There’s so much more to this swim than the swim! Today we had loads of sharks hanging around… the toilet block of all places! Post-swim we had lady swimmers asking Merrilee to ‘bring them some weed down to the swim tomorrow’ (Milkweed) and Greg cavorting around in womens dresses! And all before 8.30am. The Bold...

Ahh, the first day back at work after a 4 day long weekend is never easy.. it was definitely made easier this morning with a little pick me up by swimming at 7 with Bnb! The water is still warm, the air not too cold this am leaving no excuse to get out of bed!...

Manly sunrise.   6.02 crew. Shelly beach sunrise from Ann’s balcony. Shelly.   520 swimmers, 31 newbies.   Lets go! Scotty won race 2 of the Easter triple crown. Next race is Anzac Day.   What was the best thing about this Easter?? Scotty said, “winning” and my family , Camryn, Archie, Tasman & Noni....

We had Nor’ East swell today, and the boardriders graciously gave us space to swim out. The sets were intermittent with longish lulls but the lifeguards issued their safety warnings regardless – only swim out from the beach if you are a strong and confident swimmer. This applies every day – be aware of your...

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...