Another Beautiful Manly Morning- Saturday 3rd December 2016

Another beautiful morning down at Manly Beach. This view never gets old. I don’t think it ever will.It has been an absolute pleasure to blog for you this year. I have loved meeting all of you. I love your energy, your smiling faces. I love that we are all from different walks of life, different ages, ethnicities, cultures, religions etc etc etc yet we all have the love for the ocean and the Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad in common. 

Merry Christmas to you all! Much love xx

6am- Manly Beach still pretty quiet

Sunrise being blocked by a layer of clouds….I love clouds

 

Volleyball Courts still empty

Gorgeous cloud coverage

 

6:05am I only just missed the 6am Squad entering the water but I caught these two stragglers 

 

 

Those dots in this pic are the 6am squad 

 

6:30am

 

 

 

 

 

7am Squad

 

John being the Boss Man, letting us all know that their are jimbles and that some of the Squad were going to swim 6kms 

 

7am Squad pretending to pay attention to John

 

On our way in

 

At the Point

 

Swimming close to the rocks as to not get bitten by Jimbles

 

 

 

Adrian the poser. 

 

Powering to Shelly Beach

 

 

Shelly Beach Squad Pics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Squad Heading Back to Manly Beach

 

6km Crew waiting at the point 

 

 

 

 

Jimble Casualty

 

Ian medicating Peter after a jimble got stuck under his watch band and continued to sting him

 

Ted giving Peter some much needed sympathy which put a smile on Peter’s dial

 Underwater sea life

I have been practicing my under water photography. Here are some shots from today. You can totally enlighten me if you know the names of the sea life that I photographed. Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Humans of the Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad

NEWBIES aka First Timers aka Bold and Beautiful Virgins

I asked them all:

1)What brought you down to Manly Beach to swim with the Bold and Beautiful Swim Squad?

 

Introducing Adrian

“I have swum before without the cap a couple of years ago. I am here because it is good to be part of a swimming community and to swim in the beautiful ocean. I used to work here and I used to see every morning people come for a swim. So I thought I should get into it. It has taken me a while to come back because I started a new career in the city.”

 

 Introducing Dave

“I actually came down here a couple of weeks ago for a swim and we actually got run over by you lot. We were in between your early group and your morning group. We hit one group on the way out and the other group on the way back. Haha.”

 

 Nice to have you join us Adrian and Dave

 

 Introducing Claire

“I want to see the fish on the way over to Shelly Beach.”

 

Introducing Brigette

“What a beautiful way to start the morning and to see beautiful Manly and get some exercise in before kicks off.”

 

Great to have you a part of our Squad Claire and Brigette

 

Introducing Anton 

“I don’t want to swim with the Bold and Beautiful. I am here to overcome my fears. You may need to save me I might drown.” 

 

Newbie Squad who all enjoyed their first swim with us. Yay Anton you SURVIVED!!!!!

Humans of the Bold and Beautiful who are NOT Newbies

 

 

Soon to be Mums both around 5 months pregnant

Kristy ” We were looking for a new challenge together about a year ago. So we have been doing it ever since.”

Kate “I have been doing it for a year now. I used to run a lot and wanted to do something different. I never did ocean swimming before that. It is a challenge. But I love it.”

Bottom of the Blog

Stats:

Swimmers:310

Newbies:12

Temp:21.3

 

Lainey and Ted need a babysitter for Frankie for Saturday mornings so they can go swimming. Any takers? There is a free coffee and cuddles if you choose to babysit!

B&B Christmas Party – don’t miss out – BOOK EARLY

The B & B Christmas Party this year will be held on Tuesday 13^th December at 6.30 pm in the Moonshine Bar (2^nd Floor) at the Steyne Hotel. All swimmers and partners/friends are welcome (no under 18s unfortunately). The theme again this year is simply “Christmas”. So come dressed in your finest Christmas paraphernalia. Lots of fun and dancing are guaranteed, with music by a fantastic rock band “Gluteus Maximus”. The cost is $10 per head, with all proceeds going to the running costs of the B&B. Book HERE now! Don’t miss out on this fun event, numbers are limited.

SUMMER TRIPLE BADGE

Please don’t forget our Summer Triple badge this summer! If you can’t make the 6 km distance, or want to warm up for the 6 km swim, why not do a triple Manly-Shelly swim any day and you earn a badge (don’t forget to log it on i-log). Due to popular demand, this year you will be able to earn the Summer Triple as well the 6 km badge. Everyone is eligible for two badges in any combination (triple/6km, 6km/10km, triple/10km), so start training!!

23rd Ocean Care Day Festival – This Sun 4 Dec – Manly Beachfront 10.30am – 4.30pm Fun activities for everyone – seaside scavenge, a touchable ocean lab, live music, roving artists, eco talks and lots of great eco exhibitions and stalls celebrating our oceans and raising awareness about the threats to our oceans.

https://www.facebook.com/somanly/?ref=br_rs

Boomerang Bags Manly Launch – 23rd Ocean Care Day Festival

Date: This Sunday 4 Dec @ 12.30pm

Time: 12.30pm

Location: Southern Stage Manly Beachfront (opp Royal Far West)

Join us in the celebrations of launching this exciting initiative into the community of Manly at the 23rd Ocean Care Day Festival.

Boomerang Bags is a bag share initiative driven by our community to reduce single use plastic pollution in our community.

From next week, look out for the bright red boomerang bag boxes located in local businesses throughout Manly’s shopping precinct.

The boxes will be stocked with FREE reusable fabric shopping bags for customers to borrow when they forget to bring their own.

Simple borrow a bag when you need it most and return to a red BB box along with any extras you have at home.

The availability of free reusable bags reduces the amount of plastic materials entering our landfills and waterways and encourages a mentality of re-use in our community.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/905475572932227/

                                                                       

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Peace Out

Nat