missed. Any residual grumpiness disappeared on becoming one with the happy vibe and the anticipation of the daily plunge into the unknown. It’s always...

Excuse the late blog- today just got away from me! Not much ucb to report though about this mornin, except for another typical beautiful tuesday. The water wasn’t as clear this morning, so I didn’t get to see my dusky friends but I heard they were out there. Apart from that, no complaints with the...

…It’s how the ocean gets salty.  The salt occurs due to the reaction involved when rainwater erodes rocks on the land. The resulting salt ions are then washed into the ocean.  Much of these ions are consumed by marine micro organisms, those that aren’t become the salts that make up three and a half percent...

Presenting your Sunday vlog 💁🏽‍♀️     Enjoy your Sunday   Jac xxx

  This a commitment driven blog, dedicated to the company I enjoyed last night. I had little bit too much fun last night, celebrating the end of the school term Mexican and Margarita bonanza with some of the Cammeray crew – Annie, James, Jen and Kieren. The evening resulted in an Uber ride to the...

The morning was grey and highlighted the pink caps beautifully. Still low tide. i started swimming when my feet hit the seaweed at the point. The water is still warm. A harrowing work week for me was made good by immersion in the sea. Rob clocked up his 1000km and got his badge at the...

This morning conditions were just perfect, flat, clearer, dusky’s to see and low tide which meant it was nearly a walk to the point. A little bit of rain had us all ducking for cover – don’t want to get wet until we need to. But the rain didn’t bother this trio who were keen...

Lots of Duskies again today filling swimmers with awe as they came out of the 21 degree ocean… Fiona T reported seeing around 15! After Dr Amy’s shark talk last night we should be feeling a lot more confident about sharing the water with these creatures. She was specifically talking about Bull Sharks but her...