Over 48 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. 8 swimmers for Bolderdash. An interesting morning transpired as we swam up to Queenscliff for Bolderdash, with 6 of us waiting for the remaining two wondering if they had got out due to bluies, then Jan and Gaetan appeared covered in blue bottle stings, they had swum right into...

Over 81 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. A bit of a wave and a rip to help us get out, then a lovely relaxing swim in warm clear water over to Shelly as we saw Wobbegongs, Port Jacksons and Flatheads. The ‘boldly beautiful’ to quote a ladies travel blog of her B&B experience, swam back to...

Over 83 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. The regular swim was led by John Bond and Jenny Knapman, thanks guys, and guess what….. THEY SAW A TURTLE !  How cool is that 🙂  I’ve been swimming this area close on every day for over 6 years and I have only ever seen a turtle at North...

Over 93 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. 17 Swimmers for Bolderdash, although we turned a little early to make sure we were all back for the camera – thanks guys ! Simon from the Manly Daily came down and did a great photo shoot of the B&B this morning. A selection of the photos are already...

Over 37 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. It’s as if everyone has a hangover today or something… Manly is just sooo quiet this morning, it must be after all the Australia Day activities and for us B&Bers ‘after drop’ from all the excitement of yesterday’s magnificent get together and swim. The water was warm, clear and...

Over 600 Bold & Beautiful swimmers proudly came together to  swim for Australia Day.  What an absolutely amazing morning, we really do live in the most wonderful community, with everyone turning out to celebrate Australia Day together in true Australian spirit. Greg McDonagh played the trumpet as we all chorused ‘Advance Australia Fair’ before entering...

Over 56 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. Lovely swim this morning although there was a strong rip off the point as we were coming back in. We’re looking on track for our big turnout for our Australia Day swim tomorrow, which is our regular Manly – Shelly beach and back swim at 7am. If all the...

Over 52 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. 14 people for Bolderdash, however only 8 swam and 6 walked as we were sure there would be bluies A lot of movement with very messy water and a strong rip off the point. No blue bottles which was a good bonus but Bruce (featured still in shock) and...

Over 70 Bold & Beautiful swimmers. Stunning conditions with great viz, in fact it’s the clearest it’s been for a long time 🙂 Another 6 new swimmers today including Jeffery from New York, welcome guys. How great are we ! A fantastic informal group of friends all swimming together at our own risk, spreading the...