Pacific Jules

18/02/2018 - Beach Closed

The surf beach was closed today due to big swell courtesy of Tropical Cyclone Gita:

Late blog post courtesy of Typepad which was also closed for most of the day:

Anyway, here's the gist of what happened this morning:

Halfway bouncer:

Water safety significantly downgraded from yesterday:

Great eye for the camera - love it:

Encounters en route to the point:

Enter the clowns:

Roz back swimming after cosmetic surgery:

The new hand looks amazing:

It was good having Jules here for the last couple of days.

That's it. Better late than never. Hope you had a great Sunday!

Lips x

 

Management notices:

Next 10km badge swim

Next 10km badge opp is on Saturday 24 February 2018

 

Royal Far West

Royal Far West was 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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

17/02/2018 - New Sponsorship Arrangement Announced

It was a busy morning as Julie Isbill, founder of B&B, announced a new sponsorship arrangement with Medibank.

Medibank promotional staff handed out free muesli/yoghurt, coffee and merchandise, which as you can imagine was very popular.

So you might be asking, what does the new sponsorship arrangement mean to B&B swimmers? Apparently, Medibank are sponsoring prizes which will be distributed on a random basis to swimmers who log their swims. Now there is extra motivation to log your swims but make sure you do so soon after you complete the swim.

Here is Jules with Rainer.

Not only did Jules start the B&B swim, she has graduated with a Bachelor of Biochemistry and an MBBS. Jules has also achieved the coveted prize of the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming consisting of:

1. The English Channel, 33 km between France and England
2. The Catalina Channel, 32.5km between Catalina Island and the Californian mainland
3. Manhattan Island Marathon Swim, a 48.5km circumnavigation of Manhattan Island, New York City

(Source: Wikipedia)

400 people including 46 newbies enjoyed the swim this morning, despite the large surf. The water temp was a delightful 23.1 degrees.

Remember, when there is large surf you do not need to go out or come back in through the waves. You have the option of using stairs at Fairy Bower to enter and exit the water. 

This month's B&B dinner featured guest speakers from the Sydney Institute of Marine Science discussing Operation Crayweed. Dorset is working with SIMS to see how they can improve the biodiversity of Cabbage Bay Reserve which we swim across daily.

If you'd like further information speak to Dorset, pictured below:

http://sims.org.au/research/current-projects/restoration-of-missing-underwater-forests-in-sydney/

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My favourite beverage for the month, turmeric spiced latte, 'detox your body to a calmer mind'  available at the Point Cafe, hole in the wall (it's caffeine free and I'm bringing my keep-cup!)

The A-Team, enjoying their new merchandise.

Hope you all have a fantastic day! 

 Meg, pictured here with my very good friend Lou.

 

Management notices:

Next 10km badge swim

Next 10km badge opp is on Saturday 24 February 2018

thanks to Maria Allan and Dee I had company for the 10km last week (although they had a lot of treading water while waiting for me. Thanks). i did not have my camera so have made a composite although I could not find Dee's attendance photo; she just uses a pink dolphin

  

Royal Far West

Royal Far West was 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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management notices:

Next 10km badge swim

Next 10km badge opp is on Saturday 24 February 2018

thanks to Maria Allan and Dee I had company for the 10km last week (although they had a lot of treading water while waiting for me. Thanks). i did not have my camera so have made a composite although I could not find Dee's attendance photo; she just uses a pink dolphin

  

Royal Far West

Royal Far West was 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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

 

Friday 16 February 2018 work life unbalance

I missed my swim today but will swim another day because the sea is always there and Bold and Beautiful is open for sea business everyday. Thanks to JK for some photos!

Lovely morning sight - the horizon at Manly

 

See Dorsett's badge.

See below about BB badges

 

 

Always take three

 

Thinking about how to swim even when there are blue bottles - so have I. What about a dive hood.  With a pink cap on top

 

Management notices:

Next 10km badge swim

Next 10km badge opp is on Saturday 24 February 2018

thanks to Maria Allan and Dee I had company for the 10km last week (although they had a lot of treading water while waiting for me. Thanks). i did not have my camera so have made a composite although I could not find Dee's attendance photo; she just uses a pink dolphin

  

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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

What I am reading

Still going with The Old Ways about walking. Not a quick read but enjoyable. Also going through the Michael Connelly Lost Light. Very enjoyable. 

Thursday February 15...After the love?

We enjoyed a delicious celebration of love yesterday on Valentines, beautifully exposed in Lainey's love blog. And of course, we need to celebrate. But what’s more important is what happens after the love.

