As we slip into week 7 of winter, 44 swimmers have already qualified for the Winter Badge and a remarkable 689 are on target! Whether it was to edge closer to that badge or perhaps a milestone on the Pacific Challenge, today, 100 hardy B&B swimmers notched up another swim.   Including one Newbie!!  Welcome to...

Neither the vicious effects of man flu, nor the evil plans of Girl Friday (Not bringing the camera) will stop the hurtling forward momentum of the train wreck that is Monday blog. While the integrity police may be looking for me this morning, I did make it down and thats what counts in life…effort and...

How lucky are we on this seventh day? VERY! Today lets explore the lucky number SEVEN.   Of course, every morning SEVEN am is important to the B&B swimmers. Why? Because that’s the time we get wet! 365 days of the year!     At the moment our lovely sunrises at …….SEVEN.   There are...

171 Beautiful people with exceptional circulation and warm clothes cuddled a lot and hugged bottles of warm water this morning under a clear sky and flat ocean     Paige always showing off with no clothes on…   This is more like it….                        ...

Is it winter or is it summer? The ocean is warm, the morning air as soft as a kitten. I hope you like the metaphor; it took me a while to come up with. Yet another day to be grateful for, to be appreciative of what we have and to let the salty waves wash...

118 Bold and Beautiful swimmers took the plunge today. Some brave and  strong swimmers swam from the beach and most of us from Fairy Bower where there was still a bit of wave action. It was another stunning morning down in Manly. It’s a Thursday, always the most beautiful day of the week weather wise....

A stunning morning!  BUT with a bit of a surprise in store for us… No, not Elaine and her new 500 km badge….. or this guys tattoo..? but some more big waves to deal with! ..all the usual hard core amazing swimmers…ie, the 6.30 crew said it was tough and scary! So we headed off...

There are some words that winter swimmers really don’t want to use – although they may be thinking them.  Cold and freezing are two.  Delightfully they were not on the list for today as the weather and waves were welcoming. Relief embraced us.  Just look at these guys – totally chilled.   Winter swimmers are...

91 Bold & Beautiful swimmers started July off with a picture perfect swim. Now that Jules is on her way back to Perth, we turned off the rain machine, disassembled the wave machine and brought the sun out from its hiding place. Hence it was a little busier than a normal Monday! Guess the bum?...