Monday morning at 6.30am and the Manly foreshore is covered with people doing stuff!   The new trees installed over the weekend receive careful attention from Manly’s finest parks and reserves staff. The frenetic energy of the weekend swims is replaced by a gentle almost sleepy gathering around the tree.   Even the surf has...

Morning Manly. Turning up this morning, you will have noticed that the waves had settled somewhat. Yippee! The tables were set up in a different spot this morning and swimmers and morning joggers were mixing well along the footpath. Plenty of room for all. An early morning stretch is always advisable. The paparazzi were gathered...

 Today marks one year since Julie moved to Perth to further her studies to become a doctor. It has been an amazing year with the B & B, with many people taking up Julie’s vacant positions to keep B & B up and running.  We must be doing something right as the group seems to...

Another glorious Summer friday morning with a little haze behind, and in front of the eyes… After 2 weeks of southerly swells and flat conditions, the North East swells are here for a few days just to spice things up for us. It was a little more benign today… no disclaimer speeches needed from the...

190 swimmers rose to the challenge today with the ocean showing us it’s wild and woolly side! Huge surf with waves breaking out far out towards The Point meant most of us chose the safer option and walked around to Fairy Bower. Waves were crashing there too but it all adds to the fun and...

Some fun stats to start off with: 1 year since Julie left (her ‘last’ swim 18th January) 2500 people have ‘joined’ us since Julie left! 6500 people have swum with us (since we first started taking attendance) 12 June 2010 – First ever ‘proper’ BnB blog – Click here to read it 1345 BLOGS have been...

Exactly one year ago today we were recovering from the goodbye party for Jules and Michael so I thought a little nostalgia was in order. 14 January 2013 We had a cracking evening yesterday at Jonny & Di’s beautiful home in Clontarf to say goodbye to Jules & Michael. We had so much fun together...

The work year may have kicked in, but there were 194 regulars plus 12 newbies who today held on to that summer holiday feeling.   With all the publicity of last week behind us, the routine has returned.  The John’s confer on the number of regular swimmers STILL not using the login in, then there...

I’m not sure how many of our 333 swimmers saw the scoop of today’s swim, but being a slow swimmer I was lucky enough to! We’ve had sharks, ships, bull rays and even recently a dolphin …but today, imagine my excitement on finding a rare sight in these parts!   Yes! That’s right…..a penguin! He/She...

It’s good to be back in Manly after a 2 week stint up the northern coast of NSW.  There’s nothing like getting home and back in the water.  It looks as though the group has grown while I have been gone.  There were loads of swimmers in the water today which is great to see,...