And this is not just an existential rambling about meaninglessness but the very essence of meaning. Because we know after the love there is just more love, more commitment and a doubling down not an easing off. When do customers feel most vulnerable and least satisfied with their purchase? Right after they have made the decision to buy. So for the salesperson the sale ends when the purchase is made, and for the buyer the sale is just beginning. Keen viewers of Married at First Sight will notice that when one person in the couple commits to the other is when they feel most vulnerable. That’s when they need to feel a real commitment back, not an easing off because all is well. So we know now, February 15 is the time to double down on our relationships – all of them – and follow through with all the actions that are real tangible demonstrations about we feel, and who we are.

This was exactly the mood this morning in our ‘after the love’ swim.

And we had had 9 newbies this morning, including Mike and Jenny from South London who came to the B&B as one of their highlights of their Australian visit. Here they are reading the conditions and 'swim at your own risk' guidelines in line with ISO 9001 and W. Edward Deming's 14 Points of Total Quality Management which we implement with an Agile philosophy. 

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Thanks for being a committed (or is that 'should be committed?') bunch

Pete Anthony

 

 

Stats

Temperature: 23.0 (felt like 23.14)

Swimmers: 243

Newbies: 9

Come and meet the movie star artists:
Support your local community - Manly Art Gallery Society presents BRILLIANT ARTISTS Film Series 2018 - 4 brilliant films in 4 months...including WHITELEY, ARCHIBALD PRIZE...Bookings through Eventbrite (search 'Brilliant Artists')
Wine and cheese.

Royal Far West is all of us
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 [email protected].

Random swimmer prizes announced to great excitement
Thanks to an amazing new partnership, B&B will be awarding random monthly prizes just for swimming !!!!
What's the catch... you MUST LOG YOUR SWIMS TO BE IN THE DRAW !!! To learn more about how to log your swims if you aren't already, please find details further down in this newsletter
As of 1st February, every time you swim with B&B and log your swim as such, on our daily attendance software, you will automatically be entered into the monthly lucky swim prize !!!
Yep, each time you swim with B&B and log your swim that equals an entry into the random prize draw !!!
Prize draw will be completed at the end of each calendar month and completed by the computer software.
And there's more... THERE WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER PRIZE FOR RANDOM SWIMMER OF THE YEAR !
And there's still more.... there will be a surprise event with maybe even more prizes... launching this relationship and the details of the prizes one weekend in February. I guess you'll have to swim to be lucky enough to be there :-)
*Conditions apply:
You must swim with B&B in the mornings to be eligible to log your swim.
Completing your own swims later in the day, whilst that is awesome, it isn't eligible for logging.
You must complete your log for the morning swim on the morning of your swim.
All swims, as always, are completed at your own risk, as per general B&B disclaimer.

 

14/01/2018 - A Whole Lot of Luvin' at the B&B - Happy V Day :-)xx

Here's a kiss from Gary the Groper for Valentine's Day folks! If you want it for real, head out to the rocks at The Bower surf break, you might be lucky!

Well it was rather dull and dreary today especially when we heard that there were lots of bluebottles about but around 250 turned up and we had swimmers everywhere, at the harbour, going North, around the rocks and a few brave ones to Shelly. Before I post about today's swim let's think about 'love' and the B&B!

A few of us have been lucky enough to witness some of the beautiful marine creatures of Cabbage Tree Bay getting romantic. You could even catch a bit of shark porn. I thought this was a white plastic bag 4 years ago off Shelly... but on closer inspection, Port Jacksons mating !!

In Winter Giant Cuttlefish are often 'at it' in our bay (and there's usually a small male disguised as a female waiting to get in on the action!)

Sometimes you just might happen to come across Rock Cod snogging...

I came across a Pommy guy in union jack budgies pursuing lovely Heather the other day... (we won't tell Cam).

Maybe we'd better not tell Patricia or Jo about Nick and Rainer's 'bromance' either ;-)!

Love (amongst humans) has blossomed many times down at the B&B as the photos above show. Pictured above are a few long lasting romances that I think I'm allowed to mention.'Lainey's Matchmaking Services' have helped a few along, I might add. (If anyone wants me to organise dates see me after the swim, remember 'Subtle' is my middle name). 

Anyway back to today's swim...

Here is JK announcing to 7am swimmers that there have been multiple reports of Blueys and everyone swims at their own risk.

I opted to swim close to the rocks and see the marine life. Lots of tiny schools of Mados, Pomfred and Hula fish!

Around 70 people made it to Shelly including Pete above dressed up for Valentine's Day. (Single and ready to mingle too I'll just add!)

Good old Richard was our 'Pied Piper' today. He checked out a pathway in between Bluebottles for swimmers to swim through. He did this for 6.30 and 7am swimmers and barely anyone got stung.

Except Phil who insisted on showing me his sting (and armpit) thanks Phil.

Not a good shot but you can just make out Richard and his trail of pink capped swimmers

Back at the Surf Club, Fiona and Anne showed off their stings too!

Whilst Kelly showed her cute nephew Finn in his new shark suit!

