What a simply stunning morning to kick of April.  Can you believe that the water is warming up – 22.9 today!! Well dear readers and swimmers, our not so little swim squad has caught the attention of some serious movers and shakers.  Now if you are into day time TV, you may have seen or...

A short saunter down to the water surrounded by cheerful banter, the marching tide of lycra, latex and laughter moves into the splashes.  A calm camaraderie of squinting smiles watches the sun slip from its slumber, leaving the arms of the horizon. This mood carries a subtle but infectious inertia, the sanctity of the here...

Special Event – Guest Speakers! The next B&B monthly dinner will be on Tuesday 8th April at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant.On the night we will have a special presentation, titled: “A Guide to Swimming Etiquette” – by Dr Rainer Noack and Professor Nick Dawkins  If you have any questions regarding swimming etiquette, please post them at the bottom...

Special Event – Guest Speakers! The next B&B monthly dinner will be on Tuesday 8th April at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant.On the night we will have a special presentation, titled: “A Guide to Swimming Etiquette” – by Dr Rainer Noack and Professor Nick Dawkins  If you have any questions regarding swimming etiquette, please post them...

Special Announcement! Tuesday April 8 will be the next Monthly B&B Dinner. Julie hasn’t opened the reservations page yet, but the presentation on the night will be: “A Guide to Swimming Etiquette” – by Rainer and Nick D So put it in your diary 🙂 Yes – Friday again – and today the most heard...

They say there is a ‘Man Drought’ in Sydney but there wasn’t down here at the B&B this morning! It was ‘raining men’ on a rainy, dull Thursday. (The first rainy Thursday I’ve had in my 16 months of blogging.) It was SO much fun though…with friendly, happy people, warm water and a few waves...

The waves looked ‘big’ again this morning as this photo shows!! But it can be deceiving from this vantage point! They sometimes look smaller than they are, you go in and get hammered OR They look HUGE but in fact are not! You can never tell! Today they seemed big but were NOT on the...

The weather report had prepared me for the worst.  Did you hear it to?  Unsafe conditions, driving rain, wind, heavy cloud cover. . . What greeted the 96 swimmers who made the pilgrimage to the meeting point was a mild moody morning.  About 16 – 17 degrees out and a comfortable 21.1 degrees in the...

Special Announcement: HELP NEEDED:   In order to make sure Bold and Beautiful remains the FREE, wonderful, inclusive activity that it currently is for everyone, everyday, we need to have one or two fundraising events each year.    On Tuesday 6th May we will be having our main fundraising event for this year, which will...

“There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other” – Jose Ortega y Gasset Since joining the swim,  my main concern, other than drowning and sharks, has always been that I am (on many occasions) the person...