What a day!  Can you think of a better way to chase away the remnants of sleep than with this view and the anticipation of the daily ritual of the swim to Shelly? Thanks to Julia Baird’s investigative prowess, and self confessed obsession with jellyfish, I now know that those big floating jellyfish we have...

Admit it. You’ll miss me when Im gone! This is my penultimate blog, only one more to go….. Actually, Bruce Bairds latest restraining order against Monday Blog is the straw that broke the camel’s back so management gave me the option to leave rather than getting the sack officially. 😉 (If you are interested in...

 I thought I was going to be getting up to a rainy morning today, but lucky for me I was wrong.  It doesn’t happen often but on the rare occasion I can be proven wrong.  ;).  It was an amazing start to the day with the clouds dissapearing as the clock nears 7am.    It...

Time………. is……….. running…………… out! B&B “Mad Hatters” Christmas Party – HURRY TICKETS SELLING FAST!!  The B & B “Mad Hatters” Christmas Party will be held on Tuesday 3rd December at 6.30 pm in the Moonshine Bar (2nd Floor) at the Steyne Hotel. All swimmers and partners/friends are welcome (no under 18s unfortunately). Wear your craziest hat or...

I’ve been blogging on Thursdays for a whole year now and Thursdays really have been consistently sunny, sparkling and usually the warmest and calmest swim of the week. I really have been lucky.  And how lucky are we to have discovered this amazing daily activity, a swim with the Pink Caps, the Bolds…The Bold and...

 How good does it look!?! Resident dogs…..Tui, Oompa and Elvis  Jane and her new baby! 🙂 Apart from a little bit cool – water temp was 19.9 and air was about 15    – the conditions were lovely! Even the waves were enjoyable and perfect! 156 swimmers turned up including SIX newbies – looks like...

Today’s title comes courtesy of the weather bureau.  In that hazy realm somewhere between asleep and awake, the radio’s surf report was telling me that the surf conditions were considered big and dangerous or large and powerful.  It’s Tuesday; blog day so I am committed to turning up – no matter the conditions!! A parking...

A perfect morning for swimming and surfing with a gentle off shore breeze and a building swell. Manly was in full swing this morning with boot campers on the beach, joggers on the stairs, swimmers in the water, surfers in the swell, walkers on the promenade and watchers at the coffee shops. The ocean has...

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! There were numerous sightings of a Dolphin this morning from Midge and Robin after 6am and the whole drinks express. When we got to Shelly with the 7am mob there was only one thing being said, “Did you see the dolphin?” So Sophie, Nick & I jumped the gun and headed for the Bower...