I would like to recognise the unsung heroes who supply us with acronyms. They are the dinosaur age whose work evolved into SMS so we can walk around saying LOL and IMHO or YOLO and everyone knows what we mean. We almost had in the 1990s the Federal Administrative Review Tribunal but someone stopped it...

After a couple of days of rain and lumpy seas today things had settled down quite a bit.  We are all bracing ourselves for the heatwave that is about to hit us over the next few days but what better way to cool down than a beautiful swim from Manly to Shelly and back.   This...

Around 50 early swimmers at 6.30am. It may have seemed a miserable day when we woke up to rain and wind, but somehow it’s always a lot brighter down in our favourite corner… It’s my first ‘Dry Blog’ in over 4 years of blogging as have to dash off at 8.30am! (That means blogging without...

Morning all, apologies bout the delay but just couldn’t get a spare moment today to post these pics. I hope they find you eventually. 1/2 a meter of SSE swell on 6 seconds, so really nothing for us in the corner to speak of. Planned to rise to 1 meter tomorrow but really wont notice it...

The ancient Egyptian view on life was deeply influenced by their detailed knowledge of ongoing cycles in the cosmos.  They saw the disappearance and re-emergence of the stars and sun passing across the sky as a constant cycle of retreat and rebirth. Drawing parallels between their own earthly existence and the heavenly bodies that travel...

Manly beach was overwhelmed with hordes of people this morning. There were rumours that our founder, Her Royal Highness Julie Isbill, the patron saint of Pink Caps was back in town.   The paparazzi were prowling.   Special lookouts were setup.   Even our own special lower middle management, Shaun dressed in his formal best.   Lyndall...

It was a truly beautiful morning and the conditions were perfect for the B&B swim.  Important – Swim arrangements for tomorrow Because of the congestion around the Manly Surf Club tomorrow due to the Cole Classic, B&B will meet at the benches 100m north of the Surf Club. The swim will leave from the steps in front...

I was surprised by how dark it was this morning and realised that it was not the cloud cover but that the days are getting shorter already. That did not stop 120 early swimmers for a total of 320 swimmers today!!! and 12 newbies joined up. The water was lovely and there were only a...

After all the heatwaves and then claps of thunder overnight with rain, today was the kind of day I could wake up to all the time. Perfect swimming conditions and a beautiful temperature as well, I want summer to stay a while. There were 13 newbies today, not sure I got photos of all of...

What a spectacular morning! I overheard many swimmers exclaim gleefully that it was the best swim this year. We had pretty perfect conditions! The blissfully cool morning dawned with lots of low cloud and a little mist. The soft, grey light only seemed to enhance the bright smiles on everyones faces. The gentle drizzle didn’t...