A much smaller group came down to swim today on this absolutely gorgeous, sunny Wednesday morning, around 440 less than yesterday! Ian and I estimated around 170 swam in 20.5 degree water with 2 newbies. A bumpy swim with a few waves and rather murky water. Still awesome! In photo above The Drinks Express enter...

ANZAC Day memorial swim today. Lest We Forget. Glorious sunrise over our beautiful beach today to mark the occasion.   Bold & Beautiful ANZAC Day service at 7am before our swim. This is Greg on the Bugle, very special day for him.   A few of our well known swimmers Bruce, Greg, Lisa, Kendelle, Sean...

You know that metaphor about the oyster and a pearl?  The pearl being created by sand irritating the oyster – a good thing resulting from a bad situation etc… I’m not sure the pearl is actually the end result of this process. Really the result is the feeling of ease. Which, of course, was the goal in...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. And what a gorgeous morning. 21.1 degrees in the water. Lots of swimmers – few newbies and oodles of jellies in the water. But luckily the non-ouch variety. BIG celebration for Lainey-Loo who hit 2,000 swims this morning. Yep, that’s an AMAZING feat. Photos coming below… Setting the scene…  ...

One rule, this should be easy. Especially on a glorious Saturday B&B morning. Even more especially if you’re taking Monday off to make it another 4 dayer. The one rule? Have fun!!   Let’s see who’s doing this Partying on the inside for sure   I think these folk understand the one rule   Hmmm….  ...

Pretty excellent swim this morning. Kate Baddock was swimmer of the day today when the fish were out. The sun was out. The water was warm and clear. The waves were breaking but softly. 320 swimmers 6 newbies     Antony is back after a little break. Good decision   Ronald came from Austria and has...

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...