Ian Anna Gayle and Ian enjoying the Oasis of 1/2 way beach today.   I   Lovely quite moment after the 7am swimmers had all left for the point.         22.2 Degrees, smooth water with a little swell on the way out today.   Lots of schools of fish around the point....

The streetlights lights were still shining but there was heaps of activity in our paradise before 6am.   except at the office   The Frenchman and the Pirate invited me to swim with them to Queensie but I was busy taking photos so by the time I got to the point at 6.05 they were no where...

Mornin’ all. Inner Westies here. Shakespeare was born and died in April a long time ago. There’s our theme. To be, or not to B&B – that is the question:  Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune  Or to take arms against a sea of troubles… Here’s...

Sometimes the hardest part of writing the blog is the title.  Trying to find something catchy to draw the readers attention has the potential to cause normally clear thinking to descend into a nasty spiral of ever decreasing circles. So let’s just look at what we had today.  An amazing mid-autumn day with an expected high of 24...

I think I am meant to be blogging today… apologies if two blogs all of a sudden turn up! Well, it has been a while since I wrote a blog so I reckon we just focus on one group of the swim… the A-team! Our very shy group can be identified through their very own...

It was a bit of a rainy start to the morning and one of those days that I should have just rolled over and gone back to bed.  I arrived in plenty of time to see the 47 Non-Drinkee Express swimmers head out in rainy conditions but alas the blog camera could not be found,...

————— (I’ll ask someone else what it was like.)   Conditions please, Bones ..?   ——————– (Borrowed this photo.)   You can always rely on Booty Camp showing up!   —————- (Took this one on Saturday.)   Where did you sleep last night?  Wilf has sold his home …   ———— Bellwether: the seasons are on the turn. ...

With the patter of rain at about 5am this morning I was straining to see if I could hear any accompanying wind, but from the depths of my dooner there was nothing to suggest it would anything but glassy. My first look at 6:15 saw a southerly bump but direct south so hopes were high...

  5.53am     6am     6.05am ( I was lucky enough to swim with this group)   This family – Linda Kai & Sol swam with the large group of 7amers, such as Mary et al…..     But really the swim was about our friends Dusky Whaler, Carcharhinus obscurus (Lesueur, 1818) – obscurus (Latin for...

Another glorious morning in Manly. No wonder more than 350 swimmers showed up to get wet and waterlogged..   Chest of the Day:   And here’s how it’s done..   Registering 26 newbies – Ian in top form this morning:         Triple Crown: 3rd and final leg will be on Anzac weekend. JP...