Autumn is a bit of a weird time of the year.  We are still full of energy and enjoying our swimming from the summer months, its getting dark in the morning before we switch to daylight saving which makes it harder to get up and going, yet the water is just divine and last year’s...

Thursday 15 March 2018: Bring back summer

All of you who stayed in bed this morning because of a bit of rain, missed a gorgeous swim this morning. Around 95 of us swam today with 2 newbies and these three were about to swim a double too. It might have been bumpy but it was warm, silky, stinger-free and bloody beautiful… It...

It was a dark Tuesday morning and we had a smaller group of swimmers than usual. The water was a warm 23.1 and it was a lovely swim.       Kieren and Peter at Shelly. A smaller group today at Shelly Ian arriving back at  Manly after a nice swim.       Key Stats:...

  BabeWatch Murray asked me to thank everyone who supported their charity yesterday, they have so far raised over $4000+ for Batyr to empower young people to talk about mental health struggles. Here is the link if you’d like to make a donation: https://swim.gofundraise.com.au/page/MurrayColderick   5:41am met Richard before his run + his 6am Boulderdash and...

  They came They swam     They left They were happy 6:30 – the start of the BabeWatch fundraiser.   Stats: Swimmers: 378 Newbies: lots Temp 22.8     Manly Art Gallery Society  Libby said come and meet the movie star artists: Support your local community – presents BRILLIANT ARTISTS Film Series 2018 – 4 brilliant...

I don’t often walk to Shelly Beach, I’m usually more comfortable in the water, however decent size waves and a sore neck necessitated walking today.   What a blessing-  I can see why people travel great distances to enjoy this coastal walk. The art work along the way is hard to appreciate when you are...

When I got in this morning to the beautiful sea, and some rogue waves rolled in knocking me off balance,  I thought the sea was being mischievous – and we often give the sea human characteristics. It was warm and clean today. Look at the great people who swam     Fiona showing the outcome...

While every day feels like International Women’s Day at Bold & Beautiful, March 8 is officially recognised as IWD across the globe. While keen B&B IWD enthusiasts know the first recognition of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Woman’s Conference to...

Here are some of the Babewatch crew. They really are a great group of young people. If you know of anyone who could benefit by coming along and swimming with them (and us), let them know they will be welcomed. Murray suffered from social anxiety so crippling he felt lonely and isolated and sometimes barely...