Amazing light show this morning – it was worth coming down just for the sunrise!   Little Sarah wearing her trademark pink cossie, adding an extra splash of colour to an already colourful morning:   It was Tanja’s last swim with us before heading back to Hamburg later today:       Did I mention...

  “The person who is swimming against the stream, knows the strength of it.” Woodrow Wilson It was another beautiful, moody morning at Manly this morning. I was looking for inspiration for the this short blog and googled quote of the day and this one popped up. The last couple of days the strength of...

Ocean swimmers are so keen to focus their time on ocean swimming that they economise on prepositions. “Getting out” and “getting out” for entering and exiting the sea but also “Getting in” [to the water]and “getting in” [to the beach]. Some people may be confused but ocean swimmers are not. Today every one was keen...

Conditions for the Bold & Beautiful swim this morning were just like a Swedish Boxer – tough but fair. But that’s how we roll at the B&B. The experts call it a Growth Mindset. A way of welcoming challenge and taking control of the conditions. Like being an inverse paranoid who believes the world is...

Morning all- a combined blog today from edwina and Dee, just for something different.  while  some of our swimming buddies were waking up in New Zealand preparing to hit the Otago trails, those left behind were treated to a spectacular surprise. Waiting at the point, Leisa and Wendy amongst others were greeted at the point...

A gorgeous start this morning after a very warm night. With a low tide and no swell to speak of, clearing water and nary, a ripple saw some PB’s tumble to new speedier versions of their former selves. PS – Swell expected to rise by midweek with the southerly pushing it along – so awesome...

Your nervous system is responsible for organising every process in your body, every thought and every action. It comprises your brain, spinal cord, 70km of nerves and more connections than there are stars in our galaxy. Like our galaxy, we are still unraveling the mysteries of the nervous system. We do know that it evolved...

Super hot day and a busy BNB gathering… the pics speak for themselves – it was magical! …and I can’t be bothered to write anything… Bower fun.. Now to the most important part of the Day and the ONLY reason anyone swims these days .. The Big Old Bleedin’ Badge Ceremony! This was for the...

Happy St Patricks Day and another superb day of swimming in Cabbage Tree Bay. Today we say a special hello to our 4 legged friends on shore who wait patiently for our return and the marine life we swim with. We were lucky today to have Sharnie from Australian marine conservation society reminding us of...

Lots of good things on in March. Coastrek walk today. Balmoral swim on Sunday  Bold and Beautiful swim every day. Quick blog today because Elizabeth Ecks and I are volunteering for Coastrek today. Manly offered another beautiful swim day   Derek and I competed for the role of photographer and he won – here I...