What a day to celebrate Fathers Day …..   The clouds were a little stormy, but thankfully we didn’t see any rain.   Lots of frivolity down at B&B Central. Although, 147 swimmers joined us I suspect a few Dads were enjoying breakfast in bed. The group as sponsored by Aldi. The team as sponsored...

A glorious swim for the first Saturday of Spring!  We had a big turn  with at least 200 swimmers, 6 newbies and the water temp was 18 degrees. Lainey here filling in for Anna Banana who is sick. Good morning everyone! The sun rose at 6.07am in Mantown…    The Drinks Express now depart in...

Conditions Although drippy and wet on the ground, the ocean today is tranquil – and reflecting beautiful cobalts off the cloud cover.  Peaceful, and almost balmy.  Perfect for a swim, if you have managed to get out of bed …   — Your Chance to Grab the Stage! Got a song?  Monologue, poetry … come...

Alright it is Thursday blog time… cracking morning. Anne tells me at least 77 swimmers and 18.5 degrees in the soup… and soup it was this morning with some good swell, plenty of sea weed and the occasional jimble.   Sterling came out of the 6:30am swim bouncing around. I think he might have come...

This was the start to my day ! How did your day start ?       Booty campers all in a row, great start before a swim 😉             Not sure what the temperature is but its still elbows up for as long as you can      ...

With a 4-6ft 9 second swell from the south east being hounded round the point by a 2 knot direct southerly, it was once again a perfect storm of conditions. With an inbound mid tide high at 10am and a clearing of the underwater fog, we finally could see some action underwater. It really did...

We’re all doing it you know, constantly wanting more. Ancient defense responses buried deep in the evolutionary development of our brains become confused by the physiological stressors of modern life.  A natural drive for the simple staples required for survival is hyper-stimulated, then distorted through a lens of consumerism and marketing. It causes a disconnection...

Mornin’ all. Inner westies here. Gorgeous swim today. No real theme for today’s blog, just random thoughts. Stunning morning   Who would want to be anywhere else??   We just noticed a key member of our blog team Fi2 was in the Blue Mountains.   So we quickly arranged a substitute blogger – John from...

This weekend more than 2500 people are doing 100km Oxfam walk Why? Because they have not discovered ocean swimming. Before starting with B and B I had not swim outside the flags before! Look at the venue The best people John Bond swam early because the temp was a cold 16.8 and dropping I encountered...

Marine Parks Appeal How lucky we are to have Cabbage Tree Bay in our lives!  Community feedback (below) about a Sydney Marine Park will help protect areas like CTB. All you need to do is visit www.communityremarks.com/Hawkesbury/ and click on ‘Make general comments’.  You only need to answer Question 5 saying you would like the...