Wish you were here! Oh, you are 🙂 All 217 of you in fact, right here inside this postcard. Good for you. Good for us. The ocean temperature has dropped below twenty – if only by 0.2 degrees – and according to the babe ticking herself off the list in the photo below, the colder...

Happy Friday everyone! Where did that week go? I hope we don;t get too used to all the perfect weather, flat seas and awesome visibility. Let’s face it.. when everyone’s happy it shows… and here’s a few of this morning’s faces just to prove it…. Happy….   So happy….   Someone’s happy to be back…....

110 swimmers enjoyed another magnificent swim this morning across Cabbage Tree Bay Aquatic Reserve… Last week, Mary’s swim blog got mentioned in the newspaper for using the word ‘perfect’ so many times,  describing our swim. Today the word is special…special sunrise, special aquatic conditions, special marine life and of course special people! Oops sorry wrong...

 I was so ‘busy minding’ this Howly dog who ran off attached to it’s owners bag! …that I was ill prepared for today’s blog (that’s my excuse anyway!) 😀   Yeah you won’t BELIEVE it, but it was lovely AGAIN today!! Water still ok, not TOO cold!! It’s great how we all adjusted to moving...

How did you find this morning – dark, a little drizzly, and oh so warm under the doona?  Well, if motivation lost out to comfort, you missed a special day. It was disappointing there was no spectacular sunrise to capture for the blog. Instead the grey cloud and light rain that made everything look grainy. ...

111 Bold & Beautiful swimmers swam inside a technicolour ranibow this morning. I was lucky to be early enough to grab this photo of the 22 early lappers as they entered the water at Manly beach   One of our lovely swimmers from America, Lauren Gianino is sadly leaving us very soon. On Saturday night...

Yes it’s a special day for the Bold & Beautiful – dawning with a serene feel to Manly after another week of flat water,and warm calm days!   Yes Folks -Meet Karryn – all the way from Sylvania, who is B&B swimmer number 5,000! Here she is with two of the esteemed committee members – ...

“Many people spend their lives waiting to be happy.  You may think, “if only I had more money,” or “could lose weight,” or you fill in the blank, then I would be happy. Well here’s a secret: you can be happy right now. It’s not always easy, but you can choose to be happy, and...

Forget about travelling overseas when you can have the swim of your life right here in Manly! Visibility was the best it’s been for ages today and we swam with cuttlefish, porcupine fish, old wifes and a turtle! Wow, wow, wow! It’s nearly Winter for gawds sake and it’s getting up to 24 degrees today...