Pacific Jules

Thursday 18 July 2019: Smashing into another new day

This morning was just one of those smashing mornings.  The water was flat, visibility was great and the sunrise spectacular.  The water temperature even played its part, jumping back up to 16 degrees again.

Drinkie led the 6.30am crew - and yes, wetsuits are allowed.  The 6.30 group are pretty quick (too quick for me) and usually get back by about 6.45-6.50.

LesBubs was telling me all about the glamour feature on the blog camera which makes everything look better than reality - I don't think it worked but John found it all very amusing.

Annie, pictured with Alanna reckons she will never forget her roots when she is rich and famous.  A couple of weeks ago talent spotters were videoing people for an upcoming ad campaign.  Annie and Jenny A were successful and had their filming at Bronte last weekend.  Expect to see them gracing our screens in the future.

Justice knows everything there is about rugby union, especially South African rugby and is very interesting to talk to about sports psychology.  I reckon Vince was trying to get a few tips to out-psych the rest of the A-team.

This pair were a little hesitant about getting in the water.  It was a little nippy getting in and out, but in the water was just glorious and the perfect way to start the day.

This trio were caught doing a little warmup run along the beach before their swim - hope it worked for you ladies.

While these guys reckon the headline of the blog had to be Smashing into another day (or similar) - I agree, everything about this morning was just smashing!!

Anyway, till next time have a fantastic day - I will because I started it with a swim in our beautiful Cabbage Tree Bay.

Water temp : 16.6 deg C
Newbies : 1
Swimmers : 140

Here' s an idea that B&B swimmers who live in the Manly electorate might like to support - A Festival of Seaweed!

The Sydney Institute of Marine Science together with Dorset and Anne put forward an idea for a science, art, food festival around seaweed.  and they are now at the stage of promoting the project to locals to encourage their vote. It’s through the NSW Government Generation fund.  The community submit  projects for review, but the decision as to which project receives funding rests with the Manly electorate community who are able to vote for their preferred projects. They are now at the stage of promoting the project to locals to encourage their vote. All the information is on the SIMS website – see link below with all the detail, including relevant links for voting, plus the attached document

http://engonet-sims.azurewebsites.net/news/77/my-community-project

 

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Wednesday 17 July 2019 Winter swimming: beanies and cool, calm water

Good morning Manly

Dorset and JK 

Roz, Michele, Annie and Martin all smiles

7am and heading down the ramp

Peter, John and Ian and their beanies

JK and Dorset

Keeping warm

Water temp : 16.9 deg C

Newbies : none

Swimmers : 160

Penny

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Here' s an idea that B&B swimmers who live in the Manly electorate might like to support - A Festival of Seaweed!

The Sydney Institute of Marine Science together with Dorset and Anne put forward an idea for a science, art, food festival around seaweed.  and they are now at the stage of promoting the project to locals to encourage their vote. It’s through the NSW Government Generation fund.  The community submit  projects for review, but the decision as to which project receives funding rests with the Manly electorate community who are able to vote for their preferred projects. They are now at the stage of promoting the project to locals to encourage their vote. All the information is on the SIMS website – see link below with all the detail, including relevant links for voting, plus the attached document

http://engonet-sims.azurewebsites.net/news/77/my-community-project

 

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She's at it again Every year, Emma shuns alcohol in July for a great cause. Please donate to Emma Grose's Dry July Australia http://www.dryjuly.com/users/emma-grose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 16 July 2019

6:30 Crew catching the start of the day

6:30 Crew caught on camera this morning

Not sure where the fish went in this photo

Poser...

7 am crew pushing past the cold water this morning as they enter!

Did anyone else get brain freeze for their first few strokes?

Nice calm waters today made for a quick swim over to Shelley Beach

Happy Birthday to Lynda for today :)

Lynda enjoying a morning swim and a homemade cake for her birthday!

Today's stats:

Water Temperature: 15.7

Swimmers: 150

Newbies: 1

Notices

Anyone lost their dentures? Jacqui found these in the surf yesterday, so give her a call or send her a message on the number below if you haven't already!

Jacqui Stevenson  Ph. 0438225086

 

 

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Monday 15th July 2019 - Two Peters & silhouettes@14.5 degrees

Clair’s ballet.

 

6:05 Crew welcome back Peter (3rd from the right).

 

Fifi’s camera says 14.5 degrees.

 

New flag design?

 

Pre-swim birthday candle-light beach picnic for Ivana (left).

 

Masters training for Coolangatta Gold.

 

6:15am.

 

Beach lights@6:22am.

Simon standing in for Drinky@6:30.

 

Guess who?

 

Smiles @6:43am.

 

Peter from Chicago swims with us once a year while he does some banking.

 

7am crew.

Yeh!!!!

 

Swimmers 150+

JBs water temp 15.9.

 

Have a great week ahead.

 

Simon

 

 

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Sunday 14th July 2019 - the spirit of bold and beautiful ❤️

15.4 degrees!

So we figured out this morning that wetsuit wearers are shocked by the low temperatures ..

see pic..

Whereas non-wet suit wearers couldn’t care less...