We still had 16 newbies today and the water was as warm as it gets 24.3 :-)

 

...And a few marine life photos of when the water was clearer last week...

Fan Bellied Leatherjacket

Yellowtail

Old Wives

This Crimson Banded Wrasse is a special friend of Fiona's and is quite tame coming right up to your face when you dive down!

This is Fi diving down to him!

Beautiful Groper with Mados hanging around. They're hoping to get an incidental feed when he chomps up sea urchins and limpets.

 Manly Inflatable Boat Race is on again on 25th Feb and they are raising money for Tour de Cure. They are looking for volunteers if anyone can help out. It should be so much fun!https://www.facebook.com/events/1961248197459089/ 

  

TAKE3#FORTHESEA

A lot of our swimmers pick up plastic and bits of rubbish from our bay...We've now got a pink bucket to collect these items and encourage more people to do it. Thank you to Jan and Rachel McNally for bringing it. It will be left by the signing on table and tree! To find out more about #take3forthesea click here https://www.take3.org/

 

I found a Valentine's Day blog I wrote 4 years ago when I was hunting around for inspiration. If you're interested click here to see what we were up to on 14th Feb 2013! It's a bit more entertaining than this blog  http://pacificjules.typepad.com/pacific-jules/2013/02/140213-happy-valentines-day-swimmers.html

This is one of the photos from it bahaha!

Monthly Dinner – 13^th February 2018 – Guest Speakers

The first B&B monthly dinner for the year was held last night at Bluewater Restaurant. The guest speakers on the night were Dr Ezequiel “Ziggy” Marzinelli and Dr Adriana Verges from the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS) and our very own Dorset. They gave an excellent talk on the need to restore crayweed in to Cabbage Tree Bay. Crayweed supports unique biodiversity including lobster and abalone. we have the potential to improve the ecological and economic value of our marine environment. Most of us agreed that it would be a great project to be a part of. Speak to Dorset for more info!

Have a great day folks

lots of love

Lainey (Photo from V Day 4 years ago. I'm now totally against balloons!)

 Bottom of Blog

Libby said come and meet the movie star artists:

Support your local community - Manly Art Gallery Society presents BRILLIANT ARTISTS Film Series 2018 - 4 brilliant films in 4 months...including WHITELEY, ARCHIBALD PRIZE...Bookings through Eventbrite (search 'Brilliant Artists')

Wine and cheese.

 

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 onWednesday 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  [email protected].

 

RANDOM MONTHLY SWIMMER PRIZES STARTING IN FEBRUARY !! 

Thanks to an amazing new partnership, B&B will be awarding random monthly prizes just for swimming !!!!

What's the catch... you MUST LOG YOUR SWIMS TO BE IN THE DRAW !!!  To learn more about how to log your swims if you aren't already, please find details further down in this newsletter

As of 1st February, every time you swim with B&B and log your swim as such, on our daily attendance software, you will automatically be entered into the monthly lucky swim prize !!!

Yep, each time you swim with B&B and log your swim that equals an entry into the random prize draw !!!

Prize draw will be completed at the end of each calendar month and completed by the computer software.

And there's more... THERE WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER PRIZE FOR RANDOM SWIMMER OF THE YEAR !

And there's still more.... there will be a surprise event with maybe even more prizes... launching this relationship and the details of the prizes one weekend in February.  I guess you'll have to swim to be lucky enough to be there :-)

*Conditions apply:

You must swim with B&B in the mornings to be eligible to log your swim.

Completing your own swims later in the day, whilst that is awesome, it isn't eligible for logging.

You must complete your log for the morning swim on the morning of your swim.

All swims, as always, are completed at your own risk, as per general B&B disclaimer.         

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13/2/18 1000km Ingrid & Pauline + Happy Birthday Scotty

Pauline, entering her guard of honour. Congrats on 1000km with B & B.

Congrats also for Ingrid on her 1000km, Ingrid swam early and we missed her, but this is a lovely photo of her and Miss Polly Dog.

Lots of Yogi's today.

Can't believe it was 24.0 degrees today.

Beautiful Gayle and Mary.


 A couple of fishy shots. Nice to see plenty of fish.

Quite a dramatic light at the 7am "lets go"

What a happy gang.

This is Laura, she was very scared of possible blue bottles but braved it!

Hope you were ok. 

The boys at Shelly

Looking great.

Beautiful smiles and a touch of colour!

Happy Birthday splashes for Scotty.

James, looking fit and strong back at the beach.

Michelle & Martin, happy with their swim today.

This bucket collects any litter that we find in the water. Great idea guys!

Looking great guys.

Jen, Pauline and Maria - swim buddies.

Elaine getting the arch and finery ready for Pauline today.

 

What a great swim, hope to see lots of you tonight at our dinner.

