Yup. They’re back! Early sightings of our friends the Jimbles were reported this morning. Not many. But a few to send people North on what can only be described as a ‘top shelf’ morning. A solid 9/10. Flat. Warmish. And the most delicious sunrise warming up for its Channel 10 feature piece tomorrow…
As you ocean lovers will know tomorrow (8 June) is World Ocean Day and Channel 10 will be down to film our salty crew – if anyone is up for a slightly later swim be sure to be there from 8am for your 15 minutes of fame!
Laney: Be here from 8am tomorrow to see channel 10
South side surveying
Su with the jimble report
Jimble kisses
All smiles Suzie
Come one come all
No goggles? No problem for this crazy man. After competing in the inaugural Manly Marathons yesterday Tim still made it down for his swim. Albeit he forgot his goggles…
Big shout out to the Bold representatives who attended ‘Playing with Sharks’ premier on Saturday. So good to see so many familiar faces. Highly recommend seeing it! In cinemas June 17
Have a great week all
MDP
B&B monthly dinner – 8th June 2021
The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 8th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. To celebrate World Oceans Day, this month’s speaker is Robert Olive, co-ordinator and a senior turtle carer from the Australian Seabird Rescue (ASR) organisation, whose volunteers have been rescuing seabirds and sea turtles along the NSW coastline for over 25 years. Robert will talk about the amazing work they do and specifically about the rescue, rehabilitation and release of two green sea turtles, Billie and Ella in Cabbage Tree Bay.
There will be the opportunity to sign up to a Volunteers First Responders Training Course to be held on 26 June in Manly to learn about the capture, handling and first aid of seabirds, turtles and other coastal wildlife. Dinner attendees will also have an opportunity to help fund this important work. On the night, Bommie Australia, a Manly conscious clothing & beachwear brand, will donate 50% of all sales of their ocean inspired swim goggle bag range and beach accessories to ASR.
While we had hoped that the B&B could resume its normal activities by now, we are still bound by Covid 19 restrictions with which we would be unable to fully comply. So, for the near future, B&B’s operations will continue to be suspended. This does not mean you need to stop swimming. As an encouragement to swim, B&B will offer its usual badges over the winter swimming season. To qualify for a highly prized winter badge, you need to:
· swim from Manly to Shelly and return (or halfway swim) a minimum of 20 times between 1st June and 31st August.
· swim in at least 7 different weeks during the same period.
· log your swims.
If you manage to do all of your qualifying swims without a wetsuit (or other thermal enhancing equipment), you will also qualify for the coveted WWW badge (winter without wetsuit).
Since we no longer have restrictions on movement within the community, the Covid swim will no longer be a swim option and all swims must be at Manly. Should there be any restrictions imposed during the Winter period, The Covid Swim will return as an option.
One comment
Edwina harrison
07/06/2021 at 3:53 pm
Not sure what to say about jimbles 😳