Manly is a corner of the world where people are actively engaged in keeping fit.  Yoga, boot camp, jogging, people jogging with their prams / dogs, swimming.  Sometimes you may find the odd person just going to the shops in their active wear, but mostly it’s people keeping fit.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYRENWT8lz8 There are reoccurring themes when...

Reading through the blog in recent times, in particular the photo selection, I am a bit reminded of a quote from George Orwell’s animal farm: all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Rarely a day goes by without countless photos of our B&B celebrities: A-team, management including inner circle, Lips,...

  What a beautiful morning to be out and about in Manly.  The morning was a little cloudy but still just divine.  Sorry I didn’t get there early enough to catch the 6.30 drinky express.  This swim is gaining in popularity with many doing the 6.30 swim with Andrew and the team and then backing...

How lucky have we been to swim with these beautiful Dusky Whaler sharks recently? There are so many this year and they are swimming in shallower water so we can get a good look at them! They are harmless as you know and are more timid than the Kingfish, Groper, Mullet and other fish so...

Craig and friends looking the part, ready for their 7am swim.       Brian and Gary suited up ready, nice photo bomb / “moon” by “blue shorts” in the rear.   What a perfect picture of our sunrise…worth getting up for.     Lovely light while we wait at the point.     Noticing...

Modern society (the feel-good name we use to describe the human zoo), has brought many helpful technological advances.  However, the cost of this is a living environment that constantly triggers our stress response – a response we’re only meant to be in for 15 minutes. The mismatch between the environment we evolved for and the...

Another big wave day in Manly. The attendance page is showing 104 swimmers. I bet there were more! My  day started with technical difficulties. The blog camera decided to act up and display various error messages before fully giving up as I arrived at Shelly.. the moment beautifully captured by my lovely assistant Peta:  ...

Have you noticed that it seemed a very long week?  Perhaps it was the full moon on Tuesday causing time to warp these past six days. Whatever the reason, it was with trepidation I approached our favourite corner – mostly because I had promised to do the 6km today, and then because I saw the...

Some of you may remember the ad campaign from the 70s featuring Norm, encouraging people to get up and so something. This morning again I was glad to arrive at Manly and see people surfing walking, swimming doing stuff with kettle balls. The talk of big waves did give me pause but I know there is...

HIJACKED. Yes, that’s right readers the Thursday blog has been hijacked by a non-A-teamer.  “Alleluia” I hear the chorus sing.  In a stunning piece of philanthropic espionage a wily Team Omega rep has control of the keyboard under a certain local cleric’s own sign-in. Oh the fun I could have, the trouble I could cause...