Another very HMAS Success(ful) week here in Man-town, folks – and we’re only just getting started! With the long weekend ahead of us – all the guys are talking about the Sea Eagles Grand Final and the ladies about the One Direction concert. Throw in a whole lot of 28c-29c days this week and it’s...

 142 Bold and Beautiful swimmers, including 5 newbies swam today! Water temp a balmy 17.5! AND the ocean was gorgeous and calm! Below early swimmers Alex and Todd.. Here’s Miles and in the white t-shirt Midge… We had a special visitor today… ..no it wasn’t a turtle… 😀 It was LSA! Little Sarah Abbott –...

What a stunner of a morning it was again today! 171 Bold and Beautiful swimmers on a sunny, bright day when the water was calm, cool but incredibly clear! I knew it was going to be a great swim when a few metres from the beach I came across a flathead who smiled at me!...

 It was cooler than expected out of the water this morning with Northerly winds and gusts up to 27kms p/h. Although my phone was telling me it was 21 degrees outside it only felt like 15. The water was looking very choppy and unpredictable this morning but the good news was it was 19 degrees...

147 B&B swimmers (Including 3 newbies) still cant believe Manly are in the Grand Final next week. And Monday just got even a little more weird…..LSA won a swimming medal!!!!!! No surprise that Jonathan has some bling around his neck also. Full details on this amazing feat to follow tomorrow. Congrats to you both and...

Another beautiful Sunday – The Sun was up at 5:37am – Just about the time Sharon (the usual Sunday blogger) was getting home from the Boatshed.. Not a cloud in the sky…       There’s a little more activity in the mornings now as Manly gears up for bigger days on the beach –...

221 swimmers, incl. 10 newbies, enjoyed a marvelous morning with fun waves and lots of water moving around in Cabbage Tree Bay. But most of all, today was about celebrating achievements. The little ones and the big ones. And the limelight was first and foremost on Lesley, a woman who has become an inspiration to...

Just when you think you’ve had the best swim ever – it does get better! This week has been amazing, and there is still one more day to go! 26c Forecasted today – The sun is high by the time we get to “work”   Speaking of work – Storchy’s Booty Camp is getting bigger...

169 swimmers including 11 newbies came for a swim with us today! It was calm, warmish, clear and sensational! Sunrise was at 5.38am but so worth getting up for! Someone from England said I live a ‘glamorous’ life the other day judging from my Facebook photos.They are all of our swim!!! We must look glamorous...

 ‘Signing in’ and checking the temperature… Greeting the ‘newbies’.  One newbie asked what does it cost to join?  Well..the cost is: ‘being a lot fitter, making lots of friends, feel great every morning and so on!! Playing with the regular visting dogs! Today it’s Turbo and Winston and Nick in the middle! Lost and Found...