I know this could be off-putting! And I bet some of you lay in bed thinking ‘NOONE would turn up in this weather, I’m staying in bed”! But we did! All 85 of us! As you can see we weren’t the only ones in there! Rainer Lips Noack – took the temperature. German Engineering at...

The eloquent Eleanor Roosevelt is quoted as saying, “Do one thing everyday that scares you.” Well, with sun rise at 6.59am, air temperature of 8 degrees and water temperature 18 degrees, there were 114 B&B swimmers prepared to shrug off the comfort zone and challenge themselves. The beauty of the sunrise can distract you for...

75 Bold & Beautiful swimmers saw Dolphins today, did you? I’m sure they will be here again tomorrow, so get down to Manly at 7am!   The ocean wasnt sure this morning, generally flat but with a few sneaky waves in between Some were ready for an arctic expedition! Me and Snorkles were simply keeping...

Winter’s here, the weather and water are fantastic, we’re having a ball! It’s fun mixing and matching, Ugg’s & polka dot bikinis – anything goes.   Venturing out the golden ball of sunshine about to clear the horizon – life’s a ball. Mother and daughter chilling together – what a ball… Ester Williams died last...

I’m too sexy for my shirt too sexy for my shirt So sexy it hurts…   And I’m too sexy for Milan too sexy for Milan New York and Japan And I’m too sexy for your party Too sexy for your party No way I’m disco dancing I’m a model you know what I mean...

This is winter in Australia. Many of our swimmers, including myself, hail from other corners of the world, and let me just tell ya’ll, today is like a rather lovely Swedish summer’s day. 177 of us turned up to take part in our daily ritual, which was executed in water holding 18.8 degrees. We had...

123 Bold and Beautiful swimmers in Winter on a week day is just brilliant! And why wouldn’t you swim at this time of year, with the beautiful conditions continuing! Starting off the blog with my favourite photo this week of us all swimming off from The Point. Doesn’t it look dramatic? Isn’t this the most...

Another BEAUTIFUL AMAZING morning! Billy has his showering technique down pat!    It’s getting colderrrrrrrrrrrrr Wonderful sunrise…. BnB Funny Moments Snorkels (right) saw Rainer aka Lips stuffing something in his budgies – she came to have a look as I was aiming my camera and my camera smacked her on the nose! (Lips grabbed my...

  Welcome to Sighday.  The frenetic energy of the weekend has dissipated; the Monday blues are so yesterday; Tuesday is the day to breathe deeply and soak in the remarkable molten gold of today’s sunrise. Don’t know if it is the badge or the addiction of winter swimming, but there were 101 swimmers throwing themselves...

260 Bold & Beautiful swimmers took the day off just to swim with the Monday blogger today. Apparently it was also some old bird called Lizzie’s birthday too.     Emer and Evonne were celebrating too, Day 1 of Melbourne Marathon training for October…good luck girls! Superfit Sarah is in training too, for the world...