For the first time ever in the history of the B&B most of us all waited at The Point for John Kelly’s ‘Let’s Go’ today! Huddled really close so he got suspicious! On the ‘Let’s Go!’ nobody went. (Except for John Bond 🙂 ) HAPPY BIRTHDAY JK!  Today’s swim is all about the funny,...

According to our friends at the BOM we are expecting significant storm activity this afternoon so it was fitting that the old adage of Red in Morning – Sailor take warning was probably right. It was a warm morning on the beach with a 2-3 ft northeast swell and a light and warm 5-10 knot...

          Bloggers Needed! Like to try your hand at amateur journalism ?  Please join the blogging team as we have vacancies on every other Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.  Help keep the B&B journal alive by helping periodically.  All training will be provided and it doesn’t have to take up much time. ...

Yipee ….a Sunday swim in Autumn and a celebration of all those good sort who swam some incredible lengths over Summer. A whopping 125 people qualified over summer for the 6km badge and 41 for the 10km. Well done to all of you! We headed to Royal Far West to congratulate them all. Lovely smiley...

Today is Harmony Day.  It’s a day to remember and celebrate the diversity of our nation.  A day to respect and acknowledge our First People.  A day to value the individual cultural contributions of all who call Australia home.  We own a shared history, together.   I would like to share a couple of poems with...

 I can’t contain my excitement at seeing this beautiful Hawksbill Turtle swim from under it’s rock shelter, to the surface in Cabbage Tree Bay yesterday, so am starting off my fill-in blog for Bernard with him! So many wondrous creatures lurk above and below the surface of our favourite swimming spot…   There’s a link...

Great morning at the Bold and Beautiful. Can you believe the water is still 22.2 degrees? It really was classico conditions…   Scotty and I live parallel lives. We got married within a few weeks of each other, had our first kid within 6 weeks of each other, bought houses within a few weeks of...

  Life is what you make it ! ! !   I could have stayed in bed, but I made the effort ! Boy I’m  glad I did !   Not saying it was easy, but worth the effort ! This all happened before 8am     Lutz’s last Booty Camp for a while ! Goodbye...

St Patricks Day today, great to get the exercise in early so that we all have a “deposit in our exercise bank accounts” before the yearly Black Beer festival for a day. Even the water was St Pats green,  the baby stingrays were camouflaged green today.   John has some green goggles for St Patricks...

I met Claire last year when I  wrote a blog, titled, “Where’s Drinky when I need him?..”  about  Claire the mother of Drinky’s baby Maguire     Claire is a great swimmer who requested a “mascara” shot   Here is her Facebook shot   She’s moving her  “Thomas the Tank Engine” business t0 Hong Kong  ...