We are so lucky to have this idyllic holiday destination right on our doorstep.   While I can’t take as many, or as long holidays as I’d like, I do find that the one hour holiday, taken several times a week does keep me refreshed, recharged and most importantly, sane! The one hour holiday is the...

  I find coaches and teachers amazing. One person can coach another person to do something. Bronte Campbell may be a superfast swimmer like her sister but there are coaches in her story that early on saw potential and who have coached her to this level. Those coaches cannot swim that fast but they can...

Each morning I swim across the Bay, I become aware of my senses. They come alive! It was during my swim this morning that I delved a little deeper and really examined my senses. I heard the shrieks and laughter of the swimmers as they plunged into the cool ocean ripples. Then the chatting and...

Henrietta celebrating her 1000km swim in B & B Style   Edwina enjoying the sunrise at the point before her swim.   Wonderful sunrise this morning as the 7am swimmers entered the water.   The big cuttlefish was having a play in the weed beds near Shelly Beach   Heading out to the point.  ...

Happy 60th birthday Karen! I hope you like this shot Jill – your cake was delicious   Lori & Izzy Jalna prepared Fifi for the next shot Clair’s welcome to the beach   Anyone can  join the free Booty camp from 6-7AM every Mon, Wed & Fri   Peter & Cherie have been with the B&B long enough to have...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Well, just Emma. Fi1, Fi2 and Mickey are doing the Half Marathon. Go team! They missed a gorgeous swim. Perfect weather. Lots of people – about 350, 17 newbies and water 19.4. So many fish to see – apparently the cuttlefish was out and about, as was a school of small...

Some people literally bend over backwards to start their day in this little pocket of the world.   If you were not one of the 310 swimmers who experienced the crystal clear 19.4 degree water today, here is a little of what was happening. Swimmer detritus hanging out on the hooks.   The change over...

Cracking morning at the B&B this morning… dead calm, low tide, slight chill in the air and slowly dropping water temp.   Just off the point the sharks were circling… they seem to have made a move from near Shelley Beach to the point. Are they about to leave us? It was just one of...

CONDITIONS Sunrise:                    Spectacularly orange Air Temp:                 13º Water Temp:            19.5º Surface Tension:       Flat As Land Tension:          Tranquil Vis:                          Like an Aquarium Fish:                        Every-flippin’where SeaChange:              Winter is peaking around the corner …   —— There are exactly 16 Six a.m. crew heading into the black.  Five carrying safety headlamps.  Below are...

 It was one of those amazing mornings this morning, a bloggers dream… The sort of day when swimmers faces were beaming brightly post-swim and the superlatives were flowing. ‘It’s gorgeous out there…’ ‘Simply perfect’… ‘SO beautiful, so clear…’ I’m always listening out for a blog title, then I overheard Bev say, ’10 out of 10,...