Everything about the swim today was a bit chilled out and relaxed. 73 Bold & Beautiful swimmers will agree Im sure….this morning it was all nice and calm. I only realised later on that it was due to the amount of weed. (I mean seaweed, obviously) This board paddler was trying to figure out how to get...

OK, It’s a quick short blog im afraid. It wasn’t raining, the waves were small and the ocean didn’t smell of run off – all positive points. I assumed it would be a pleasant to enjoyable swim. Wrong… Everyone set off in brave B&B fashion unaware of the army that awaited around the corner. It...

Happy Saturday everyone! Good morning Manly! Everyone is up and about this morning… These are the mornings we dream about…The sun was up at 6:24am and it only got down to 21.6c last night. 243 of us (inc 23 new swimmers) thought it was time to start living the dream!   There was the usual...

As Anna the Super Friday Blogger is away today – I am doing a really quick fill in for her! Weather wise it was a lovely start to the day – out in the water however… was choppy and churny – not that it stopped us though! The water was warm and our jelly friends...

132 Bold and Beautiful swimmers showed up today…Who needs Borat, Hugh Jackman, Pink etc when you’ve got this gorgeous lot to swim with! Thursday has been my Blog Day for the last 10 weeks and I’ve always been lucky and copped a clear, warm and sunnyish day. Today was no exception. It was so worth...

Yes… not long now and it will be perfect again! See it only takes a week to sort itself out! Although, I did notice the fish are feeling very exposed from their lack of seaweed to hide behind…the rocks are looking very bare!  So look how fab it is!!! Are you ‘board’? Swim with BnB...

There was a sense of calm across the bay this morning.  Gone are the crashing waves, the mountains of seaweed, the rain and the over abundance of celebs! Today it was all about the swim as 118 B&B’s gathered for the daily dip.  While not exactly sunny, the buzz of the welcoming chatter is comforting...

We were told to be at Shelly at 7.17am this morning. Camera crew was waiting for all 95 Bold and Beautiful swimmers. This could only mean one thing, Borat has come to Australia and is filming his new film about life in Australia and in particular Manly. Here he is after doing a boulderdash with...

OK It’s a LONG blog with lots of photos. I pity those who view this on their phone. Your bandwith is dead. In April 1789, a catastrophic chicken pox epidemic spread through Sydney and surrounding areas with the result that local Aborigines died in their thousands, and bodies could often be seen bobbing in the...

You can have your sunrises, your cafe lattes, fancy Western Australia beaches and sleep ins but at the end of the day people you’re just kidding yourselves… THIS…. is what we are about! It’s about RAIN and WIND and SEAWEED… It’s about the STREETS being CUT OFF and NO PARKING because of some fun run.....