I love the word gregarious.  It means “seeking and enjoying the company of others”.  I see gregariousness everywhere I look at B&B: from the gathering of wetsuited bodies outside Manly Life Saving Club to the social behaviours of fish beneath us in the bay we love.  The ocean draws us together.  Here’s a snapshot of...

  Half-moon Booty: Emma is smoking them in the beach sprint … — Yesterday’s 15.1º was a smidge off record of 14.9º.  So, where will it go today?  They stand and wait …   — Mr Bond rolls up pants and removes watch …   — While Annie and Claire get the machine up to...

What a morning… we were bathed in sunshine! How nice it is to be getting off your bike from cycling down to the swim, to be greeted by your good mate Dave!   And then you wander over to the clubhouse… great to see brother James… and then Sterling rattling on about how he beat...

We all know the clubhouse temperature is out by about 4 degrees, but everyone loves to get their photo taken with it. We had about 70+ people today plus 2 newbies   Panda had the right idea & dressed appropriately.   Before John Bond took the temperature it looked like this, but I’m told it was 15.5...

With the report of 1 meter of deep south swell meandering its way up the coast from a snowbound Tassie, what wasn’t to look forward to.  To our fellow B&B’s Ian Johnston and Catherine Hawkins who brave the swim in Hobart most mornings, the least we could do is step out in balmy Manly.  ...

Long term B&B hard throb, the softly spoken, would be Anaesthetist with an english/Manly accent, together with his beautiful partner is flying home today for 7 years of hard hard labour in the northern Antipodes. He plans to add the initials FRCA (Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists) to his name before finally deciding whether...

We had everything today, swimmers (all 160 of you), sun (12 degrees at 7am), warm water (17.7), newbies (welcome 6 new swimmers), cuttlefish, a birthday, a unicorn, and a bike…….     …….and I didn’t see any of these. Which, I for one, was very happy about!   Smiling faces before our swim.    ...

Today the photo captions are taken from a particular movie.  Can you guess what it is?   “But ya gotta have friends…”   “It’s on my to do list.”   “I…have helmet hair.”   “There are those that think little of him.”   “Oh, pick me!”   “By night one way, by day another.”  ...

Yes – There is now a new Bold & Beautiful website up and transmitting … — Like The Bishop says, it’s almost summer.  Exquisite sunrise, crystal-clear, flat as a tack,  phosphorescence off the fingertips, a shark, and balmy water.  Could have been perfect, except for that annoying Booty Blogger   — These smashing sorts bunch...

Need any more motivation to get back down to the swim? Well, it was a lovely morning at the Bold’s! The water was back up in the mid 17’s, the water flat and crystal clear… and even the air temp was being kind! I am amazed at the amount of sea life we are seeing...