ABC Radio was lucky to have a brush with fame this morning. A call from Management no less! “John” called in to mention the swim at Manly and also put in a guess for the mystery song.   This got me thinking about celebrity and reality shows which I somehow know lots about without actually watching...

Today is my hump day, and after yesterday’s rough surf and choppy swimming conditions, I”m glad Manly is back to it’s normal perfect self.   Anne welcomed two new swimmers and they agreed to do whatever she said!   This lovely lady is heading back to Miami after two swims with us and promises to...

I was in a slight panic this morning. I hadn’t had time to plan my blog and I felt very uninspired with no idea for a theme. I shouldn’t have worried. There was no need for a theme today. There was so much to celebrate, experience and enjoy so I’ll let the morning and all...

Nice and warm today air temp 25 degrees, water temp 21.5 degrees.   Congratulations to Cheryl on completing her 500km, well done. Cheryl – Celebrating with her B & B friends at Shelley.   Waves were up a bit today.   Some of the happy faces of 6.30am swimmers returning.   Greg enjoyed his swim....

    Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 prison drama starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance.  Newman stars as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system. Cited as an anti-establishment film and shot during the time of the Vietnam War, with Newman’s...

Having just returned from over 3 months of travelling, it was wonderful to be greeted by the smiles and hugs of all my B&B buddies. Then to hit the pristine waters of CTB, no homecoming could have been sweeter. Meanwhile as another day dawned, swimmers were making their way down for a dose of happiness....

Morning all- today’s swim for me was all about friends and the friendships formed down with the B+B group. We had the memorial swim for Ed Selby who passed away from pancreatic cancer in October. His three sons paddled out into the bay with a circle of swimmers as they scattered his ashes. The Sandy...

I get to the beach and see blue bottles on the sand. Oh no. The early swimmers who could lie but always faithfully report the conditions say there are none at Queenscliff (but I am at South Steyne). Also going to Shelly, the blue bottles are at the rocks so go wide. As we all...

We’ve seen Brexit and Trump now we have our own revolution brewing at the Bold and Beautiful… Some people are born revolutionaries, some acquire the revolutionary spirit, and some have revolution thrust upon them. In Teds case it is all 3. You see while the masses simply swim to Shelly and back Ted has invented...

  Title courtesy of lovely Jim Hudson today as we sat together at Bluewater post swim…Around 170 folks swam with this amazing group today on such a beautiful Spring morning. The Manly Daily has asked people to snap away this morning showing how Sydney wakes up and hashtag snapsydney. We who swam, ran, booty camped...