Anticipation is enjoyable on its own quite separately from the event that one is anticipating, I think. Whatever your persuasion, I imagine it is hard not to get carried away with the anticipation of Freedom Day on Monday 11 October 2021. So I wonder what some swimmers are thinking about doing on Freedom Day. I...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). Thank you for continuing to follow public health advice at all times to protect yourself and your community. *SSDD = Same Sea, Different Day Water temp – Manly:  ?? Water temp – Balmoral: 17.3

Morning from Heathrow and apologies for the late blog but packing up got in the way like a large jimble kiss. Since  my last blog I have had another swim/ swoosh  in the Wey with my neighbour Leigh. Manus was busy.  Allegedly. This time the autumnal chill had seeped in. We estimated about 15C. That’s...

There wasn’t a lot to see today. Viz was poor and patchy. You can always rely on the Mullet though! Peta swims through them in pic above. This morning the water temp had gone down a degree from yesterday to 16.7 so when asked about the swim quite a few swimmers replied ‘Cold!’ They also...

Clouds before sunrise.   Have you ever seen this?   Pirate & Suzie   Unusually Drinks swam with the Express on a Monday public holiday. My buddies posed in front of Guy’s art. This shot makes me think of underwater & one of our favourite swimmers. Kendelle has been very busy over the pandemic fighting...

Spring is doing its thing today, and the first day of daylight saving started quite nicely with warm sunshine and a sparkly ocean surface. More optimism is in the air too, with reduced COVID restrictions so close we can almost touch them.     And the NRL grand final is ON!!!!! (Don’t make a liar...

Just when you get into the routine someone decides to change the opening hours of the great marine show. That’s right – this is the last day of regular sunlight before someone takes those early light hours and adds them to the end of the day or something like that. Well this is  the last...

      Rusty and Caroline’s Pitch report What a sunrise! It’s getting harder to catch at 5.32am. Then the sun went back to bed. Calmer conditions, some nice waves around. 17.5C warming. Viz improving. Caught a PJ sneaking out of his hole. Reports of 1 jimble in the middle. Chatted to The Crash Test...

What’s up?  I will tell you what’s up Bugs…I am one excited little blogger today. My favourite NRL team “The South Sydney Rabbitohs” are vying for league’s best prize in the grand final this weekend against the Penrith Panthers. Now, I wasn’t sure if writing about the NRL grand final in a Manly swim blog...