Happiness and fulfilment have very little to do with your circumstance. The culture conditions you to ‘think’ otherwise; that you can only be happy when you change your circumstances, because culture needs you to be a good consumer. That’s the problem with thoughts, they’re like a shadow between yourself and reality. Whilst it’s true that...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. It doesn’t get better than this. Stats: 330 swimmers 7 newbies and water 19.6 degrees.       Welcome newbie Alex!   Morning Toni!           So many fish today       I know this photo below is murky, but it’ll scare our friends who all think...

I left home in near darkness this morning, cursing myself for missing the opportunity to get shots of 6am starters yet again. On arrival at the gateway to the golden dawn my frustration was quickly replaced by awe and gratitude to be witnessing such beauty. And there was the sunrise too.     Here’s 2...

I look forward to Fridays because I get to go for a swim. It is a favourite thing for me. Also a favourite for me is seeing the great swimmers who swim early and are already having coffee when I arrive. What stars   John Bond No 1 and Dorsett who has hit no 60...

So it’s getting colder just 19.5 degrees today…and darker….   We just soldier on…some with more rubber…some with more clothes…we just adapt like good Darwinian specimens…     As those famous positive psychologists Chumbawamba sang… I get knocked down But I get up again You are never gonna keep me down… Of course they were...

 Thanks Kerry for the blog title! A funny old start to the morning with thunder and lightening on my drive to Manly at 5am. I knew the rain would have stopped by 5.30am as our running coach Joey always says it does. By the time we swam back from Shelly the sky put on a...

Rainer was in charge at Shelly Beach today?…and there were two swimmers still coming into the beach…meanwhile the A-Team were champing at the BIT…it was a struggle…BUT “LIPS” did the impossible and held back the crazy mob.   There they go …..   Yep, they went that way… Rainer had to jump out of the...

I swam with this group at 6.05am. Roger, Sam, Fifi, Richard, Paul & Michael.     6.07am Michael & I had red lights.   Shelly at 6.18am, thanks for this shot Fifi of Richard, Sam, me & Paul.     6.44 Pano.     Down the ramp at 6.50am.       Drinks express return @...

A pretty spectacular sunrise to welcome us into the ocean this morning (but to be fair it might be like that most days and I just sleep through it). Thank you everyone for the tips,advice, extroversion and obliging smiles that got me through my first blog picture taking sesh with only moderate awkwardness (I hope)....

This morning’s fluffy blanket cloud cover delivered us a mild morning with little or no chill. However with gentle rain falling it looks like the majority of the weekend swimmers chose the ‘under the covers’ option this morning. Sue’s brightly coloured outfit provided welcome relief in the varying tones of grey.   Shaun was there overseeing the...