The final swim of the Summer Badge Series was meant to be last weekend, but conditions were rather ordinary, so it was pushed out a week.  This is what greeted swimmers this morning – hello Autumn! Note the pond-like conditions and lack of wind – you’ll have to take my word on the latter.   ...

It was a hard start because it was so FABULOUS in the water today, I could hardly bring myself to get out!!! Great water temp, calm surface, a lovely day, lots and lots of fish.  Here are a couple of clever young women who know that to have a great start to the day, you...

Fun and shenanigans at Shelly beach with Lesbubbs photobombing my group shot! A great start to Autumn swimming today with… calmer seas, no stingers and some interesting marine life sightings. Around 250 of us and 5 newbies jumped in for some vitamin sea today! Very busy in our little corner with Babewatch Booty Camping and...

To swim or not to swim?  That was the question this morning as varying reports about blue bottles came in from early swimmers – some people had been stung, others hadn’t seen anything untoward.   Above: 7 o’clockers making their way to the point. There was much consternation amongst those getting ready for the 7...

What a lovely swim for us today. A beautiful sunrise as well.   Our Tuesday Yogi’s are “hard at it”   This is Lainey and her beautiful Mother Ann, who is celebrating 80 years young today! Happy Birthday from all of us at B & B Ann.   Even the view at Blue Water was...

I was lucky enough to swim with the 6:10am crew, hightide warm waterered bumpy swim with some great body surfing waves on the return journey.     Some of Fifi’s Pre-dawn shots. Only 4 swimmers with the 6:30 crew followed by the launching of the JetSki.     Welcome back Sarah and Jon who’ll be...

The wind had swung around to the South, the blueys had been blown back out to sea and there was a beautiful even swell rolling in.   A blissful start to the day. Matt and Pia   Carol and Inge both eager to hit the water. Caitlin and Tim Nick and his much younger sister, Anna....

Good morning and happy weekend, dear reader. This (gorgeous) morning I arrived just in time to follow the 6:30 starters down to the water, and on the way met up with the ever photogenic Michele and Martin     This pooch was waiting patiently for its human   Down on the shoreline I took a...

Some of BB live in Manly and some of us travel. For all of us, the destination is swimming at Manly and Shelly. Lots of water moving about today and warnings of blue bottles so many swimmers went north. But with so many waves, they had to get to the horizon to swim safely behind...

This morning we were faced with the stark realisation that winter is just around the corner – with the water a little nippy to get in but then after a few strokes around in the bay and it was back to the warm summer temperatures. Along the high tide mark there were plenty of bluebottle...