But he woke up when he heard not one but two huge birthdays today. And they both have such huge hearts we almost needed a bigger blog to fit all the excitement in. I’m talking of course about Lisa Boyle and Megan Fraser. And while Lisa is happily married to the wonderfully erudite John Boyle...

This is what ‘Sailor Sid’ said to me as she emerged from her early swim this morning, and it’s true! In April we get warm water, good visibility and loads of marine life. Smaller crowds now that Easter is out of the way too. In the last couple of days there have been Turtle sightings,...

Greg, Michelle and Martin, emerging from their 6.30 swim. Derek & his son Gordon, Peter, Steve and Les Bubbles ready for their 7am swim. Pretty clear today, lots of schools of fish.. I heard that someone saw a turtle, a wobby, duskie and a cuttlefish. Annie, Peter, Penny & Jeff. Shaun signing up newbie Ben...

Richard turned 500 today!     After winning in 1912 the A-team needed a shower. (stand on you head to see this shot)       An extremely large crowd today.     Shaun & Inge were kept busy past 7:03  with 48 newbies.     Down the ramp.     7:06 crew.    ...

To those celebrating Easter today, Happy Easter. As it commemorates the resurrection of Jesus, I guess happy is an appropriate wish. Yesterday was the last day of daylight saving, and early this morning the clocks went back one hour. On the plus side we will have brighter light for the morning swims. On the minus...

Today was Michelle’s birthday and luckily I bumped into her walking back to my car. We had a lovely girly catch up with the cutest guy in the swim group, Napoleon The day started off dark and quiet at manly surf club but apparently there were 427 swimmers total, early birds and late comers. Here’s...

A big crowd gathered at the Medibank Bold and Beautiful swim this morning! (I’m kidding… send all angry messages to Bruce)… What a wonderful Good Friday swim – it’s just so nice to see everyone emerge on a public holiday, people greeting each other, swimming together!   Big crowd walking down the ramp…   The...

Only a couple more sleeps until the end of daylight savings and we start to get some light back in the morning.  Sophie and her friends were jumping for joy this morning with just how perfect the conditions were.  There were a few waves to give us something to dodge on the way in and...

This morning the air had that snowy feel to it. A certain bite in the air like snow had fallen somewhere. On a rising tide the morning was very calm with next to no wind and yet a balmy 21.5 degrees made warmer by the cool feel to the air. We should see a small...

                                                            Have a great week ahead.   Simon Happy 90th Birthday mum.     Stats : water 23+ degrees, swimmers: edging to 200, newbies: a few....