Another beautiful weekend.  Here is some of the early morning swimmers with the Drinky Express this morning heading out towards the sunrise. Unfortunately there was not alot in the water this morning but the trusty yellow tail were there.  Some of the swimmers doing their stretches before the swim.   It was a beautiful 19.7...

Yeh baby it’s Friday! – OK so it’s grey and it looks like it’s going to (as our Kiwi mates say..) “puss down” Although the water has been a little  murky, it’s been one of those weeks where we look back at all the things we see on our swim and are reminded just how...

How could you possibly start the hottest October day ever recorded, in any better way than a B&B swim! Starting off the blog with the view of you swimming in to Shelly Beach on this sparkling, stunning Spring morning! My favourite view in the world! Sunrise was at 6.19am this morning and ahhh…mazing it was!...

I’ve not much to work with on this blog – my camera was playing up and the conditions were so bl**dy perfect again!! Not that we mind ….. 😀 A ‘normal’ shot of the beach… Zoom in and it becomes a romantic scene…with the seagull on the right… Flat flat flat! But there was a...

For those of you who have been waiting for the water to warm up, now is the perfect time to take the plunge and jump in the water.  It was 19.4 degrees this morning, so no more excuses, come on in and join us. It looks like the long weekend and daylight savings has taken...

Ok, so the headline might be a bit misleading to most, because if you didnt get to Bluewater for brekkie this morning after the swim you missed out on a very interesting conversation! Anyway…the renovations for the surf club are clearly going well. Earlier this week I was invited inside to check out the new...

This weekend has a huge line up in store for us.  From the Navy Ships arriving on our shores to the ARL Grandfinal, with the  One Direction Concert being held next door, Long weekend, Daylight Savings to start, Manly Jazz Festival there is something for everyone this weekend.  If you didn’t arrive early at swimming...

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 –...