It was a dark Tuesday morning and we had a smaller group of swimmers than usual. The water was a warm 23.1 and it was a lovely swim.       Kieren and Peter at Shelly. A smaller group today at Shelly Ian arriving back at  Manly after a nice swim.       Key Stats:...

  BabeWatch Murray asked me to thank everyone who supported their charity yesterday, they have so far raised over $4000+ for Batyr to empower young people to talk about mental health struggles. Here is the link if you’d like to make a donation: https://swim.gofundraise.com.au/page/MurrayColderick   5:41am met Richard before his run + his 6am Boulderdash and...

  They came They swam     They left They were happy 6:30 – the start of the BabeWatch fundraiser.   Stats: Swimmers: 378 Newbies: lots Temp 22.8     Manly Art Gallery Society  Libby said come and meet the movie star artists: Support your local community – presents BRILLIANT ARTISTS Film Series 2018 – 4 brilliant...

I don’t often walk to Shelly Beach, I’m usually more comfortable in the water, however decent size waves and a sore neck necessitated walking today.   What a blessing-  I can see why people travel great distances to enjoy this coastal walk. The art work along the way is hard to appreciate when you are...

When I got in this morning to the beautiful sea, and some rogue waves rolled in knocking me off balance,  I thought the sea was being mischievous – and we often give the sea human characteristics. It was warm and clean today. Look at the great people who swam     Fiona showing the outcome...

While every day feels like International Women’s Day at Bold & Beautiful, March 8 is officially recognised as IWD across the globe. While keen B&B IWD enthusiasts know the first recognition of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Woman’s Conference to...

Here are some of the Babewatch crew. They really are a great group of young people. If you know of anyone who could benefit by coming along and swimming with them (and us), let them know they will be welcomed. Murray suffered from social anxiety so crippling he felt lonely and isolated and sometimes barely...

Twas a morning for only the hardy. The rain overnight and whistling wind were enough warning that it would be easy in the carpark this morning. While we have seen worse, my guess was about 90 players on the tiles with a balmy 21 degrees in water that was trying hard to clear with the...

It’s easy to forget that there actually are no ‘things’. We could blame linguistics, materialism’s hijacking of scientific investigation or any other aspect of culture for the constant thing-a-fying of our world. Or, maybe it’s just because you’re simply not paying enough attention. The mind likes to take a snapshot of a process and turn...

 One person’s trash is another person’s treasure  Nothing could be truer this morning. The Manly Surf Pro goes into its final day today with pretty well no waves. For us, slight offshore breeze, flat, no bluebottles, an absolute treasure. David, on his bike. No way was he going to miss this morning.   Rebecca and...