Sunday 9th October – winter badge ceremonies, First patrol for the season for Patrol 1, the first day for nippers (beach drills only!), beginning of a new week and rain records continue to tumble down like the relentless deluge  ….  officially the rainiest year in Sydney since records began!    At least the bluebottles have...

This is a dry blog so I’ll take the word of all the swimmers I spoke to that there are no blueys in the water and the wind and swell pushed them all onto the shore. There were a few on the tide line as well as the usual rubbish we get with rain and...

I saw the bluebottles washed up on the beach and the waves looked a bit vigorous so I thought it would be the swimming pool for me today. BUT the early swimmers said there was no sign of blue bottles in the water. So we went in. There were no blue bottles in the water....

I only saw four people today … a fresh sea breeze had shuttled folks off home by 8 a.m …         Budgie Smuggler Swimmer of the Month Budgie Smuggler Swimmer of the Month for September is Allan Bicknell. Allan will receive a voucher for a new pair of Budgy Smugglers from the Budgy Smuggler shop....

The water might have been murky/milky/low viz today but the water still felt clean, invigorating and at 17 degrees slightly warmer than the last few weeks. The sun was out and conditions not calm but not dangerous! It was fellow Pommy, Jo Wakeman’s birthday today and ‘The Mermaids’ were out in force. Happy Birthday Jo!...

6:56am     Caroline smiling after gold in her dragon boat race at Penrith yesterday.   Ali Dave Mel   Lainey   7am     Change room Post-mortem video Millie on the rocks, legend.   Have a safe and enjoyable labour day. Simon (love my grandies Tara Matilda Max & Leila)      

I met the infamous Spaniard today. He’s on the front of the bus. I’m hanging by my finger nails to the back.   Lost, lost souls cry to Hell in the wind. “Let us in, let us in” I’m also in awe of Brendan Maher, who just completed the 33km swim from Catalina to California...

La Orana from French Polynesia where we sailing … and  your roving blogger  checks in, hanging on a thread of internet connection. Some WOWS on tour and a few 6.30 swimmer guest appearances. Our own Captain Darling Enough holiday spam. Congrats to Michael Stacey on winning swimmer of the month and a pair of Budgies....

By the time I arrived to swim the spectacular colours of early morning posts had gone. However for the most part the rain held off. Nicci keeping the wall warm waiting for others to arrive.   Ian and Henrietta manning the board.   Greg’s report was beautiful, flat and cold the whole way.   Pete...

Happy Monday swimmers! I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. The water was supposedly 16.6 this morning, although it definitely felt a lot colder than that today! The water has cleared up a lot around the point & is a lot less sharky than some of the horrible conditions last week. It’s still a bit...