Lots photos being taken of the temperature... it’s was a big deal

AND IT WAS COLD!!! my legs were numb walking in... but the point it was ‘warmer’..

Not super clear ..not clear enough to see a shark coming after you 😝

About 310 swimmers ..Ian’s guess...

2 newbies ... 

no jimbles or stings or shark bites.... 

the low temp was the biggest deal today... but it it was beautiful!!

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EXTRA:

At the end of last year knowing the BNB 10 year anniversary was coming up ..I went through EVERY SINGLE Bold and Beautiful blog and saved a bunch of photos to make the below 10 year anniversary video!

However it took so long putting it all together (3 months) that I ended up not liking the finished video ..so I didn't upload it 😁  .....7 months later I took another look at it and it was ok 👍 

So here it is! The editing and so forth is not great because my computer was too slow however you will get the gist... It might even make you smile and maybe some tears, bring back some good memories or show you stuff you didn't know.

I tried to capture the spirit of the group and include as many people as I could and show all the diversity of experiences!

One thing I realised watching it was how FAB our bloggers are!! All those incredible photos over all those years.  Something like 3,500 blogs have gone out!

So signup to be a blogger so you can be a part of this amazing history. 😊

The SPIRIT of Bold and Beautiful.

 

Stay calm and carry on swimming

We're in the depth of the Sydney winter (which isn't that bad really) but still we respond to the call of the sea. A good sized crowd swam today

Water temperature was quite a shock to some

While others did not appear perturbed

This is taking calm to the next level

A bit of cool weather won't stop Manly LSC board and ski paddlers

The blogger walkabout.....

A 6:30 swimmer with heat source

Cheryl, fresh from Lady Elliot Island

I think today is his birthday

Fiona setting off on another marathon

Polly

Sunrise will be coming up at around 7am for the next little while - another thing to enjoy

Still it's pretty brisk

Elbows in the water, now!

New wetsuit - nice

Shelley

The Let's Go comes a bit faster at wintertime

Heading back, someone noticed a cuttlefish. A healthy looking cuttlefish. He may have missed his chance at love this season, but got another shot at life. Hope it's worth it, buddy

Here he is hiding

By the time I was done looking at this lovely creature, I noticed I was pretty much alone in the bay, so made my way post haste

But stopped to watch this groper and crimson banded wrasse at the point

This is Beth who kindly gave me some of her hot water - thanks!

Ian has been working on the levitation skills

Management notices

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What am I listening to?

It's Wimbledon time and King Roger is in the final. As is Queen Serena

You can find Roger's press conference following his semi final win over Rafa here

 

Friday 12 July 2019 "six" appears

Well it is winter after all but I was all agog that the number 6 appeared in the temperature - it was 16.9 today. While not a comparable activity that I swam in 16.9, I note that Brianna Thompson of Brisbane yesterday completed a double crossing of the English Channel in 16 degree water. She is 17 and crossed the English Channel (just a single) last year. Wow.

Where do you find cold water to train in in Brisbane? Well done to her.

Our swim was joyful

The 630 am swimmers brought the sun up

All the fab 7am swimmers getting ready

Harriett's first swim with BB - here on the right with the lovely people who got her to come. Good advice

Paul Karen and Emma - keenly collecting swims for badges. Like me

Roger

Finished swimming. Now to coffee

The appearance of a six

What is David up to?

Taking this shot. I think this is now the BB swim pose - like the Japanese Hi Cheezo or the Hawaiian hang loose.

Juliette with her lovely son = basking in the win of a great raffle prize from the Christmas in July event this week. 

Sam swam early

Baby is getting a badge too

The shower water is still of for the shower scene

David Brown got the sunrise

Everyone had already left Shelly by the time I got there because in swimming, I am without peer

doublers

In the swim

Is there anything more lovely than seeing swimmers against the horizon

The elbow of today

Management notices

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What I have been reading

Big Sky by Kate Atkinson. Just started but going well so far

Thursday 11 July: Wisdom of this crowd

A cool morning warmed up by people, you could say we are sharing feeling and learnings, so we are both better off. Learning a bit more about the ocean conditions, feeling cared for or even just accepted. In theory it’s called collaboration where the relationship is the #1 issue and everything else comes second.

It’s not just a random idea but the essence of our evolutionary spirit separating us from the apes. And more recently collaboration is  the backbone of phenomenon like Uber and AirB&B. In fact it’s the core of any great relationship and any great conversation where you can achieve together what is impossible apart. Just giving and receiving care and understanding and the rest is all upside.

The wisdom of the crowd is smarter than its smartest member, and the care two people can generate just gets multiplied to infinity in a crowd like us. Need more proof? Just have a look at these folks from our swim this morning.

 

Keep caring.

Pete Anthony

 

Stats:

Swimmers: 131 (felt like 132.9865)

Newbies: 1 (felt like 1.3)

Water temp: 17 (felt like 14.986520 at Shelly)

Notices:

Show country kids you care by taking part in one or all of some of Sydney’s most iconic upcoming running events with team Royal Far West. Including City2Surf, Manly Fun Run and Blackmores Half Marathon.

