This morning got off to a slow start. After a crazy week at work, and an eventful Saturday night at the Skiffy watching the rugby (go England!!), I wasn’t too happy to hear my alarm go off. My mood changed though when I got down to the beach, which looked just stunning:      ...

Contributions were made from James Frawley and Elaine de Jager, thanks for the photos peeps. Today’s swim was eventful to say the least. Surf was up and the crowds were growing. The choice was there for people to enter via the surf at manly, halfway at high tide with a surf, or the bouncing waves...

The temperature was 19.5 today in celebration for the birthday of wonderful Richard Lacey’s birthday. The conditions were calm and there was a lovely vibe in the morning. Hope it is a great day. Happy birthday Richard       But wait! there was more Joe is getting married today and started off this beautiful...

What a week its been with warmer waters, whales, grey nurses and fevers of rays but today everyone was asking “where’s Shaun?” You see lower middle management hadn’t met their KPIs and so with Ian away and John busy with seminars this week, top management needed some woman power to crank things up for our...

Well it was Izzy’s birthday today and the water warmed up to 19 degrees as a b’day treat. Photo above from last year as I missed Izzy in the water this morning but hear she did get in!  Stunning sunrise above Shelly Beach at 6.03am and the air temp had warmed up to around 16...

  Ian and JK have been usurped by a new solo management team. Our great leader Comrade Deanna today single-handedly raised the water temp to a toasty 18.4     The crowd were unanimously very happy with the appointment of our Dear Leader     Also brought to the ocean by Our Excellency were some...

Sophie & Fiona Pre-dawn at the point. Bootie balancing.   Sarah guesses there were 190++ swimmers. Michael. Bernard. 7am. Boys on the wall. I like Brents coffee cup camera. Fiona Jill & Jo. Sun deck flagged for repairs. Tim welcomed Sarah home to Manly. Have a great week ahead Simon The Monthly Dinner – 12th November 2019–...

This morning after the swim I’m doing the brain cancer charity walk from Shelly Beach to Curl Curl, so as I’m super-organised and a little short on time I prepared most of this blog yesterday :). Also, I took some great close-up photos of a wobbegong this morning but just discovered that the memory card...

Today I swam early and got a glimpse of what the club area looks like before the crowds arrive. Same with the bay, not a bad experience.  I bet this is what it was like in the early days of the Bold and Beautiful. Sunrise walk to Manly Beach. Lots of fun down outside the...

The media is awash with stories of the benefits of swimming in cold water and of people aiming for their goals in swimming the English Channel or the North Channel or reaching their own PB to Shelly The Bold and Beautiful has its own slice of all of this paradise and benefits on this sunny...