The bane of a BnB blogger’s life is all the management notices we have to add to our blogs so I am getting them out the way first off!   The first notice is: As Anne and Jill will be standing in for Ian and John while they take a well-deserved break for the next...

I arrived in time to take my first shot of the new digital clock @5.59am   Richard, Roberto and Sam Capless Dave is hard to beat and off his bike Seaweed on the foam Fifi said lets go 6am crew at Shelly Leaders Fifi and Ali Much quicker wind assisted return trip – I nearly ran...

Storchy on the lamb at 5.50 a.m. —   Yes; I can read the new clock … —   Connor and new Budgies:  His wife bought them online in Ireland, and then had to post them back over here to Connor …   —   Bolderdashers Nan, Lee, Midge and Kenny: “What’s that pack of...

Hi Folks, “Turn your face to the Sun and the shadows fall behind you.” Maori proverb Being the Saturday before Xmas there was a huge turnout for both the 6.30am and 7am swims to Shelly. The tally for the 7am group approached 300 ( a guess on my part) with quite a few newbies. The...

Lainey here filling in for a blogger that didn’t show up and it’s going to be short! Around 120 swimmers described the swim as bouncy, beautiful and one swimmer said difficult! It was rock n rolly all the way there and back today. I have only 6 photos today.   This was our view as...

Just a quick blog today. Apologies for lateness… between swimming and coffee, trying to finish renovating our place so we can move in before Christmas and writing Christmas sermons… the day got away from me! Anyhow, stunning morning – 99+ swimmers including 9 who swam Boulderdash to Queenscliff. Pete Anthony told me this morning that...

 At least 110 Pink Capped swimmers swam today on a warm Summer morning in 20.3 degree water. Hardly anyone went from Halfway as the ocean seemed quite calm but most of us encountered a big set of waves as we headed to The Point. You had to dive deep under those waves and not panic....

I have to confess, that thinking about today’s blog after the news of the tragic end to the city’s siege I don’t know where to begin.  Perhaps a little quote from an old Roman can help set the tone. It is indeed a precious privilege to each day share the joy of the daily swim....

There are no drops of water in the ocean, only an homogenous flow – this cohesive peace a result of its knowing.  Droplets only exist due to a separation from the whole. Forced from itself, enduring the brief journey into a different medium.  Containing the same qualities and intelligence as the entire ocean, but experienced...

I am covering Sharon’s blog today … and am including some look-backs of last four months. —   This is one of my favourite pix from Bold & Beaut Blogs – by Mary, of the 2000 K-Man —   —   Sun-storched locks at the Sunny Benches … —   —   Juno, Gab and...