THE CUP- tune in at 3pm for the race and see the winner   FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE, MELBOURNE- only 10000 fully vaxed this year but race followers are excited to see a crowd at this fabulous venue.   THE HORSES PharLap- Melbourne Cup winner 1930- Inspiring the Nation through the Great Depression, legendary NZ bred horse...

  CONDITIONS Sky                Overcast Water            18º Surface         Calm but undulating Ambience     Trippy Returnee       Dorset Air                 17º Vis                Poor Jimbles         Nil Floaters        Messy debris across bay Aid                Tennis Ball

Above: Sun rising like a big orange pumpkin at 5.55am. Early start to the day, still a few hairy swimmers clawing and howling at the moon when I arrived from Bates Motel. What lies beneath? But it is the cast of characters on the shore that you need to worry more about on a day...

The lovely Jenny (world’s best travel agent just saying) had a birthday this week. Here she is with Belinda, Lisa and Nikki (did I spell that right?).   Pauline akas HRH having a birthday today. Happy birthday, Pauline I hope the family spoils you. Janet. Ignore the blackboard sign, that’s private stuff   Roger and...

Out where the river broke, The bloodwood and the desert oak Holden wrecks and boiling diesels, Steam in 45 degrees   Summer has roared. 23 before sunrise. My calendar marked from last year, ‘geese gate’. I look for the topless sheila with 2 geese in a pram. No luck.   Search the skyline for the...

In the past week I have noticed that there has been an increasing amount of plastic and rubbish floating about the shallows ( and the deep…) I often challenge myself to see how far down I can dive to pick up a stray peg or like the other day…a toothbrush!  I know there are lots...

Sawabona ( means ‘I see you’ – a traditional and meaningful hello greeting  in Africa). It’s great to be back in the ocean and back at CTB. Thing about CTB is it’s very weedy at the moment and after my recent river swims in the UK where it was also weedy, it got me thinking...

Teasing Tuesday because I didn’t have time to swim and again I managed to half do the bolg before work but it didn’t save! It looked like a beautiful swim, nice temperature of 18, relatively calm seas but perhaps not great viz. Sorry for the sideways pics again,  thought I had it right this time!...

Whether its just a mundane Monday or as one completes another rotation around the sun (Shameless birthday plug) it is only normal we reflect on the week/year that was and the week/year that is to be and many a mindful person know how important this simple exercise can be…but for most of the Bold swimming...

As I exited the water one day last week, someone asked me: “Was it delicious?”  What a great expression, and very apt.  Today was, indeed, delicious.   The temperature is heading in the right direction (thanks Guy), and it’s starting to feel like summer:   Talking of delicious, the Ladies of the Towels were a...