Bit of a wave but mostly flat, warm water, blue sky and lots of swimmers and paddlers about. It felt like summer today. I arrived close to 6 am with the intent of getting the early swimmers into the blog. Imagine my surprise when I saw Shaun Ken and others emerging from the sea having...

There was a great happy, party-like atmosphere down at the swim this morning! Two birthdays and Jo Gregory clocked up her 3000 km swim. Great to see a nice group at Shelly bathed in sunshine . The water was fairly calm, clearer than the last few days and the temp was up to 21.2! Jo...

This morning I left Manly at 6:45 am and drove to Canberra to see our son Adam and granddaughter Matilda. So it’s a remote blog from me.   BNB swimmers and readers of the blog are an international bunch. I was fortunate enough to spend a year living in New York and still introduce myself...

It’s December and the past few days have been COLD…… what gives? It was back to jackets and other warm clothes today. However the swimming conditions were good, the ocean temp was about the same as the air temp and that’s a Good Thing   I’m loving the daily conditions broadcast – not only is...

the glorious sun rises on our Revolution   Across the long winter of the pandemic, conversations were whispered in the corridors of power. Talk of Revolution from the iron rule of the Establishment. There will be a day when the anarchy of the individual will again rule the Manly shores, when the 7am borg collective...

The B&B 7 o’clock swim is back and here’s what the swimmers think… You can see the other video blogs here: B&B blogs

Goeie More  ( good morning in Afrikaans) and Gday Last night was a joyous BNB Xmas party and this morning a joyous BNB swim. Oh what fun it is. In chronological order … the Xmas party with an emphasis on our unique BnB fashion. Fabulous efforts from all our Xmas fashionista’s. There was a a...

It’s the B&B Christmas party tonight. The time of year where we see a lot of  our swimming friends all scrubbed up with their clothes on! There were a few tickets available this morning- check swimmers Facebook page if you still need one. Dancing is allowed this year and it’s amazing to see how full...

What season you say? The season for long swims which is the same as summer. Speaking of long swims, there was a 2,000 km celebration tunnel for Craig. But he got it on AfterPay ie before the swim.   Congratulations Craig!!! Today we also celebrated being joined by swimmers from Orange. I love this gourmet...

The water temperature was 20.5 today. The visibility improving. The waves gentle and full. And there was some blue in the sky and a shining disc too. Which I did not mind even though it made things glarey on the way to Shelly. But so many smiles! I think it will be marvelous for the...