I was surprised by how dark it was this morning and realised that it was not the cloud cover but that the days are getting shorter already. That did not stop 120 early swimmers for a total of 320 swimmers today!!! and 12 newbies joined up. The water was lovely and there were only a...

After all the heatwaves and then claps of thunder overnight with rain, today was the kind of day I could wake up to all the time. Perfect swimming conditions and a beautiful temperature as well, I want summer to stay a while. There were 13 newbies today, not sure I got photos of all of...

What a spectacular morning! I overheard many swimmers exclaim gleefully that it was the best swim this year. We had pretty perfect conditions! The blissfully cool morning dawned with lots of low cloud and a little mist. The soft, grey light only seemed to enhance the bright smiles on everyones faces. The gentle drizzle didn’t...

Morning all, A real smokey night last night with temps getting above the comfy range made the swim this morning a must.   With a light NE windswell at 8 seconds, we had the remnants splashing the point but was pretty weak on a very low tide. The rest of the week should see a...

5.57am and the clubhouse was transformed into the finish line for the World Marathon Challenge, 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. 32 competitors, chartered jet, 32 runners from 13 countries, the Sydney Marathon was 13 laps (Manly to Queenscliff) from 1am this morning!! Our congratulations go to all competitors in this Herculean feat!!!. Here is...

To follow on with my last blog, “Ferox et decorus consilium” which was meant to mean ‘Bold and Beautiful Resolutions’, I wanted to see how well people were doing so far. Many were already trying to uphold a particular virtue to keep them on the right path – although some of these do not appear...

Welcome to the Year of the Rooster. This is supposed to be a lucky year unless you are born in the year of the rooster. . .   Luckily it looks like nearly everyone remembered that the swim was starting at Shelly this morning. I did remember when Ted and Elaine reminded me – lucky...

Alright, put your hand up… who forgot we were starting at Shelley Beach today? Yep, me too. Good to see Management ensuring the nippers surf carnival had plenty of room to get underway by blocking the ramp for any cheeky B&B swimmers.   So around to Shelley we go. What stunning conditions. The water is...

On Australia Day, half of the country attend either an organised community event, or get together with family and friends to celebrate. So it’s no surprise that Australia Day is the biggest swim of the year for our little community and 750 swimmers celebrated with us today. It all begins with the largest group of...

Thought I’d open up with some bottoms for a change! Guess them if you dare, in comments at bottom of blog! Conditions were back to calm and virtually stinger -free today after a chaotic few days with swimmers going in all directions to avoid the bluebottles and swell! Around 280 of us swam today in...