I came across a fascinating study recently. It found that if you can harness the ‘wisdom of your crowd’ you make better decisions than those made by the the smartest member, or even the experts. Now there are advanced ways of ‘sweeping in’ the wisdom and ‘making sense’ of what is collected. And the more diverse the...

I knew I had to be very organised this morning. I had a very extensive mental list going and I was wondering how I was going to be able to achieve everything I had to do. My planning process started by thinking: I’ve got to get up early so I can photograph the sunrise; I’ve...

Morning all,   Sorry bout the informal Iphone Blog today, however time is against me. It was a most delightful morning with all the ingredients, Sunshine, warm water, abundant friends and gentle waves ridden to the shore. There was little left to ask for but but the eternal need for more time. For the photo’s...

When after all grains of sand have slipped silently from your togs, and the last whisper of gentle Easter breeze has drifted off beyond those pink hues of rising sun; only then will you find it less difficult to stand by the water cooler … as if somehow the load has lightened somewhat – amongst...

The B&B  statisticians counted a total of 380 beautiful, happy swimmers today, including 8 newbies. What a way to kick off Easter Sunday! Quick blog today as I have an important 11am Easter Egg Hunt to attend.   Don’t worry, I’m not going to put bunny ears on every swimmer now. That would be outright silly. And way...

For the past week, I have unashamedly been eating Hot Cross Buns like they are going out of fashion, because I know that very soon, they will be gone, and I will have to wait until Boxing Day for them to reappear on our supermarket shelves again.  I love Hot Cross Buns, or HCBs; they...

This year, for a change the date of Easter for western churches coincides with the date for the Eastern Orthodox churches so for me it will be a chance to overeat chocolate eggs and crack coloured boiled eggs. So good. For others, it is a chance to go camping with family or friends or waterskiing or,...

Sometimes it’s not just the exercise we come down to Manly for but the people, animals and fun time had by all. The day started off stormy after raining all night…   then it all cleared up nicely for our swim…   We had two new swimmers today: Jenny brought along Emma, on the left:...

Our blog tart extraordinaire, funniest German ever and all round nice guy, finally gets his chance to really shine! Well done Rainer aka Lips on reaching 2000 kms! Around 200 swimmers turned up today, the water was calm and inviting and plenty of fish about. John Bond recorded 20.6 water temp. The 6.30amers going in…...

So beautiful today, calm clear water 21.4 degrees and lots of fish about.   Clear and an abundance of fish today.   Beautiful catfish.   At the point, swimmers in the distance. (Water shots thanks to Brian :))   Brian heading down the ramp. So calm on the way to the point.   Drinky Express...