Happy Christmas folks! (It is still Christmas time of course.) Well around 80 swimmers swam the harbour today… to the toilet roll and back, aka Kilburn Tower. Another lot swam from the beach and some from halfway. Oceanside was quite rough with a report of bluebottles but most swimmers didn’t see any. Wherever they went...

Wow!  “From an acorn grows a mighty Oak” Below: Some of the women who were there on the first day eight years ago today!   Original group of six who swam on 27th Dec 2008 with Julie were Jenny Knapman, Deb Hanson, Anita Keelan, Leonie and Cynthia. Smiling Ted  John’s advice was needed today. Shaun...

Air:       Not cold Rain:     Nil on the horizon Wind:     It’s a blue-bottler coming from NNE Stingers:   Nil  (surprisingly) Vis:           Actually not so bad – I could see sandy bottom for half the distance Flotsam:   Lots of litter on beach, and plenty floating plastics in close...

Merry Christmas from the Bold and Beautiful. 450 merry B&B’ers turned up today, to share their Christmas morning swimming side by side. Rather than waffle on, I’ll let the photos and the happy smiles do the talking.   Shaun -I promised the blog would be about you today….but I’m going to keep it to the...

This is a challenging week for many people. The silly season is a time of continuous consuming, rushing around and spending way too much! However, here are some of the simple things for which we can be very grateful. So here is my list for today. I am grateful for:- 1. Management. This generous group...

Such a gorgeous morning down it Manly. But as I approached the Bold and Beautiful swimmers standing by Ian and John next to the big tree I over heard that there were blue bottles in the water, so I decided to walk to Shelly with some Beautiful people. By the way it is Nat here,...

Can anyone guess what exercise has all these benefits?   It’s smiling!! More stats from my exercise class at Physiocise:       There’s never a shortage of smiles down at the Bold and Beautiful Swim-Henrietta and Anne welcomed a new swimmer-   how about these smiles..     I swam over the Eagle Ray...

It was a slightly overcast dull daybreak but there was absolutely nothing dull about all the swimmers this morning. There was so much colour, everyone was smiling and we had a number of families doing the swim together. School holidays are a wonderful time to change pace and enjoy family time. What better way to...

Clowning around with the “Doublers”. Great feet!     On my way back I ran into the group waiting for the double. They were all smiles, just bobbing around in the ocean. I love the original pose with the feet up. Thanks guys for the interesting pictures.   Good Morning Manly, I love this view...

Carrying this blog camera seems like it really slows me down on the swim.  Ok, the drag is minimal, but it’s noticeable. Maybe because less is more when you’re out here swimming. We over complicate life with things, with needs and hyper-rationalised concepts. All redundant layers of paraphernalia to keep us safely separated from a...