79 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. What a beautiful morning ! Loads and loads of fish… and the viz was great, we saw 21 healthy dusky whalers on the way over, some of which were very close to Shelly Beach, infact so close we were hoping they would move so we could stand up !...

That’s better… 60 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. Amazing what a little bit of sun does! Seriously beautiful conditions; great skies and lovely flat, clear, warm water shared with 21 dusky whalers and a giant cuttlefish 🙂 The best part of the morning… there were 20 guys and me, the solo happy female, at breakfast...

17 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers, including one new swimmer from Thirroul, welcome Lawrence 🙂 So where were all of yesterday’s stalwarts ??? I think they must have been resting on their lorals… Well that’s all but Michael Christie, Iain McGregor and myself who heroically backed up again today. Thankfully we had a new bunch...

20 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers and 18 people at breakfast, not all who swam I might add… 🙂 Well it really was the stalwart contingent this morning. What with the talk of 6 metre waves, hazardous swimming conditions according to the radio, a monster wind and rain everyone stayed in bed… But, the swim...

59 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. What a magnificent morning ! A stunning sunrise with perfectly flat water. We had a camera this morning but no baby port jackson 🙁 Michelle Harris said she saw the largest blue grouper ever, it was about a metre long and fat. Michelle said she was glad it was...

28 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. A dark and windy start with washing machine like conditions, but oh my gosh it was one of those swims you’ll kick yourself if you missed it… Vicki Harbutt is very grateful that Michael Christie chased her up the beach and dragged her back in, in a friendly and...

78 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. Beautiful flat warm water for a great swim today, the water was a little dusty but you could still see the dusky whalers through the haze 🙂 ‘The Coulters’ swam close to shore to collect data for the blog and as they got closer to Shelly they got whisked...

110 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. Fantastic turnout this morning for a wonderful swim. A little murky but we did see two flatheads, a couple of big blue groupers, a massive school of whiting off at Manly and a beautiful numbfish off Shelly 🙂 Great photo with a fisheye lens from James Goins, thanks James !...

65 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. Beautiful swim, as usual… Now how about this for commitment – John Masters on crutches with his broken leg in plaster (and not a waterproof one) came for a swim. John wrapped his cast in a waterproof bag and because it was full of air it floated ! Very...

57 ‘ticked’ Bold & Beautiful swimmers. A tiny wave in our corner as we set off and a little chop as we swam across the ditch… There were 8 dusky whalers out to play close to Shelly 🙂 Stephen Coulter say’s it’s currently 130 strokes from Shelly Beach to the sunshine. This is a changing...