BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)   Can you believe we are only 6 months into the year that is 2020 today?!? It’s the start of July but for some also the first day of the new fiscal...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) June 30. So there you have  it – the first half of the year. Gone. So what is on your mind when you swim? Sometimes I swims and thinks, sometimes I just...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STAYING INSIDE AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)       Air: 12º Water: 17.2º (In the bay) Waves: Flat Sun: Fully out by 8.30 Wind: Negligable Vis: 80%   Below: Our backups for the comp  ...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND STAYING INSIDE AS MUCH AS IS POSSIBLE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). I must be getting soft in my old age, I find it harder to stay in longer during winter and I”m so cold afterwards I drop my cup of...

The group is not operating but people who like to swim still go to Manly and enjoy the conditions. With few variables, the beach manages to make very different conditions each day – air temperature, water temperature, wind, swell etc. Today was sunny but the air was chilly; the water was warmer than the air...

The big debate in winter is whether to wear a wetsuit…. this morning I asked the crew and here’s what they said. It seems more men recommend wetsuits and more women don’t… does that mean us blokes need to toughen up? Click on Lesley below to make up your mind… to rubber up or not?...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING. (COVID-19)   “Are you looking at me”? This fish must be called Robert. If you don’t understand what I mean, just ask Janet.   The bay was awash with magical images today of sun speckled and still waters, azure skies, inquisitive...

  Golden glows this morning…A chill in the air but calm, clear water which was around 17 degrees but warmer as you swam out… Leanne and Megan went for an early swim. This is JK before he saw ‘the MASSIVE wobbegong at the point’. 6.47am. Sue goes out for her double. Ali and Jo come...

This morning we had a preemptive celebration of Ian’s 2,000km while observing strict social distancing for the arch. The first photo is Ian in photographer mode towards the end of his swim with the kilometres completed. That’s a lot of swimming, Ian, congratulations.   Ever the blog tart, here’s Belinda shaking her booty as Clare...

BOLD & BEAUTIFUL IS NOT CURRENTLY RUNNING DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING. (COVID-19) The weatherperson on TV said there would be a cold snap today so I thought it might not be a great day to swim but it was FABULOUS. The temperature in the water was lovely. It was clear. There was...