So atmospheric this morning, quite lovely. We will have another week and a half or thereabouts of darkish 7am starts before we put our clocks back at the end of daylight saving on April 7, and we’ll have bright mornings again for a while Guy’s illuminated art work Andrew brings his children Poppy and Louis...

Siyabona ( hello/I see you) There was a movie with Barbara Streisand with the above title and today’s swim evoked that forever feeling. Water so clear and fish all over the place. A fantastic and delicious treat. Brian and Melissa silhouette against the view that greeted us today The temperature a balmy  22.1 , thanks...

  It was a perfect swim today… Calm waters, visibility great with loads of sightings, warm water and a great group of swimmers. The two amazing souls above, Merrilee and Tony are helping organize a special swim on Thursday to honour Ted… 28th March would have been his 62nd birthday… If you would like to...

6am crew Jen’s pink sky selfie – sideways, sorry. 22 degrees If you missed yesterday’s badge ceremony see Ian with your $10!! Bootie camp Thanks Caroline for organising a farewell picnic for Mr & Mrs Smith who are moving back to Hever Castle on Friday. 28hr Pheonix Shelly’s pose. Stay safe, enjoy it all! Simon...

When you cannot get to a swim, you can go online and get replica experience which is an autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) (being a tingling sensation that usually begins on the scalp and moves down the back of the neck and upper spine). But today I got to Manly and it was just divine....

Yesterday I already knew we were in for a temperature drop. Cats are a great barometer and my 15 year old ginger ninja was going nuts and was very keen to go out for an evening run-around. Sadly for him and for me he had to settle for tearing through the house at a rate...

… and just when we thought it was safe to venture back into the water and join our new turtly amazing friends, the nor easter that is a sailors delight becomes a swimmers dread…. those pesky pretty blue translucent bubbles of pain return – lurking beyond the “impact zone” to kiss swimmers who have braved...

The gloomy skies must’ve put people off as it looked pretty empty on the beach and at the swim. Michele and Martin are always there. Above Edwina, Henrietta,  Lainey and Cath deciding where to get in. I joined them and we decided on half way. Below, some went from the beach, few big sets. Guy’s...

Fingerbone rolls past. Queenscliff standstill, still jammed with surf lifesavers. A southerly breeze greets me. Cleaning up. Normally bursting at the seams, Friday seems a little slow Franji stares seaward at the temp wall, measuring waves for his morning report. Everyday is 3-5 foot. The baker and his buns. Water is clear, flat, warm, delightful....

The good news – the water is warm They say bad news comes in threes. The beach is closed, big jellies are still about as are the blue meanies. JOTW Some  brave souls braved the pain – let me state that went these folks went in before the Beach Closed sign was up. There were...