That air is travelling to us via these Manly streets.  Ashburner blows its frosty breath east at 6.28 a.m.   No blood-red sky today.  Crystal water yet again.  Zero waves.  Entry temp is COLD, as the shallows have absorbed some of the overnight breeze.  “All right, Six-Thirties – let’s get in the water,” says AD. ...

What a morning! But were we in Fiji or Antarctica? Looks like Fiji!   But 4 degrees? Felt like Antarctica!   Good to see Keith back. I texted him at 6:45am ‘Swim time!’ He felt the lack of swimming on the way over and back…   It was a cracker of a swim back from...

As you swim back from Shelly Beach under an amazing sky, high on endorphins… do you ever start singing a song to yourself? I do, and I know I’m not the only one! Brian told us yesterday it was a Joni Mitchell song for him. I often sing along to Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful...

With a 2-3 foot 10 second direct southerly swell, you would have been excused for thinking you were in paradise today. With a 2 knot Westerly barely making it through the Manly skyscape, it was almost still. For those interested we are expecting a gradual increase to 4.5ft Southerly swell by the end of the week...

You ever notice how the memories are made when there wasn’t enough money, you didn’t feel secure and you hadn’t achieved ‘that goal’.  There was something missing and you were hungry for it. Times of instability involve expansion of the self, when you’re stretching out to bridge the gap between chaos and coherence.  Life is...

Another Beaut morning – all my sun rise shots have disappeared from my camera! So JK will have to be the first photo of the morning… Here by the 3 ‘rules’ of the BNB swim!   Check out your winter swims here: http://www.faulconbridgesoftware.com/bb/pub/winterbadge2015.html WINTER SWIMS A very brave newby! I didn’t capture it but I...

Today dear swimmers, you will have an additional minute of daylight.  Sunrise is still at 7am, but sunset has shifted to 4.56pm!! When the clock on the clubhouse wall flashed ‘time for swimming’, the sun was bang on time showing itself just above the horizon. The wintering without wetsuit continues.  Veena is determined to make...

Clair and Shaun cotton-on to the rising sun … — Solstice Complaints file “It was too dark to see anything.” “How come two were allowed to swim in wetsuits?” “We got an emailed complaint about the noise at Shelly Beach.” “No-one told me Annie Larkin was going to do it.” “It was too cold for...

Wow – what a morning. After a week out due to illness, what a day to come back! Were you there this morning? Over 100 Bold & Beautiful swimmers took to the 19 degree water – calm, clear, cracking conditions…   Kara took this stunner of a shot from the point…   I didn’t quite...

  Sometimes it’s the simple pleasures in life that can absolutely make your day. Just to see your dog wagging his tail for no other reason than he loves you ! No queue when you go to get coffee. All green lights when you are in a hurry.Sometimes it doesn’t take much, just a hug...