This morning, air temp 15.2 while the water was a balmy 20.8. The Men Of The Sea – mythical creatures who live on land and sea, otherwise known as Murray, Ravi & Brent were pumped for a 6:30 start.   Ange and Andy, a formidable couple were also eager to hit the water. Meanwhile, John,...

Ian and Pauline are back! Hope you had a wonderful holiday. I didn’t see Pauline today but here is Ian looking refreshed and Annie looking gorgeous. Annie is getting married later today – congrats, hope everything went well This is a blog of few words. The blog product was down this afternoon and I posted...

I recall a campaign from my youth called Life. Be in it. which featured an animated guy called Norm who got up from in front of the Tv and undertook some activity. It was a public health campaign to encourage movement. It was really effective. We need it again. After the 1950s Olympics in Victoria,...

What a glorious morning down at Manly Beach this morning for our regular swim.  With school holidays it was a great opportunity to spend time with our wonderful friends and family.  We all have different ways to relax and enter the water at Bold and Beautiful. The sunrise was just gorgeous for the 6.30 swimmers....

  Good morning and happy Wednesday! For those of you who have been looking around for Wendy’s lacey thong, she found her ‘Flip Flop’ today hung up in the changing rooms! The first morning in a while when the air temp has been below 20 degrees. I’ve just loved this long Summer, but today we’re...

A zephyr of 3k’s met us this morning as we raced for the 6:30 start. A small 1 metre swell and 19 degree’s of crispness in the water made for a refreshing kick off. The rest of the week will see the South easter build and the swell will likely double by Thursday. For more...

Zoom Zoom 6:20am.             6:30am.       7:02am.   Guess who?   Zoom from Shelley.   Stats: water temp: a cold 20.1, swimmers 200+, newbies a few. Have a great week ahead Simon   ========================================= The host of the hit ABC series War On Waste,Craig Reucassel, is back filming the...

I don’t know about you, but I reckon it’s been a relief to actually need blankets or a doona instead of sweating under a sheet in the middle of April. While warm mornings are lovely the crisp morning air has been quite welcome I feel – what we expect of a Sydney Autumn. I arrived...

Its another regular Saturday with a beautiful sunrise , plenty of swimmers ( some old some new) and a relatively calm bay compared to the last week.   There were 23  new swimmers today, here is Theresa with her beautiful baby. Hubby babysat while she did her first venture in the bay. Hopefully she’ll be...

It is Friday the 13th and you all know what that means. Yes, lots and lots of emails from websites that you have shopped at or almost shopped at sending you BIG ADS to shop a lot because it is black Friday. I feel so vulnerable because the ads keep coming even though I unsubscribe....