Register your spot today!

royalfarwest.org.au/run

 

 

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Stats:

Swimmers: 131 (felt like 132.9865)

Newbies: 1 (felt like 1.3)

Water temp: 17 (felt like 14.986520 at Shelly)

Notices:

Show country kids you care by taking part in one or all of some of Sydney’s most iconic upcoming running events with team Royal Far West. Including City2Surf, Manly Fun Run and Blackmores Half Marathon.

Register your spot today!

royalfarwest.org.au/run

 

 

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You will notice a few B&B swimmers wearing them already, to see a pair in the flesh ask Ian or John 

 

 

 

10/07/19 - A super special Xmas in July

It's not every day you see a frenzy of grey nurse rockin' it at The Steyne but on this very special night of the B &B Xmas in July, on the first week anniversary to the day of 'the unmentionable event' they were spotted moving in sync and offering an olive branch to us swimmers! They won a table prize for their excellent efforts! First prize for creativity and artistic effort goes to Roz Beaver! Congratulations team!

 

A  pricelessly subtle photo bomb from management, Ian, as the winning team are presented with their prizes!

 

Before we get into the plethora of photos from this highly attended event, a huge thank you to Management (& Santa) for putting on an awesome evening! There is nothing better than getting together, relaxing over a few alcoholic beverages, or in this dedicated swim group's case, a cleansing glass of sparkling water and raising money for two awesome causes - the B&B which we all know and love and of course Royal Far West which we all know and love! The night raised over $5,000 - a fantastic achievement! Thanks also to The Steyne hotel for having us!

 

The Royal Far West team are very grateful to have the support of the B&B and thank you all for getting behind the cause and generously donating last night! This money will help more country kids access the health support they need particularly in these devastating times of drought. If you'd like to learn a little more about RFW, visit their website or pop in and say hi & attend one of their NAIDOC events this week! www.royalfarwest.org.au

    

There were a few angels there last night but these three Tara, Kim and Des of Royal Far West, were the real angels of the evening! Working tirelessly behind the scenes to help management ensure this event ran smoothly! These events don't run by themselves and we all appreciate the huge effort you put in which certainly paid off! Thanks so much ladies! 

 

Management John surreptitiously photo bombed the best dressed man photo!

 

Best dressed Lady Jo and raffle winner Janet, workshopped what they would do with their prizes! One suggestion was to give the nights accommodation in Manly to Gunner for his bday and not let on it was won in the raffle! :-) 

These guys and gals certainly deserved to win best dressed (or undressed)! They looked awesome!

In actual fact, everyone was a winner on the night! The room was a sea of colour, laughter and fun evident in these next few (hundred) photos! So grab yourself a cuppa, put your feet up, put a sign on your office door 'do not disturb - in meeting'  and enjoy the following hive of activity! (Apologies if I've posted the same photo more than once! My eyes were going cross-eyed uploading all these photos!)

And that's all for another year of Christmas in July celebrations folks!

 

Just chilling! This is the only photo of today's swim!

 

Signing off from our friends the GNs and BnBs!

 

Stats:

Swimmers: More than yesterday and probably less than tomorrow.

Newbies: 1.5

Water temp: 17.6 

Notices:

Show country kids you care by taking part in one or all of some of Sydney’s most iconic upcoming running events with team Royal Far West. Including City2Surf, Manly Fun Run and Blackmores Half Marathon.

Register your spot today!

royalfarwest.org.au/run

 

 

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You will notice a few B&B swimmers wearing them already, to see a pair in the flesh ask Ian or John 

 

 

 

9/7/19.

 

Limbering up

 

Pondering

 

Pre photo prep

 

"Lets do something silly"

 

The first touch

 

Midway

 

No leakage before the 'let's go' in the 6.30 group

 

Finito

 

6:30 is the new 5:30 at the moment for a few people, including Sam

 

Charl's pre swim enthusiasm

 

Short shower queue at the moment

Polly keeping watch

 

 

Felt like a bit of a peeping Tom using the zoom for this one. Rob doing some pushups in the middle of his second lap of the day I think, and in no wetsuit - I'm not sure I'll ever understand some peoples energy levels.

 

Fishy out of water

 

Gayle had half way beach to herself

 

Almost a cracking view.

 

 

 

I expect numbers will be slightly down tomorrow after Christmas in July party tonight - enjoy

 

Stats:
Swimmers:  ~150
Newbees: 0
Water:  17.7 deg C

Winter swimming
The B&B Winter swimming season starts on 1st June. Although the water temperature may be a little colder than you might like, there are several advantages of swimming in winter, including flat seas, good visibility and no bluebottles. Perhaps the biggest advantage is that you can also qualify for a winter badge by swimming a minimum of 20 times between 1st June and 31st August. You must also swim in at least 7 different weeks. 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). Start now, and don’t forget to log your swims to qualify.

 

Show country kids you care by taking part in one or all of some of Sydney’s most iconic upcoming running events with team Royal Far West.

Including City2Surf, Manly Fun Run and Blackmores Half Marathon.

Register your spot today!

royalfarwest.org.au/run