A massive 313 swimmers swarmed around the beach front today.  Lots of family members and friends having a go on the last day of 2013.   The phrase, ‘it’s not rocket science’, did pop into my mind today as I watched Ranier and Simon taking control of the sign-in of new and old swimmers.  The...

Another huge crowd of 308 swimmers turned out today to defy Monday blues for the last time for 2013.   The smart way to login is catching on!   87 swimmers switched on to the B&B login this morning. The other 221 will catch on eventually . . . if only to avoid the queues!...

So here it is, that time after we’ve fed ourselves silly, drank way too much in the build up….and now waiting to see what 2014 has in store for us! We’re getting some good numbers of new swimmers each day at the moment. To help us out, please try and bring your newbie down to...

A staggering 335 swimmers, including 40 (!!!) first-timers, joined us on this (slightly choppy) post-birthday Bold and Beautiful swim. Some of whom even heading on for the Saturday 6km badge swim.   Yes, B&B turned 5 yesterday! Look at us, so grown up! However, growing up comes with responsibilities. Such as changing some long-loved habits,...

Welcome to the 5th Birthday of the Bold & Beautiful, Manly! The Daily Telgraph has just interviewed Ian Forster and are running a story on us online…. Click the images to go to the piece… 5 Years ago, in the post apocalyptic haze of Christmas, and before the New Year apocalypse – some ladies decided to...

 Only 140 swimmers turned up today and a lot of the regulars were notably absent. It was a calm, smooth swim with creamy water and a slightly subdued (or hungover) group. If you slept in, you missed another special swim… but we are expecting you all back tomorrow for the B&B 5th Birthday!!! I am...

It started out as a very nice Christmas morning at B&B….. Here’s “Pudding” Ian and Nicole (looking fab as a blonde!)   Anne …  Snorkels… Little Santa and Freddie.. Even Linda and Tim turned up!! Freddie Christmas! .and then Elaine arrived…with her bag of tricks!! And it all went downhill from there……. 😛 Ted…. Ummm....

You may hear about all sorts of records being broken today.  Silly things like the number of prawns sold, how much Australians will spend on food this month, the number of Chrissy presents appearing on eBay tomorrow morning. Today we set two of our own.  With 268 swimmers, today was the largest Christmas Eve swim...

I found this interesting quote about why we go to the sea. What do you think?  “And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our...

Morning swimmers! 29 newbies turned up today, a little bit of a swell and mini waves made for a fun swim. But did you know, we haven’t always been allowed to swim when the sun is up? Lesley was caught up to her usual tricks, not really a subtle flirt is she? The queuing to...