Good morning Manly     Dorset and JK   Roz, Michele, Annie and Martin all smiles   7am and heading down the ramp   Peter, John and Ian and their beanies   JK and Dorset     Keeping warm     Water temp : 16.9 deg C Newbies : none Swimmers : 160 Penny >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...

6:30 Crew catching the start of the day 6:30 Crew caught on camera this morning Not sure where the fish went in this photo Poser… 7 am crew pushing past the cold water this morning as they enter! Did anyone else get brain freeze for their first few strokes? Nice calm waters today made for...

Clair’s ballet.     6:05 Crew welcome back Peter (3rd from the right).       Fifi’s camera says 14.5 degrees.     New flag design?     Pre-swim birthday candle-light beach picnic for Ivana (left).     Masters training for Coolangatta Gold.     6:15am.     Beach lights@6:22am.   Simon standing in for...

15.4 degrees! So we figured out this morning that wetsuit wearers are shocked by the low temperatures .. see pic.. Whereas non-wet suit wearers couldn’t care less… Lots photos being taken of the temperature… it’s was a big deal AND IT WAS COLD!!! my legs were numb walking in… but the point it was ‘warmer’.....

We’re in the depth of the Sydney winter (which isn’t that bad really) but still we respond to the call of the sea. A good sized crowd swam today   Water temperature was quite a shock to some   While others did not appear perturbed   This is taking calm to the next level  ...

Well it is winter after all but I was all agog that the number 6 appeared in the temperature – it was 16.9 today. While not a comparable activity that I swam in 16.9, I note that Brianna Thompson of Brisbane yesterday completed a double crossing of the English Channel in 16 degree water. She...

A cool morning warmed up by people, you could say we are sharing feeling and learnings, so we are both better off. Learning a bit more about the ocean conditions, feeling cared for or even just accepted. In theory it’s called collaboration where the relationship is the #1 issue and everything else comes second. It’s...

It’s not every day you see a frenzy of grey nurse rockin’ it at The Steyne but on this very special night of the B &B Xmas in July, on the first week anniversary to the day of ‘the unmentionable event’ they were spotted moving in sync and offering an olive branch to us swimmers!...

  Limbering up     Pondering     Pre photo prep     “Lets do something silly”     The first touch     Midway     No leakage before the ‘let’s go’ in the 6.30 group     Finito     6:30 is the new 5:30 at the moment for a few people, including...

The prevalence of ‘Did you bump into anything this morning’ comments days after the unfortunate mistaken identity incident of the sharky kind, is quite informative. At one level it’s a humorous off-hand comment, at another it indicates our current propensity to latch onto an event that can only be defined an outlier, an exceedingly rare...