Did you know that on this day… … in 1846 the largest moon of the planet Neptune was discovered? (Triton) … in 1897 an improved way of synthesising aspirin was uncovered by German chemist Felix Hoffmann? … in 1911 the Qing dynasty came to a close with the Wuchang Uprising, leading to the foundation of...

Oops.  I slept in.  Ian Forster reports there were only one or two jimbles left out there, and any blueys must’ve been beached and washed back out.  No sting in them. Temp:          19.7 Newbies:      Nil Swimmers  120 I’ve picked one photo from each blog.  It starts from August last year …  I’ll be shifting to...

One of those mornings… bit grey, bit stingy, bit uninviting. So well done to the 70 or so swimmers who got wet! So apparently it was a wall of jimbles in the bay and blueys for those who headed north… So lots of debate about whether to swim or not… but never a doubt for...

 A happy crew of around 90 Pink Cappers enjoyed a surprisingly flat and calm swim in 20.5 degree water today! There was a strong Southerly onshore wind but our favourite corner was protected.    These ladies all came together from Cammeray today. They were happy to have squeezed a 7th B&B lover in the car....

What a Magnificent Morning! The surf was flat as! The water temp was 20.3 to be precise! There were three newbies.                 water on lens Newbies Cheers,  Terry ( Brian is  playing Masters Basketball in Adelaide  ) Thank You!

Perfection and reality, both individual and personal experiences. It is said that we never see reality as it is, only as we are… But who we are isn’t who we is, if it’s what we think we need to be to get by. Right? Our perfection is always there, beneath the patina of past perceptions...

Yesterday, Katrina promised Jane a bag of horseshit. Jane is into gardening. Great fertilizer I’m told.   Look at Jane’s happy face. It’s the simple things in life..   Also a load of horseshit, the excuses I heard for showing up late this morning. For those 130 of us who managed to show up in...

A few bluebottle friends arrived at Cabbage Tree Bay downtown village and asked a local groper shopkeeper what the best things were to do on a weekend.  The groper answered, “Well, if you can get up early enough, there’s a huge squad of big fish that swim overhead at 7am.  Yeah… it’s a pretty amazing...

The beachline yesterday was an intimidating translucent purplish blue … many people looked; but didn’t swim   — Someone saw something on Wednesday morning …   — The blueys were creating a bleak scenario.  But  – As Brian said (in 1979) – perhaps we should “Always look on the bright side of life …”   —...

Well, a morning for the brave… Driving down with my 2 year old it looked good from far….   And some thought this looked pretty good up close…   But the beach was a war zone… as was the ocean… covered in the swimmers enemy – the bluey! So hats off to those who braved...