Hearing rain overnight, I thought it would be a cool start to the day. But several hours later and the sun was making a comeback, although the water temperature wasn’t!   A cool 17.7 greeted swimmers as they arrived….brrrrr!   Coffee before swim, seemed like a good idea   Loved this T-shirt this morning (no...

Manly was already getting busy at 06.30hrs with the set up of the volleyfest.com.au at north steyne, where selections are being made for our Commonwealth team members for next year on the Gold Coast. This man was in charge of setting up today and found me snooping around the outside!   Six newbies apparently, I...

Verdict from the early swimmers was “bloody freezing” not to mention to seaweed, jelly blubbers, wind, bit of waves (“quite bumpy”) and rubbish. However still a good swim overall. Here is Yassar from Honolulu. Honolulu is full of Australians so he probably thought he would come and see Australia and some more Australians. The water...

It was a bumpy swim today with a little weed still milling around. But we jumped in anyway.Our swimming community is a guest house, where we not only welcome anyone but we also welcome any conditions, its always a great day for a swim. It reminds us of The Guest House, one of Rumi’s great...

With 20 degrees in the water , 1/2 a metre of South East swell and 8k/h of light wind, the swim was looking great till I heard about the dust up at Avoca by one of our sharkey mates and a doctor of all people. I assume mistaken identity but the reporters suggest its the warm water.?...

5.54 am Coke sunrise.     Santa’s already on his way with Mami & Billy.     Boulderdashers.   6:05 Nic, Lyndall & Tricia.     Big fin! Where’s John Bond?   6:30 brothers.     Drinks express.       Sara & Pauline.     Nat juggles 5 sons and a ball.    ...

Afternoon all. Inner Westies here. Bit late today – I’m in a band you see…. Stats: About 410, 19 newbies, water 20.2. Never say that we don’t include every species in the BnB. We had the lovely Honey Goat today.   How fabulous is that! Back to our trek across the miles – from the...

It was a truly beautiful morning to commemorate Remembrance Day as we did the Bold & Beautiful swim this morning. After more than four years of continuous warfare, the guns of the Western Front fell silent at 11 am on 11 November 1918 as a consequence of an armistice to secure a peace settlement.  Ever since the...

Last week I lost the will to hear anymore times the combination of words involving citizen -senator -parliament. But the media seems to have no idea that this topic is no longer of interest to me.  This week, it seems Jackie Lambert Tasmanian senator may have – in addition to Tasmanian citizenship, mainland citizenship or...

Christmas decorations are starting to go up around the Northern Beaches, so its time to bring out the Christmas rashies and cozzies. Jacqui is modelling the new Cancer Council Christmas Cockatoo Rashie (say that three times quickly) which is only just out – a great Xmas present for us all and supporting a great cause....