Today we swam from Shelly because of the Nipper national Carnival and to avoid the IRB traffic. Stats: 170+ swimmers, 6 Newbies, Temp 23.6 degres C N.B. 1. Tomorrow is Australia Day so please arrive early and wait on the beach before the swim to avoid congestion on the promenade. 2. Bring a gold coin to donate to the Royal Far...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Surf was up today.  Choppy waves and a big rip. Lots of us walked to the steps. Before I launch into today, announcements first. AUSTRALIA DAY SWIM NOTICE Could all experienced BnBers swimming on Tuesday please swim wide to help reign in any outliers expected in the big crowd… JK can’t...

Manly is where it’s at today, with the Manly Open Carnival on from 8am-5pm. Get on down here and watch these amazing people in action.  Due to the Carnival, the Bold and Beautiful started at Shelly Beach and swam to the point and back.  (we like to mix it up) Here is a pic of...

I am worried when I see board riders at the beach when I arrive. I like board riders and marvel at their skill BUT it means waves and I may not be able to get in at the beach. The waves were ok but I was worried about diving under them because of all the seaweed!....

I forgot to set my alarm so didn’t arrive until 6.27am just in time to hear Drinky making a  speech to his very large (50+) Drinks Express A-Team. The essence of his speech was on the white board. “N.B. This  SATURDAY & MONDAY the swim  STARTS from SHELLY  + this Saturday’s 6KM swim is CANCELLED.” STATS: 180+ swimmers, 14...

 All the bluebottles that were around yesterday had disappeared this morning and it was a virtually stinger free, bumpy but beautiful swim! The sky was BLUE, the sun was shining, the air and water warm and the company, as always… amazing! 6.40am Cabbage Tree Bay. Best.Spot.On. Earth. It was fantastic to see Jane appear, pushing...

Spectacular Morning !   The blue bottles are this big! So everyone took John’s advice and swam north to the pipe.   Air 21°c Sea 23 °c   High 5:33AM 1.41m Low 12:17PM 0.54m High 6:13PM 1.15m First Light 5:33AM Sunrise 6:01AM Sunset 8:08PM Last Light 8:37PM B&B Swim School Join Pacific Jules coach Sarah Anne...

What a swim! Bishop here filling in for Simon. It was warm, calm and clear! You got to get down to the swim midweek – just stunning! Here are the troops filing in…   The A-team making a rare appearance in the Monday blog. What a wonderful bunch of athletes…   This was either Sophie...

BnB blogging is so competitive these days …. Gone are the days of just a few photos and a sentence or 2 ..NOW there has to be a theme, a bloggers ‘personal stamp’ all over the page, jostling for good photos with non-bloggers and bloggers-not-on-duty… and then of course it’s ALL about the SIZE!  The bigger the...

Space Oddity ‘Though I’m past one hundred thousand miles I’m feeling very still …’ •  With Neil Beachley’s footprints.  You can set your watch to Neil’s steady jog.  He passes by the yoga steps at 5.52 a.m, 365 days per year … ———————— Young Americans   ‘They pulled in just behind the bridge He lays...