Where the Craybies Sing

Siyabona and G’day

Another picture perfect day in the bay. Water a balmy  17.7 C thanks to Guy, with excellent viz  – it felt like the ultimate aquarium swim. I saw a turtle to my delight and was soon joined by fellow pink capped enthusiasts to admire it. Yay. And Yay again.

Last night the fabulous BnB monthly talk at the Manly SLC was on weed. Crayweed to be exact.

This beautiful seaweed disappeared in the area and CTB  due to pollution years ago. There has been a big effort to repopulate the Crayweed as we now have cleaner seas.

Dorset generously sponsored the establishment of  new cray forests in CTB which have spawned craybies (gorgeous baby Crays) and slowly new forests  have taken hold. We are so lucky to have them returning to the bay and beyond, enhancing the eco system. A huge thanks to Dorset and the dedicated marine team.

I took some pictures of the slides that Prof Ziggy showed during his talk for those of you who missed so you can mark and find the forests to admire, perhaps even hear the Craybies sing.

Some dedicated BnB crew in this pic including Dorset 4th from RHS

Yaybie for so many craybie. Teens are a whole other subject 🙂 but happily we can’t hear them talk back in this instance.

This is where they are establishing, slowly but surely after a long absence. Prof Ziggy points out and highlights colonies

International collaboration on restoration of crayweed forests  is being fed data from our own CTB, there are movies, weed festivals  ( seaweed), a whole wonderful effort at keeping seas healthy.

Dorset, Prof Ziggy, Michael (organiser of the BnB talks, thank you) and Lainey

Some of the supporting crew.

Alway great to hear someone talk and learn about something completely new – if you’ve never been to the monthly talk please come join.

Jonny and I have been attending for over 10 years and have heard fascinating talks from styling your wardrobe, mindfulness, Brendan’s epic channel swim, climate change, bull sharks, Guys journey (still one of the most impactful) and the rest. Fire up the curiosity and come join.

Back to today, a klomp (clump of) Saffers, the lovely  Potgieter and Britz families and gorgeous Kath sitting in the bench nicknamed  Potgietersrus  – a small town in SAfrica (rus = rest )with Wally Potgieter the fluffy.

WOW chat. Georgina on RHS is the wonderful artist that generously donated her design (again) to the BnB and Budgy Smugglers for our new cozzies. Thank you GG.
BTW They feature some weed as it happens  :). Timing hey.

Hambe Kahle ( go well) everyone

Di

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Message from management re our new cozzies:

To celebrate BnB members are being offered a 20% discount, in- store only for 2 weeks. (after 2 weeks the discount will revert to 10%)To receive this discount you must show your BNB pink cap when purchasing.

They look fantastic thanks to Georgina Hart’s amazing design & generosity in donating her design to BnB, once more. You can find her amazing art at Georgina Hart art-online or at her gallery in Seaforth.

The swim suits should be available in store and online in two weeks in men’s, ladies thin strap one piece and ladies sport two piece.

In spring we will be able to do a pre-order batch if any ladies would like the thick strap design or if anyone would like towels. Dates for this pre-order will be announced nearer the time.