BOLD & BEAUTIFUL SWIM GROUP IS CURRENTLY NOT RUNNING DUE TO THE RISKS OF CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19). IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH ADVICE.
Today’s blog is a Dry Blog. I’m not quite over a lurgy which is certifiably NOT the Rona (relief!) so decided to stay out of the water and blog on land.
Seeing Lucy with her 2 bottles of hot water was confirmation I’d made the right call. Danny is probably thinking the 2 bottles strategy is a stroke of genius.
She and Fi did the socially considerate thing and made sure the water run-off wouldn’t wet anyone’s gear. Thank you ladies. That’s WoWs for you, always considerate.
This is fellow blogger Elizabeth rocking a towel thingie made by Bommie, with Gail looking on admiringly / enviously. And previously featured ladies in the background, checking that no frozen bits had fallen off and been left behind as treats for our marine buddies.
Lifeguard Josh getting ready for a day of keeping beachgoers safe. Thank you, Josh, love your work. As a clubby I have to say patrols with you as a lifeguard are a joy.
Michelle and Martin heading to the water
Wardrobe adjustment
An interesting invention – a padded swim cap designed to mitigate the impact of head on collisions while swimming
Couple of snork dorks. Wonder what the person in the foreground was looking at
Towards Shelly
If anyone ever wondered why Manly does so well in Surf Lifesaving competition, this is why. They train all the time.
The multi talented Belinda made me a scarf. Can you see the personalised bit of art work? Thank you Belinda, it is just beautiful!
Trying to be arty myself
On my way towards Shelly I came across a memorial. Lainey asked me to take some photos for the blog. David Adams’ former partner passed away 2 yrs ago today. Here are some images of David and friends paying tribute.
No fish photos from today, so here are a couple from my recent trip to Lady Elliot. Can’t remember if I’ve posted the budding occy romance shot before
What am I listening to? This is a folk ballad about 2 young ladies who did a really good but ultimately unsuccessful job of isolation / quarantine to avoid the Bubonic Plague. Some beautiful musicianship from Peter Knight
6 comments
Tony
22/08/2020 at 3:58 pm
I was hit by one of these paddlers on the hand this morning, was okay but the paddler didn’t stop.
But I feel that this was an intentional targeting of us by this group of paddlers. The bay had quite a number of pink caps? The group paddled right through our small group.
Also they came back from Shelly directly at us. We stopped again then calling out what the hell are you doing? That’s when I was told to f… off and that we didn’t own the ocean. Then a group of them paddled at us woohooing and yahooing. That was definitely a targeting us.
Tony Height
Anne
22/08/2020 at 4:25 pm
Thats not good, Tony. Ive experienced similar but wondered if I was being paranoid. What can we do about it?
Elizabeth
22/08/2020 at 4:28 pm
That’s terrible. It was a huge group and indeed coming in through the same spot as the few swimmers at that time. They also don’t own the ocean. Not the best behaviour
Elizabeth
22/08/2020 at 4:30 pm
Anne. That’s a super dry-blog. I like the padded swim cap. Might be a bit more protective. It was cold in the water today and very breezy
Lainey Loo
24/08/2020 at 8:12 am
Thanks for including Julie Hill’s memorial swim Anne. She was such a joyjul spirit and only 51 when she passed away 2 years ago. Love the scarf and padded cap but it’s really not on with the paddlers coming in straight through our group. I think Peter may have had a narrow escape last week too.
Anne
24/08/2020 at 12:49 pm
We need to do something about our relationship with the paddlers.