Once again, we are reporting from the post-Mardi Gras ocean swim festivities at Manly’s iconic South Steyne. The 5th Pink Pride parade has been developed around the theme Kaleidoscope, to reflect the idea that people come in different shapes, colours and forms.   5th Pink Pride Parade: The numbers Water temp: 21.5 6 floats (mostly...

 Goodbye summer, Hello Autumn!!!  Hello Everyone,  My name is Lara and this is my first time blogging so I guess I am the newbie blogger!!! It is a dark, wet start to the day but the 6.30am swimmers get ready and hit the water.       It really was one of those days when...

Can you believe that it is the end of Summer?  As I write this wearing a fluffy jumper and socks, I reckon the weather has totally turned Autumnal. While the festivities of Summer may be over, you know there is always something going on with this mob.   Like the next Monthly Dinner which will be...

There used to be an elderly lady called Hazel who swam early every day at Manly… She told our pioneer B&Bers she was getting her dose of Dr Salt! 110 of us swam across Cabbage Tree Bay today and felt the mental and physical benefits of that wonderful ocean or Dr Salt! It is also...

One of the reasons it’s such a beautiful place to swim is because of the all the people who look after Cabbage Tree Bay and if you’d love to help keep Shelly Beach / Cabbage Tree Bay clean well it’s “Clean up Australia day” this SUNDAY and there’s a cleaup site registered for Cabbage Tree...

Simon Cowell has become the first B&Ber to swim his 1500 in the moat around Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the locals thought he was mad:   Can you tick the box for this swim?   The locals don’t swim and fear dragons and ghosts of the dead live under the water, could this have something...

There were 100 swimmers out doing it today! Some started their warm up with a roll in the sand. Others hung around chatting and just being together.   Why togetherness?  Well, I’m indulging a little because it is three years since I began swimming with the B&B mob.  With two dear friends, I arrived wide-eyed...

Today’s swim was much the same as every other swim, warm water, fun small waves, inclusiveness and all with a group of superstars! Lucky us!   A few dusky clouds, but sadly I didn’t see any dusky whalers.   I love these crowd shots, a happy hectic group all preparing for the same fun activity....

Well, what can I say, we are so lucky where we live.  It was amazing in the water today.  Warm temperatures and an array of sea life.  Everywhere you turned there were fish. Any stresses you may have had were forgotten and left behind, even it is was short lived. I arrived to the beach...

Happy Friday morning! What a week we have had, with 4 straight days of beautiful clear water! The surf and weather forecasts are looking good for the next few days, so if you’ve been thinking of swimming and haven’t quite got around to it, get your ass down here because you’re missing out! There has...