Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Big celebration today – so many badges were handed out! Before I launch into today’s great swim and ceremony, I am a VERY proud Inner Westie today. Fi1 and Mickey are representing Australia in the world triathlon championships in Rotterdam. Today is the big race. Here they are modelling their...

What a cracking start to the day! We all arrived to a very calm and clear morning down in our little corner of paradise!   After some 18 degree + days I’ve made the transition from wetsuit back into speedos. Dave and Sterling informed me on my arrival that it was a balmy 18.2 degrees...

Today I met Amelia for the first time, as she walked her newborn baby Jack Kennedy. He was born on 30th August , smack bang on due date, weighing 3.7kg and 52cm length. All the WOW’s woke him up with their squealing at his perfection, can’t be helped when they’re that cute! Here they are...

What an amazingly happy bunch of people and it’s only 7.15am! Around 180 of us enjoyed stunning conditions today with the warm air temp of 20 degrees contrasting with the freshness of the 18.2 degree water. Conditions were stunning, ocean calm and clear… The morning sky lit up with a gorgeous sunrise at 5.56am. This...

We had a visit from an injured juvenile Great White Shark yesterday afternoon in our little Manly haven. It washed up and was taken to Fairy Bower Pool to rest. Later..it was transferred to Manly Sea Life Sanctuary for monitoring overnight.   So the talk of the B&B today was SHARK! and how big it...

  Where else in the world  would you need a sign  directing you to see “sunrise or sunset” over the water?   Pre-dawn 5:34am.   Roger #1 + Storchy.   Roger #2 + our 5:46 – 6:12am swim team who swam in formation across the bay. We stopped on the return trip from Shelly to...

It was wonderful to turn up this morning and see a bit of swell making it into Manly. Of course the usual suspects were in attendance.       Along with Chris, Adrian & Will who all compete together in a waterpolo team called the Semis.   Photographers lined the shore to capture these intrepid...

Today I took the decision not to swim and just be happy with a “dry blog” as I can feel I”m getting sick again. It’s never quite the same but comes a close second best as Saturday is when more people turn up and everyone mills around to have their catch ups from the weeks...

Finding your Ikigai Apparently it is now “known” that working for longer may help you live longer. This may not sound all that appealing, but staying in the workplace for just one year more than another retired and healthy counterpart has been shown to be associated with an 11% lower risk of death from all causes. But...

I have a confession, I need to come out. I know many of you have suspected this for some time. My name is Peter and I am a thalassophile. OK there you have it, I’m a lover of the ocean. Funny thing is, now that I’m out, I think many of you may be thalassophiles...