HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEGAN LISA AND PAULA!!!!!   What a beautiful but dark start to a special birthday swim for our 3 birthday people. I am looking forward to the daylight savings change on Sunday!! It was very nice today but what are those early swimmers doing swimming in pitch black? A little bit of cloud...

After my first swim in October 2013 I met a bunch of swimmers and  I thought “This is a swim group who happen to get on really well.” And it took a while to realise it’s a group of people who get on really well that happen to swim. Dare I say there is a...

Just as the sun completes its morning ritual of bursting into the sky, so too do we complete ours which set us up for the day. Whether that be getting out on the same side of the bed each morning, (unless you’ve had a rough night’s sleep and find yourself upside down), exercise first thing...

Morning all! Another dark sky greeted us at Manly today, with the clouds threatening rain, but we were spared the gloomy weather and had  another glorious swim despite the poor visibility. Jenny led the yoga class as the regular teacher wasn’t around. She’s studying to be a yoga teacher and is a personal trainer so...

Astrid the pocketdog … 6.15 and still dark here at the coffee shop   Viktor the Newbie from Gothenburg: “The water is never this warm in Sweden.”     bags of M&Ms   Today’s full-page advert in SMH (… and saying the island is off Tasmania)   Babewatch Event   Babewatch are holding their annual...

Autumn has arrived.  The humidity has given way to a strong westerly.  My phone showed 13.6 degrees as I left the house, so I made an emergency wardrobe stop to grab my beanie.  At B&B Central I was greeted by a clear sky and by Anne E, who pointed to my (rather fetching) headwear and...

Today has become one of those schizophrenic weather days where’s it’s totally unpredictable what’s happening from hour to hour. Right now the sun is shining but as I arrived at the swim at 6.30am, there were no runners along the promenade to avoid, lots of waves crashing on the sand and a high tide climbing...

So happy at the prospect of swimming   How to stretch for swimming – smile while doing Katherine  is a newbie today. Welcome. I hope you enjoyed it these swimmers gathered to celebrate Kara’s birthday Kara was not there for the photo Happy birthday Kara     water got into my lens today (first use...

Today was a day to celebrate, friends, accomplishments and new friends at Bold and Beautiful.  Paula had the customary celebratory arch for reaching her 500km. While Ted, pictured with Lainey, Charlie and Freddy celebrated his birthday. And Sophie from Austria came to see what all the fuss was about, enjoying her first swim. Lesley had...

Thanks for the blog title today Cherie Humel! There were so many schools of smaller fish of Mados, Silver Sweep, Yellowtail and Hulafish. They seem to swim closer to the water surface when sharks are about… and there are! The Dusky Whalers are still swimming gracefully around the bay, which makes for an exciting swim!...