04/12/2015  –  Speed For my birthday a couple of weeks ago, I got a present from my 16 year old son Marco: a voucher for a free swim with him. Marco used to swim with me when I started B&B in November 2012. He was a kid back then, enjoying dad’s company, and more or...

Still a bit cool hey? 19.4 degrees was better than earlier in the week though… but where has summer gone? Oh well, don’t despair, it will be back. 92 of us hit the water this morning and it was my kinda day – flat and fast!   Bruce and Bruce… one is a Minister of...

   You know it’s going to be a good day when you start your day with a B&B swim. ..Whatever is going on in your life, you know if you get out of bed early, get your body down to Manly, see the smiles of these friendly people and throw yourself in that ocean, you...

Another glorious morning with 1.2ft swell from the east nor east at 9 second intervals with a NNW-NE 5knot zephyr of a wind. A small amount of chop for the home leg. The cold temps of yesterday have given way by 3 degrees and warmed again to 21 degrees with a joyous 35 degrees expected...

Clair said, “If the 1st five pictures of the blog are about me, you can come with us to the Whitehaven,  Qld swim next year”. #1 Clair @ 5.30am   #2 Star jump @ 5.50am   #3 With the girls (Dawn, Ali, Mary, Ali, Clair, Nichole) after Clair’s pre-6.30am triple Shelly #4 Race Branded and...

Move over Julie and Matt. Today, Brian and Jenn had their moment of glory. The first weekend swimmers to reach the coveted 1000km mark!   The NE had been blowing all night. Which made for a wild and bumpy morning. A total of 128 swimmers lapped it up with great gusto.   I decided to introduce my 7-year-old to...

The rumours had been floating around for a while.  Founder Jules, who had slipped into the second column on the Pacific Challenge, was coming back to crack the 1000km.  It did mean a couple of 9km days, but that would be a warm up for someone who has done the Rottnest swim both ways!!  ...

I got a parking spot in front of Dungowan. I am still buzzed about it. And then I got to swim with these fabulous people.   mandatory shot of Shelley, and friends   mandatory shot of Rob, with friends   Merrilyn and Shaun – Merrilyn will swim the Coogee Beach swim on Sunday with me...

A good day for swishing some salt water around your head… 22 degrees in the bumpy condition… 114 brave souls struggled their way across the bay!   And Pauline cracked 500kms today. Thank you for all the hard work you put into making our group so amazing!   Rachel says well done to all swimmers...

                          Irony..             BnB Summer Swims (6 km, 10 km) 6 km swims are held every Saturday during summer. They will begin in a couple of weeks – watch the blog. There is one 10 km swim in...