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....

  The 5.45 crew stretch before their hitout.  Do you ..?   —————– These drafthorses came off the beach at 6.30 am yesterday; hired for a Cup gig at Skiff Club.  The bigger (Saddleless) fella was to be brought inside venue   ————– Monday’s violent waters leave us with much weed     —————– Our...

A Beautiful Morning for a Dip. Especially after yesterday’s rough weather & surf.   Perfect!   Our Yogi’s enjoying the sunrise.     Pre-7am fun.     Ian is modelling the new B&B Jacket, available on the website.   These guys had fun just catching the waves today!     Little bit of surf today....

People talk about deciding to ‘live life all-in’, as if it’s a choice. Life has a start and a finish, it’s bounded by death. That means you are already as ‘all in’ as you’re ever going to get… You have nothing to lose, that you aren’t already going to lose one day. So you might...