118 Bold and Beautiful swimmers took the plunge today. Some brave and  strong swimmers swam from the beach and most of us from Fairy Bower where there was still a bit of wave action. It was another stunning morning down in Manly. It’s a Thursday, always the most beautiful day of the week weather wise....

A stunning morning!  BUT with a bit of a surprise in store for us… No, not Elaine and her new 500 km badge….. or this guys tattoo..? but some more big waves to deal with! ..all the usual hard core amazing swimmers…ie, the 6.30 crew said it was tough and scary! So we headed off...

There are some words that winter swimmers really don’t want to use – although they may be thinking them.  Cold and freezing are two.  Delightfully they were not on the list for today as the weather and waves were welcoming. Relief embraced us.  Just look at these guys – totally chilled.   Winter swimmers are...

91 Bold & Beautiful swimmers started July off with a picture perfect swim. Now that Jules is on her way back to Perth, we turned off the rain machine, disassembled the wave machine and brought the sun out from its hiding place. Hence it was a little busier than a normal Monday! Guess the bum?...

The Festival of Julie continues this weekend with 144 party goers turning up in conditions we’ve grown to love this week! At least the washing machine has moved on from it’s “death and destruction” cycle, to more of a “winter touch up” mode…. Everybody’s in their party outfits….     Yeh thanks for bringing the...

The excitement carries on! Yesterday, many were the swimmers happy to see our swim squad founder on her first day back swimming with us, if only for four days before she goes back to her medical textbooks waiting impatiently for her in WA. More people were reunited with Julie this morning, including myself. We picked...

Jules Isbill, the founder of the Bold and Beautiful, and the driving force behind  this amazing, popular and successful group, joined us today after 5 months spent studying medicine in Perth. This daily drama is improving the quality of so many lives and we have Jules to thank for that. She is just a bit...

Glorious smiles welcomed the 68 brave B&B swimmers this morning. How could you feel anything other than inspired when greeted by this mob as we gather in our little corner of Manly. Rain looms on the horizon, but the cloud cover blankets us with a relatively warm 14 degrees as we commence the ritual disrobing for...

 The big waves are BACK!! A book light was donated by John Paul for the oldies to sign in! 😉 Yes most of us decided to go to half way!! It was still a beautiful sunrise Pink Tarts! On the way to half way! Even half way was getting pounded… It looked safe to go...