After a few hair raising days of wind, rips, rain and swell it was great to return to calmer conditions and see the sun make an appearance briefly this morning! This person was enjoying the serenity and contemplating the water clarity. If you didn’t quite make it in, the water was beautifully clear going out...

The surfers are cheering because they are finally seeing some waves, but for the B&B crew there is a lot of “to swim or not to swim” taking place.  As I swam this morning alongside Tony and the crew, I was thinking “hmmm what can I write about in today’s blog”... considering that there was...

We lead with our thoughts, ‘we think therefore we are’. We like to believe that our conscious portion, that bit that floats above and looks out across the water, is the greater part of who we are. After all, it remembers us from the past, it imagines us into the future, and discerns the direction...

It’s wet It’s windy It’s grey It’s Sunday But hang on  – what’s this? Ugg boots at the end of October. Those who ventured out into the cold breeze were treated to a fantastic swim.   So if life gives you lemons, what do you do? Above: Suzie and Shanny can hear ocean music in...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you for swimming at different times of the day and please, please continue to maintain 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! It just started to rain as...

Approximately 2,789.34 swimmers were at the beach today and the buzz was all about the sharks. The people came to see the laboradors of the sea, the grey nurse sharks. Also, it is a lovely day and the water is hot hot hot – 19.3 – almost too hot! in amongst all the swimmers and...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.  Thank you for swimming at different times of the day and please, please continue to maintain 1.5m distance – even in blog photos! SSDD = Same Sea, Different Day...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.       With all the chat about the Great White, today turned out to be quite spectacular on...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. Above the calm and quiet of the ocean and rain showers on a misty morning  there was the buzz...

Birds@5:50am. BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY MEETING DUE TO THE CONTINUED RISK OF COVID-19. IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE. THANK YOU FOR SWIMMING AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. I swam to North Steyne @6am with these guys. Bonus of catching a few waves near The pipe....