We had 210 Lucky swimmers today, 11 newbies & it was 24.1 degrees how good it that ??? Huge crowd of Drinksters going at 6.30 swim.   It was also the young Michael Stacey’s birthday ! Derek’s dog Panda always looking & waiting for his return from a swim. Lets go ! everyone off on their “Personal Journey” across...

CONDITIONS Calm and clear water.  Mild, still morning.  Lovely sunrise, with perhaps some rain clouds approaching from inland …   ————————- Stand By Me (1986) is an American coming-of-age adventure directed by Rob Reiner, and based on Stephen King’s novella The Body.  The title is derived from the Ben E King song of same name,...

1. Guess what’s returning tomorrow night? The Monthly Dinner is back – Guest Speaker! The first B&B monthly dinner for the year will be on Tuesday 9th February at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Please register using the link below if you plan to come: http://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/bb-bluewater-monthly-dinner.html 2. Guess where I swam today and at what time?   3. Guess who...

Enter the All Stars! All of you! Will you vote Team Omega or A-Team? More on the teams below ……. JOIN THE RED ARMY TODAY – REDFEB 2015 REDFEB is Heart Research Australia’s signature fundraising campaign. It promotes a heart healthy lifestyle and raises much needed funds for first-stage innovative research into the prevention, diagnosis...

It was a morning of stunners today – all of whom turned up specially for my second ever blog. Thanks, beautiful people! Slightly overcast, a few waves and a bath-warm temp of 23C made for yet another fabulous swim. Sadly missed the Drinks 6.30am team but caught the gorgeous regulars….. Tam & her cozzie twin:   JK, Sofia,...

Thanks God it’s Friday – at least for most of our employed swimmers with daily work duties. In my office, Friday is also mufti day, hence no need to get dressed in suit and tie after the swim when I am driving from Manly to North Sydney   Richard just telling me that he likes my...

CONDITIONS Vision:          Dark Dark Dark Rain:             Feathery Drizzle Air:               Mild Water:          Perfect Ambience:   Serene Overnight gusts blew yesterday’s balmy heat out of units and slammed a few doors, about 1 a.m.  Waking this morning to gentle rain; I believe many pink cappers may have stayed in bed.  Swim conditions are absolutely perfect.  The beach is...

Such a gorgeous morning… Around 70 6.30am swimmers head to Shelly Beach in calm, warm and silky smooth water! We’ve had the 4 ‘S’s lately, stingers, swell, salp and sharks but today was pretty much perfect. Thank you Henrietta for letting me take the shot above from your balcony.   More 6.30am swimmers than I’ve...

  Today’s swim it was flat & glassy, warm and clear. Lots of fish and lots of slimy little brown bubbles. The bubbles are called SALP. SALP’s are barrel shaped, planktonic tunicate. It moves by contracting, thus pumping water through its gelatinous body. Slap is jet propelled and one of the most efficient movers in...

Have you noticed how with music the point isn’t to get to the end of the song. No one starts a song just so they can finish it, tick it off, and get to the next song. To do so would be to miss the point of music. Where was your intention out in the...