The daily return ocean swim between Manly and Shelly beaches has the potential for danger. “I don’t want to hear how beautiful it is. We need to hear more about the dangers lurking in the deep so we don’t attract any more newbies” reported a B&B regular Attracta. So today’s blog comes in the interests...

More technical issues today… so just putting this up until the real blog is published by Guest New Blogger Simon…(his will override this) TERRIFIC SWIM – WATER was flat and peaceful and not too cold… visibility wasn’t great! John Kelly reminded us AGAIN can we all wait AT THE POINT! And also please be in...

..or as profesionally prescribed 🙂 I know I’m preachin’ to the converted here, but seriously. Look at these people’s faces. You’d think they’re on drugs, and I guess it depends on how you define ‘drugs’ but this one sure is a) addictive, b) makes you forget the strife of daily life, and c) bliss enducing....

506 ticked Bold and Beautiful swimmers experienced a beautiful Anzac Day service this morning down on the beach in our favourite corner of the world, before a simply glorious swim… A magnificent sunrise to greet us this morning. A few of us attended the service put on by the Surf Club at 6am and saw...

Here it is…..the sun came up!! LOVELY and flat…  This lady came all the way from CRONULLA for the swim!!!!  Elaine is now doing the photography for a Massage Magazine….here she is with Magic Hand’s and Anna! Ooh here’s another shot of Elaine cuddling up with a MYSTERY MAN!! It is DEFINITELY colder!! Colourful Sheilas!...

On mornings such as this, a favourite stanza comes to mind: Let us roll all our strength, and all Our sweetness, up into one ball; And tear our pleasures with rough strife Thorough the iron gates of life. Thus, though we cannot make our sun Stand still, yet we will make him run.   In the...

After more technical issues New Blogger Joe Earl had to abandon ship and pass on the photos fo me (Lesley) to upload. Here is what he put together below – ALL credit goes to Joe as he took on FULLY the task of blogger, camera in hand all ready to go this morning! The words...

Today, the clouds parted and we noticed that two B&B regulars tend to crop up in every photo! Blog tarting hasn’t got anything on these two!!! Enter Les and Ted in their time machine….. When reviewing today’s photo’s we’ve noticed these two popping up in so many photos….keep an eye out through today’s blog.  ...

104 of Manly’s finest got out of their (or possibly someone else’s) bed this morning to scenes which many of us have become attached to over the last 4 years! You know the water is going to be beautiful and warm – what are you waiting for??          ..and let’s face it,...

Do you have a bucket list? One of our swimmers, Sebastian Terry, decided after the death of a close friend to put pen to paper and re-create a long-forgotten list of 100 things. His eclectic and highly personalised list contains getting shot as well as raising $100,000 for Camp Quality, and has seen him travel...