Sunday, Feb 11, 2018 – A seal of approval

 

This morning, a little overcast to start with but a beautiful morning for a swim and over 500 others thought so as well.

It’s a dry blog for me today as I am out of the water for 3 weeks.

Luckily Nurse Daph is always on hand for a little TLC.

Anyway, enough about me. We had two very important visitors this morning.

Firstly, Neptune aka Mat (with one T), a newbie to BnB.

 

Following Neptune was his little mate, a seal frolicking in the waves close to the beach.

There was great excitement with everyone grabbing cameras but it was only a very shortlived visit and photographic evidence quite scarce.

Meanwhile back on land excitement was building with almost 50 newbies joining us today.

Newbie Janine

Anne with newbies Amanda and Ashley

Gavin, Carl and Robin

Father and daughter, Colin and Cora

 

 

Lainey and Carol

Brendan and Fiona

 

Newbie Bruce with Ross.

Then it was time to hit the water.

Anne found this underwear floating in the water off the point.

The size fits, the name fits, need I say more?

Meanwhile some of the news you may have missed over the last week.

Peter Ley clocked up his 2,000k landmark yesterday.

Yesterday’s 10k swimmers.

The champions from last Sunday’s Cole Classic included quite a few BnBers.

 

Capless Dave

Sophie

Marc and Murray

Bruce

Inge

Congratulations to all.

Stats:

Swimmers: 510

Newbies: 46

Temp: 23.3

 

Monthly Dinner – 13^th February 2018 – Guest Speakers

The first B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 13th February at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. The guest speakers on the night will be Dr Ezequiel “Ziggy” Marzinelli and Dr Adriana Verges from the Sydney Institute of Marine Science(SIMS). SIMS, in partnership with Dorset Sutton and Jenny Lim Sutton and the Manly community, propose to undertake Operation Crayweed Manly, a project to restore lost underwater forests in Manly, in particular a type of seaweed called Crayweed, which provides critical habitat for crayfish (Eastern Rock Lobster) and abalone. Ideally the restoration would take place in Cabbage Tree Bay, as an iconic and beloved place under the watchful gaze of a community of custodians who care and love this exceptional marine environment. However this will depend on gaining community support and approval from NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries) due to Cabbage Tree Bay’s status as an Aquatic Reserve. The project team are keen to talk with the B&B community, as people who love and use Cabbage Tree Bay, to hear your thoughts and seek your support for this project.

The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential:  To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book HERE.

 

Royal Far West

Royal Far West were delighted last year with the response of B&B swimmers to their request for assistance with their activity programs. This year RFW is looking for volunteers to help with their beach games on Wednesday afternoon 3.30-5 pm They run beach volleyball, sand play, volleyball, cricket and soccer. Children are of all ages and abilities, and love the help and positive attention. If you can assist with this very rewarding program, please contact Anna Bowden at  annab@royalfarwest.org.au.

Help Wanted

B&B would like assistance with data entry for our mailing list. Due to the increasing number of newbies, our hard-working data entry volunteers have become seriously overworked. So if you have a computer and a spare hour each week or fortnight to enter names and emails into our database, can you please contact Ian on ugoboyo@gmail.com.