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...

5.53am   Richard congratulating  Jo and Roger on their success in yesterday’s Avalon to Newport swim.     10 swimmers braved the pre-dawn light at 6.06am, but Bianca didn’t show her face. Jo guided me to see the cuttlefish at Shelly and  the wobby in the weeds, Suzie saw the turtle near the pool.   Shaun,...

Brilliant sunshine today – Dragon would not need to head all the way to the Caribbean when we have this on offer!   It is definitely clear that Summer’s on the run and I guess that it was this fact that brought out all the stars!   I was finally able to put all the...

Hello Weekend! Well played Saturday! The water was so luscious on the skin this morning. I love it when it comes to Autumn and the water temp is warmer than the air temperature. The cloud love was so onpoint this morning and so were the Bold and Beautiful Squad members. Happy school holidays to everyone....

Blue Bottles in the Bay Some swimmers swam south to Shelly and lots swam north. What a sight to see a group of early swimmers powering back south from North Steyne or Queenscliff behind the surfers. There were a gazillion surfers today. Beautiful beach. Jenn is on holidays.   Peter is swimming near BB but...