Cracking morning at the B&B this morning… dead calm, low tide, slight chill in the air and slowly dropping water temp.   Just off the point the sharks were circling… they seem to have made a move from near Shelley Beach to the point. Are they about to leave us? It was just one of...

CONDITIONS Sunrise:                    Spectacularly orange Air Temp:                 13º Water Temp:            19.5º Surface Tension:       Flat As Land Tension:          Tranquil Vis:                          Like an Aquarium Fish:                        Every-flippin’where SeaChange:              Winter is peaking around the corner …   —— There are exactly 16 Six a.m. crew heading into the black.  Five carrying safety headlamps.  Below are...

 It was one of those amazing mornings this morning, a bloggers dream… The sort of day when swimmers faces were beaming brightly post-swim and the superlatives were flowing. ‘It’s gorgeous out there…’ ‘Simply perfect’… ‘SO beautiful, so clear…’ I’m always listening out for a blog title, then I overheard Bev say, ’10 out of 10,...

The day kicked off for us with a pretty wild solar display winking through a long band of Altocumulus stratiformis perlucidus undulatus. Seemed to me the world would be a better place with more of these displays and from what they said last night at the BOM, we could be seeing more in the months ahead. The wedge...

Evolution doesn’t happen when things are easy, a stressor is necessary.  Evolution, growth, requires both challenge and the ability to adapt to it.  Extinction or decline is a lack of adaptability to that stress event. Adaptation is a process of liberating resources that, up ’til now, have lain dormant.  And applying them in an effective...

Mornin’all. Inner Westies here. Along with Michael-sunday-blogger-in-training! Water still warm 20.7, 19 newbies and 330 swimmers. Wasn’t the sunrise fab. Some pix on my way to Manly below.     Now for some people pix.   Paige and newbie Alison – welcome!   Marco (just to prove I am swimming – see the cosy ties!)...

Ian McKnight keeps a set of diving gear on his Sydney Harbour working barge … —————–   CONDITIONS: More of the same from this week – stunning sunrises, flat water and perfect for swims, chat and coffees. Water not quite clear though.  Some shredded bits of stinger in water – but fairly rare ———  ...

  I got down to our favourite corner of the world early today at 5.50am. It was so beautiful seeing the sky change colour and pattern over the ocean alongside the Shelly Beach headland… After 2 weeks in the dull, cold Northern hemisphere I’m so appreciating all the colour and light we are so lucky...

  Swimming is a magical activity that requires little equipment. And I think it is vital to be prepared at all times. But today I arrived for my swim without swimmers so I had a choice – miss the swim or swim with my street clothes. I swam with my street clothes. Here is a...

I will confess to a little secret of mine. When I was growing up, all I wanted to be was a writer. I’m not sure what style I imagined whether it was romance, murder mystery or biographies I never got around to it. Until now! I’m not going to assume this will be a literary...