What a morning! It was lovely to come down to some nice swell breaking off the point and a bunch of surfers and bodysurfers getting long peeling waves! Official temp was 19.7 degrees but I reckon there were patches of 17…   I arrived as the Mayor of the Bold and Beautiful, The Right Honourable...

So much headline drama this morning that we almost need two blogs and a Panadol. First it was the swell and whether we swim from the beach or ½ way. Ian as usual took command like a young Trump in training and suggested we swim from Shelly. Either that or build a great big wall...

If there were a few sore heads after last night’s Christmas party, they were either not in attendance this morning or else were very well hidden…  Around 300 swimmers managed to drag themselves out of bed for their dose of Vitamin Sea (or perhaps they partied through the night and bypassed bed altogether?).  It helped...

Sunrise today, just before the 6.30am swim. What a beautiful summer morning!   This is Peter, one of our “Newbie” swimmers today, he has been working up to this swim for months.   Finally, today he did it! Yep there & back. Well done Peter.   We have a lot of “Doggie Regulars” at B...

We tend to think of the beach as the place where the water ends and solid land begins. It’s a fair supposition but, even though sand is solid, our beaches are as fluid as the ocean. Harsh storm swells impact the beach and tear it down. Whilst gentle summer waves reorganise it to higher levels....

  Just over 2 weeks until Xmas so I really should think about braving the hordes and start some Xmas shopping.                                                This year I got to thinking, what can I give someone that will really make a difference to their life?   That is...

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.   With 16 sleeps to go, I did a little survey today on what everyone’s favourite Christmas movie is.    The winner, by a long margin, was LOVE ACTUALLY.  Maybe we were swayed by the fact that some of the cast joined us for our swim this...

Heading   Encounters with early swimmers Big waves today. how come the water has become difficult for summer badge swimming? these people not deterred. Here is Ed (left) who leads the Manly Hydraulic Lab from which there is a lot of data that is used by apps we consult for information about the sea. Having...

Before we start today’s blog we had better put Lisa’s mind at rest – the girls were there bright and early this morning to reclaim the wall, so it is once again “Women of the Wall” territory – none of this talk about the blokes infiltrating – nice try. Despite the lumpy sea, a bit...

  Well it didn’t take long, Lisa Boyle took off off on an extended holiday yesterday and already the men have moved in and taken over the wall! Here they all are, gloating about it. It looks as if traitor Di is in on it too! The morning started off like this, the air was...