This morning I wondered if we had given the hard drives enough time to spin down, for chips to cool off and ready themselves for the myriad of potential that is 2018. After a great few days swimming in offline mode, I did see a few regulars with their usual workday strip ready for the first...

Happy New Year – shot of the night by super fish Peter Thiel.     1st swimmer of the morning Paul@5:59.     Guess who?     6:14 crew.     My buddies @6:24.   I swam with the Lucy express.     The 7am parade.     Where’s Bruce?   Sheena said, “zip me...

On this last day of they year can we all please reflect on what it was that made 2017 for us, and what some of the best things were that we can be thankful for? For me the winner must be a continuing return to good health after overcoming a significant health issue the previous...

Everyone’s under cover today! View from the bay towards Shelly – Well that was an interesting swim today! The surf was up and up and up! I couldn’t even start about the potential currents, and again we were advised to go around to Shelly as the safest option. The rain meant we had to huddle...

Another lovely day for a swim at Manly and lots of people came along for a swim today from near and far. The beach was experiencing some dangerous conditions so it is handy as always to be able to swim from South Steyne or from halfway or from Shelly. Each swimmer assesses own ability and...

It was as if it was July 1985 when The Cure released Inbetween Days And I know I was wrong When I said it was true That it couldn’t be me and be her Inbetween Without you Without you Because it was an Inbetween Day at the swim. Inbetween Christmas and New Year. In between...

December 27 has been a fixture on Manly’s social calendar for the past 9 years – its the Bold and Beautiful anniversary Who better than Julie, the charismatic founder, can put into words the beginning of B&B and the journey it has taken since: 9 years ago, who would have thought: Having breakfast with Jenny Knapman...

  Ahoy everybody: Did anyone accidentally take a pair of grey & yellow Keen sandals this morning? Please call Graham if you have them (he needs them urgently):  0411 301 030                       STATS Swam:   317 New:     30 Temp:   21.2º

‘Twas the day before Christmas and guess who got carried away with all the Xmas festivities and forgot they were supposed to be blogging this morning. It was only after the swim I found out it was supposed to be me. An amazing morning with 635 swimmers including 83 newbies. Fortunately I was able to...

This morning we thanked the Lifeguards of Manly Beach for their assistance. Roger used his incredible artistic skills to prepare a beautiful gift for the Lifeguards of Manly Beach. I cannot imagine how many hours this took Roger to prepare, it is amazing, well done Roger! Following the 7am swim, a presentation was made when the...