Up with the birds   Winter surfers   Bed or Beach the winter quandary, the never ending “will I or won’t I?”. The blog drove me from the warm sheets to the cool sand, to greet a gorgeous winter morning. A few less people than average, swimmers and surfers,  some meditating some sand running. Subtle...

A winter swim. Clear water. Temperature falling. The swimmers arrived today in large numbers (swimming individually at a time of their choosing) to swim under a clear winter sky. Taking off warm clothes and revealing swimmers underneath or wrangling into the wetsuit. Swimmers have their locations and swim times. They have their preferred goggles. Some...

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In the Dolphin Blog today, they noted that they swam with Cheryl White today and with Simon, Danny, Julie and others on the long weekend. I just don’t know if they have any photos. We have photos of some of the beautifully bold people who swam today   Even if the Dolphins blog won’t have...

I’m covering for Jocelyn, and phone battery dying , so it’s a quickie today , temp 17.7, felt cooler but it doesn’t get any better , weekend not looking so perfect     Enjoy the week, edwina

I had my arm twisted to become a blogger but with all the help that was offered I didn’t need to take a single photo! Thanks Di, Rosemary, Lainey and Jac.   It was another beautiful morning in the bay. No reports of anything stingy from the early swimmers but a couple of light stings...

Future Queen@Manly Past Queen   Happy O birthday Queen Midge   White Queens Attracta & Izzy Queens Susie & Meg   Danny Roberto & I swam with Queen Jane.   I met Queen Barb’s fella.   Birthday Queens   Dave flanked by Queen’s Mel and Trish Speedster Queen Trish can give Simon and Matt a...

What a day. The water was 17.1 which is a bit higher than the 17.0 degrees yesterday but it felt a bit colder. Tell me where I can record my feeling of the temperature to be consumed along with the thermometer reading. There was so much in the swim to reward swimmers today. Daniel Julie...

Winter is cuttlefish season, so without further ado….. Up on the walkway I encountered some amusing weekend ultraviolence   As well as calmer pursuits Film crew – it seems we are global megatarts Conversations   Elizabeth and Bernhard post swim Last week I was on Heron Island (hence the relatively few people in this blog...

    Alright stop, collaborate and listen. Ice is back with my brand new invention. Centuries of neutrality by the Swiss has developed thick skins and thick skulls. Traits that were in high demand this morning as the temperature plunged to 5 degrees overnight.   Something grabs a hold of me tightly. Flow like a...