Today we heard the news that the southern area of the northern beaches, everywhere south of the bridge at Narrabeen, can now have more relaxed restrictions. Life makes a small step in returning to normal, and I’ll be looking forward to sitting at a cafe instead of drinking cappucino on the run. Conditions were lovely...

Lockdown continues. Let’s see what tomorrow brings Swimming goes on here and there. I am swimming at Balmoral occasionally but also at the local Lane Cove pool. For the blog Anne takes such beautiful sea life photos. That subject matter is not available at Lane Cove pool or so far as I can see at...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you for the past year of swimming at different times of the day and maintaining 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! *SSDD = Same Scene, Different Dialog Wishing you...

Photo of Lauren taken Sunday over Bower rocks! Even with Covid restrictions we must admit we’ve still had a fantastic year of swimming in Cabbage Tree Bay! We’ve had more Turtles and Grey Nurse sightings than ever before. By staggering our swim times and breaking into smaller groups new friendships have formed. We now have...

Quite muggy this morning, a change from yesterday’s sunshine – it seems the weather person is getting it right. Shaun and Veena – Veena said there was so much seaweed in the shallows that she struggled to get her flippers off. Note to self, there seems to be less weed at the flags. Speaking of...

5:47am   Weed   Jo & Ali, like me, prefer to swim early to avoid the crowds.   I also swam across the bumpy bay with Trish & Greg. Brad & Sterling arrived early enough to get their caffeine hit before swimming.   Patrick was grateful to be back after 14 days ISO. Girls, boards...

Beautiful Sunday. But unfortunately not that beautiful on the Covid front. Looks are deceiving and we have reverted to the stay-at-home Covid regulations. Thankfully we can still exercise. There would have many changed plans for Christmas. Now it looks like there may be plenty for New Year. While many of us on the Northern Beaches...

I wanted to swim early today but didn’t know anyone at Manly going early, so i joined my masters squad friends at Freshwater and swam towards Manly. A little bit grey and cloudy with some sprinkles of rain but nothing too harsh. Some waves were present for sure, and a bit of swell and movement,...

Merry Christmas wherever you are during this lockdown I went to Balmoral for a swim before the tumble of Christmas Day. I encountered a lot of parking spaces and swimmers. I am grateful for Roger’s blog yesterday as he updated us on what is happening at South Steyne. It is lockdown arrangements for the present...

  CONDITIONS Serene and flat … beautiful sunrise.  Soft, smooth waves.  Romantic. Surprisingly, I could see the bottom all along garden route.  More signs of oceanic fish, after the heavy rains. (Upwellings?)  Visibility still stuck at 70%. Air           19º Water      20º Vis:         70% Feel:       Serene Fish:        Lots Light:       Solstice was yesterday.                 (Today...