Tuesday at Manly, lots of activity. Yogi’s, swimmers, walkers, dogs and kids. Beautiful rays of sunshine. Beautiful start to the day.   Yogi’s limbering up     Our beautiful point waiting for the 7am swimmers   Georgina and Buddy, final treats before the swim.   Ian getting ready for his swim.   Lauren and Andrew,...

Spirals appear everywhere in the universe from the double helix of DNA to distant galaxies. Physicists think it’s because the spiral is one of nature’s most energy efficient strategies. This feature of nature is also the reason our swims are so damn cold right now. Prevailing north east winds are causing cold water to spiral...

Hearing rain overnight, I thought it would be a cool start to the day. But several hours later and the sun was making a comeback, although the water temperature wasn’t!   A cool 17.7 greeted swimmers as they arrived….brrrrr!   Coffee before swim, seemed like a good idea   Loved this T-shirt this morning (no...

Manly was already getting busy at 06.30hrs with the set up of the volleyfest.com.au at north steyne, where selections are being made for our Commonwealth team members for next year on the Gold Coast. This man was in charge of setting up today and found me snooping around the outside!   Six newbies apparently, I...

Verdict from the early swimmers was “bloody freezing” not to mention to seaweed, jelly blubbers, wind, bit of waves (“quite bumpy”) and rubbish. However still a good swim overall. Here is Yassar from Honolulu. Honolulu is full of Australians so he probably thought he would come and see Australia and some more Australians. The water...

It was a bumpy swim today with a little weed still milling around. But we jumped in anyway.Our swimming community is a guest house, where we not only welcome anyone but we also welcome any conditions, its always a great day for a swim. It reminds us of The Guest House, one of Rumi’s great...

With 20 degrees in the water , 1/2 a metre of South East swell and 8k/h of light wind, the swim was looking great till I heard about the dust up at Avoca by one of our sharkey mates and a doctor of all people. I assume mistaken identity but the reporters suggest its the warm water.?...

5.54 am Coke sunrise.     Santa’s already on his way with Mami & Billy.     Boulderdashers.   6:05 Nic, Lyndall & Tricia.     Big fin! Where’s John Bond?   6:30 brothers.     Drinks express.       Sara & Pauline.     Nat juggles 5 sons and a ball.    ...

Afternoon all. Inner Westies here. Bit late today – I’m in a band you see…. Stats: About 410, 19 newbies, water 20.2. Never say that we don’t include every species in the BnB. We had the lovely Honey Goat today.   How fabulous is that! Back to our trek across the miles – from the...

It was a truly beautiful morning to commemorate Remembrance Day as we did the Bold & Beautiful swim this morning. After more than four years of continuous warfare, the guns of the Western Front fell silent at 11 am on 11 November 1918 as a consequence of an armistice to secure a peace settlement.  Ever since the...