En l’honneur du Jour de la Bastille et de rendre hommage à nos ancêtres Blog près de Français d’aujourd’hui est en français. (The blog can be read in Google English here, the Google translation is sometimes too literal which may make it funnier!)    Bastille Day met en évidence le Français à la recherche de...

Yes! You heard it first on the Blog.. B&B will run for The Lodge in Canberra in the September Federal Election as we have been able to do what neither of the major parties has been able to do for years, and here it is, people of Australia:   Yes.. Tony and Kevin – We...

Yet another magic morning. How good’s this? And if you’re sensible enough to wear a full wetsuit, the icicles don’t start building up until you’re on the way back from Shelly. Water temperature today was 17.6, so I send a special celebratory “Good on ya” to those who carry on swimming in cozzies only. Well...

115 Bold and Beautiful swimmers took the plunge this morning into an invigorating getting-slightly-chillier 17.1 degree surf…   Not sure how many early-lappers joined the Drinks Express – usually it’s around 17-20 people. (For the uninitiated, this is a quick swim that leaves BnB central at 6.30am — great for badge hopefuls not wanting to...

I have to apologise – when I went to do the blog I noticed most of my photos were of Sarah and Elaine! I think the cold got into my brain faster than normal! 🙂 Sarah had her ‘500 km swim’ today…here she is with Toohey and his mate congratulating her! Message from Sarah.. Sarah...

As we slip into week 7 of winter, 44 swimmers have already qualified for the Winter Badge and a remarkable 689 are on target! Whether it was to edge closer to that badge or perhaps a milestone on the Pacific Challenge, today, 100 hardy B&B swimmers notched up another swim.   Including one Newbie!!  Welcome to...

Neither the vicious effects of man flu, nor the evil plans of Girl Friday (Not bringing the camera) will stop the hurtling forward momentum of the train wreck that is Monday blog. While the integrity police may be looking for me this morning, I did make it down and thats what counts in life…effort and...

How lucky are we on this seventh day? VERY! Today lets explore the lucky number SEVEN.   Of course, every morning SEVEN am is important to the B&B swimmers. Why? Because that’s the time we get wet! 365 days of the year!     At the moment our lovely sunrises at …….SEVEN.   There are...

171 Beautiful people with exceptional circulation and warm clothes cuddled a lot and hugged bottles of warm water this morning under a clear sky and flat ocean     Paige always showing off with no clothes on…   This is more like it….                        ...

Is it winter or is it summer? The ocean is warm, the morning air as soft as a kitten. I hope you like the metaphor; it took me a while to come up with. Yet another day to be grateful for, to be appreciative of what we have and to let the salty waves wash...