First off, apologies for no water shots – my man-flu prevented me getting too close to the action but I still wanted to document the ways that we, the B&B, celebrate the Queen’s Birthday. You might say we were putting on pretty English weather in honour of the 91st birthday of our head of state...

everyone loves ocean swimming. 19.6 today and a glorious bumpy swim ONCE you got in.     Appropriately Swimmer of the Day today is Mark Phillips     Amanda Grant was biggest mover         News from management   Starting a bit north tomorrow because the Manly Life Saving Club is having a...

Temperature of the water was 19.7 degrees. Not as many swimmers as on Australia Day but still there was no hook free. Today there were some sets. Not that low and gentle. Pretty quick swim to Shelly, not much pause before the Let’s go and then back After all the rain it makes me think...

Another nice day for a swim.     Polly (larger dog) posed straight away on seeing the camera. It took a while for the humans to pose but don’t they look great Help is always at hand Encounters with early swimmers Andrew above Dorset with new flippers below Peter and Clarence At the moment of...

Moody morning…..not quite the most inviting ocean It was pretty dark at 6.15am this morning …pre dawn on World Ocean Day 2017 Well, there were not many about this morning ….. Greg and Drinky – contemplating the dark and the light We arrived to the marvel of a dark, moody Manly.  Today is World Ocean...

Well this seemed to keep most of the Bold and Beautiful in bed this morning. Driving down from Balgowlah Heights and it wasn’t looking good on the harbour!   But then this… if there was ever going to be one protected spot in all of Sydney to swim… it has to be our little bay!...

Our swim is a reminder of the vastness of the ocean and all it contains. Forget Calories. Exercise for Awe.   A picture can capture the Awe of the words, and I think my friend Katherine Smith has captured the Awe of the words. Katherine (http://www.katherinesmithillustration.com) who is a local illustrator, friend and occasional Bold and...

The real Lyndall!     Spoke to the girls table.     Next to the Boys table.     3 girls at 6.38am.     Dawn shots @6.53am.           The return of Drinky and Simon.       Movement down the ramp @7.01.     Waves at the point.     Golden...

Welcome to the weekend edition of the swim blog. Producing two blogs every weekend is costly. The combined weekend blog is just one of a number of cost savings measures that are currently trialed by management. It is critical that we improve the swim group’s profitability ahead of next year’s public offering. A total of 179...

Fresh from the premiere of the Baywatch remake (a show I did not watch in the original as I had not yet come out as an ocean swimmer), I realise that we have our own franchise of that show. Beach, life guards, characters, drama and excitement. Although today there were lots of people here to...