Lovely and calm today at Manly, which was a surprise for many as it was blowing a gale at home today.   Happy Birthday to our Ted today, with him to celebrate were his son Charlie and good friend Derek.   Our lovely Pauline and D.   Our B & B Men getting ready, Derek,...

Yesterday I enjoyed seeing the Finals of Volleyfest on Manly Beach.     I was lucky to meet  top seeds, Australians, Chris McHugh   … and Damien Schumann … after they staged an epic comeback to beat Americans David McKienzie … and Ian Satterfield in the final of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour Finals at Sydney’s Manly...

What a morning! Duskies, Big Jellies, Yellow Tail.. and 320 happy pink-capped swimmers amongst it all!   Fellow Sunday Blogger Emma introduced me to Poppy, who is about to sail around Australia to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s:   If you want to support Poppy, click here: https://give.everydayhero.com/au/scaramouch-parkinsons Little Sarah trying to get into an intimate...

Good morning! This is your sunrise today.     The pre-dawn sky teased us with promise of a magical sunrise. Grey hued clouds gradually became varying shades of rose and gold.   The women of the wall, basking in the colours of the breaking dawn, grateful to see the sun, had smiles as radiant as...

We start today with a missing A-team member alert. Has anybody seen Jimbob? Since getting a new job at Oxford Falls Grammar School he seems to have forgotten how to get to the swim. If you see him walking aimlessly around Manly, please direct him back to the swim…   What a morning in the...

Today was, without doubt, the best day’s swim we’ve had in weeks.  While even yesterday we were still dealing with the washup from storms which seem to have gone on forever, today it was perfect, very little waves, crystal clear waters and plenty of fish out to play. Even the swimmers were out to play. ...

  Well there may have been a bit of rubbish around near halfway this morning but only joking of course! Our swim is never ever ‘rubbish’… It’s always different, unpredictable, invigorating, sometimes challenging but always awesome and SO worth doing. Around 250 of us enjoyed muggy air making a  refreshing swim, 22 degree water and...

How Lucky are we to have our health and each other as well as a wonderful swim in our paradise that is Manly.. Such beautiful light this morning walking over from the car towards the beach.   The Abbey road of Manly in the wonderful early light.   Our Yogi’s doing their thing in the...

  Here is the charity swim for you, it’s run by Kevin Stevens one of our own B&Bers, for his son Carlos. Check out the full story at the end of the blog. Clair is a past winner of the 5hr swim Carlos Cup. register here: www.swim4autism.com Swim4autism Sunday 26th March at the ABC pool...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. ‘Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky, stormy weather….” Listen to Billie Holliday’s version … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIgVCU19pjg Yep. Pretty stormy, but gorgeous warm water 22.9, 3 newbies and about 170 of us. NOTICE BOARD – please go to the website and book your place in the badge ceremony!!!...