Good morning and happy weekend, dear reader. This (gorgeous) morning I arrived just in time to follow the 6:30 starters down to the water, and on the way met up with the ever photogenic Michele and Martin     This pooch was waiting patiently for its human   Down on the shoreline I took a...

Some of BB live in Manly and some of us travel. For all of us, the destination is swimming at Manly and Shelly. Lots of water moving about today and warnings of blue bottles so many swimmers went north. But with so many waves, they had to get to the horizon to swim safely behind...

This morning we were faced with the stark realisation that winter is just around the corner – with the water a little nippy to get in but then after a few strokes around in the bay and it was back to the warm summer temperatures. Along the high tide mark there were plenty of bluebottle...

21/2/2018  Well, the header does not really apply to the surf break, still a bit intimidating and not much of a difference to yesterday.   Surf yesterday …   … leaving Inge is disbelief … and surf today, which apparently did not deter the early morning swimmers. From the point on however, it was a...

Not a great deal of good news today with a lowish tide on the rise and the dregs of the easterly swell being mixed with a rising SSE wind-swell at 1-1.5 metres and the occasional bigger set. However great news that there were no blueys or other nasty bitey critters around. Grey and a bit dismal...

PHYSALIA – BLUEBOTTLEs (AKA) PORTUGESE/PACIFIC MAN-O-WAR have been menacing us for a few weeks leaving their marks on many B&Bers. Trish was hit last Saturday .         Lips’ famous sting is part the Australian Museum’s  collection.     Sam’s Harry Potter scar lasted long enough to become a Roger cartoon.     I...

The surf beach was closed today due to big swell courtesy of Tropical Cyclone Gita:   Late blog post courtesy of Typepad which was also closed for most of the day:   Anyway, here’s the gist of what happened this morning:   Halfway bouncer:     Water safety significantly downgraded from yesterday:      ...

It was a busy morning as Julie Isbill, founder of B&B, announced a new sponsorship arrangement with Medibank. Medibank promotional staff handed out free muesli/yoghurt, coffee and merchandise, which as you can imagine was very popular. So you might be asking, what does the new sponsorship arrangement mean to B&B swimmers? Apparently, Medibank are sponsoring...

I missed my swim today but will swim another day because the sea is always there and Bold and Beautiful is open for sea business everyday. Thanks to JK for some photos! Lovely morning sight – the horizon at Manly       See Dorsett’s badge. See below about BB badges       Always...

We enjoyed a delicious celebration of love yesterday on Valentines, beautifully exposed in Lainey’s love blog. And of course, we need to celebrate. But what’s more important is what happens after the love. And this is not just an existential rambling about meaninglessness but the very essence of meaning. Because we know after the love...