Sunday morning and we were greeted with a very grey murky morning and two prominent signs.     The reason. Yesterday at around 10 AM a great white shark attacked and killed a seal at Queenscliff. 07:01 and JK still in discussion on whether we hit the water or not. Sue doing her best seal...

This morning saw swimmers rugged up, the conversations largely focused on rubber (OK neoprene) and the importance (or not) of the www badge. 280 of us (including 2 newbies) who ventured to South Steyne were assaulted by air temps of a brisk 12 degrees or so but were soon soothed by water temps of 19.5...

91 days to Spring     Outside Temp: 13.5º (Strong and icy overnight winds defoliated plenty of trees) Water:  18.4º (Positively tropical) TIPS                                 Stats: Swimmers: 250 Newbies: Three ——————– WINTER BADGES The Winter swimming season is finally here! Although...

We love winter swimming and as if the ocean knows we are about to start working hard on our winter badges the water temperature has dropped below 18 degrees, this morning was a chilly 17.5.  There’s still plenty of brave souls not slipping into a wetsuit, but for a large portion of the team its...

We don’t get to see this bunch of gorgeous women on the blog very often…They start their swim at 6am every morning, rain, hail or shine. Here they are, Midge, Nan, Mel, Jo and Trish in the ladies changing rooms at 6.40am. They head out in the dark with head lights glowing without wetsuits, the...

It was a little smokey today, but didn’t stop us enjoying a beautiful Autumn morning in the ocean. John & Craig over at Shelly beach. On our way out at 7am. Great sunrise today. Peter and Ian getting ready with the sun reflecting on their shoulders. A couple of happy 630am ladies on their way...

Complex natural systems evolve and express their potential by stabilising from chaos to order. It’s through important qualities such as coherence and integrity that they are able to do so. A lack of these stabilising qualities causes a gradual slide into chaos, or the development of malevolent rigidity. Neither is healthy, for our body, our...

Incredible sky and smell of bush fires… and that’s about all I can be bothered to say today 🙂     ??                 At a loss for photo ideas I gave my camera to the kids …       But what I will say is… Laughter session...

The surf report on 702 for today mentioned dangerous Southerly swells, with a recommendation to boaties to stay away from open waters. How would this impact us swimmers?   The clean, long-period Southerly lines were definitely in evidence at Queenscliff and North Steyne and the Bower, but at South Steyne and in the Bay we...

the water temp today was 18.8 and the air was 17. warmer than the 10 from last week. Science. But somehow it did not feel that warm. once in though it was just lovely. Look At these swimmers who have rugged up so that they do not miss the swim Here is a swimmer that...