Jenny :)

Stats:

Swimmers 210

Newbies 4

Water Temp 24.1

Air Temp 24.0

 

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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

 

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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

Monday 12th February 2018 - Farewell Claire, Happy BD JP.

Checkout the important notices at the bottom of the blog about:

1. Tomorrow’s B&B dinner.

2. Random logon prizes.

3. Charity film screenings at Manly Art Gallery.

4. Volunteers wanted for Royal Far West.

5. Next 10k swim 24 Feb.

 

The 5:45 crew.

 

6:30 crew.

Classic bags on the wall.

 

Garth & Lauren here for their second swim.

 

Mel who was here for her third swim is a Physio at Manly Hospital.

 

Claire’s first swim but last day at the Point Cafe, farewell to our favourite barrista.

 

Happy birthday JP, born at Manly Hospital 44 years ago today. Thanks for today’s “Let’s go”.

 

Sue’s protea are in full bloom.

Stats:

swimmers 200+, a few newbies, water temp a warm 22+ degrees.

 

47 newbies Yesterday - Ian says thanks to the volunteers who have agreed to do the extra data entry.

Have a great week ahead

Simon

 

first babychino for my youngest granddaughter Tara💕

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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.

 

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Libby said come and meet the movie star artists:

 

Support your local community - Manly Art Gallery Society presents BRILLIANT ARTISTS Film Series 2018 - 4 brilliant films in 4 months...including WHITELEY, ARCHIBALD PRIZE...Bookings through Eventbrite (search 'Brilliant Artists')

Wine and cheese.

 

 

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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 onWednesday 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  [email protected].

 

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Please place in the blog for the next few days…..thanks for blogging.

 

RANDOM MONTHLY SWIMMER PRIZES STARTING IN FEBRUARY !! 

 

Thanks to an amazing new partnership, B&B will be awarding random monthly prizes just for swimming !!!!

 

What's the catch... you MUST LOG YOUR SWIMS TO BE IN THE DRAW !!!  To learn more about how to log your swims if you aren't already, please find details further down in this newsletter

 

As of 1st February, every time you swim with B&B and log your swim as such, on our daily attendance software, you will automatically be entered into the monthly lucky swim prize !!!

 

Yep, each time you swim with B&B and log your swim that equals an entry into the random prize draw !!!

 

Prize draw will be completed at the end of each calendar month and completed by the computer software.

 

And there's more... THERE WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER PRIZE FOR RANDOM SWIMMER OF THE YEAR !

 

And there's still more.... there will be a surprise event with maybe even more prizes... launching this relationship and the details of the prizes one weekend in February.  I guess you'll have to swim to be lucky enough to be there :-)

 

*Conditions apply:

You must swim with B&B in the mornings to be eligible to log your swim.

Completing your own swims later in the day, whilst that is awesome, it isn't eligible for logging.

You must complete your log for the morning swim on the morning of your swim.

All swims, as always, are completed at your own risk, as per general B&B disclaimer.         

 

 

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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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

Saturday 10th February 2018; More 10km badges completed

Well a huge congratulations to the 6km and 10km badge swimmers today.  While I was supporting my daughter in her rowing efforts (see photo at bottom) two of my people were slogging it out for 4 hours in the water earning their 10km summer badge.   This was following up from their 6km effort just a few weeks ago, while I am yet to tick off even the triple badge.  I am in awe of their effort.  I am sure while they were in the water JL was trying to come up with more ways to save the planet; quietly guiding us towards using less plastic, using more keep cups,  and generally creating less waste.  BM on the other hand would be contemplating life,  caring for her friends and generally being a thoughtful, kind and wise person.   Swimming with the BnB has had so many positive impacts on my life and spending more time with these two inspirations is one of them!

By all reports it was a beautiful swim; crystal clear water all the way to Freshwater,  not a blue bottle in sight and a friendly, catchable wave at Manly.

But because I wasn't there to witness it, swim it, enjoy it, or photograph it for myself I have delved into the archives to find some of my favourite Manly sunrises from 2017.   Looking forward to many more sunrises with my people in 2018.

Sorry for the late post,  a minor hiccup with the roster!   

STATS;  lots of swimmers,  a few newbies and a beautiful temperature.

Oh, and here's my daughter (far left), and her crew, at the regatta today- well done girls!

 

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  [email protected].

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 [email protected].

The Lurking Menace...

No I am not talking about Scrappy Scotty around the rocks... or a sabotaging Richie (who tried to slice me with a cuttlefish today)... I am talking about the dreaded bluebottle!

Even the sky looked ominous this morning...

A good line up of A-teamers this morning. It was James' 40th birthday last weekend, which we celebrated by going to see Diesel in Newtown (for those who don't leave the Northern Beaches, its near Sydney University)...

Talking of birthdays, it was Milly's today! Though I'm not sure she was that pleased about the early start.

Returning 6:30am swimmer Karel was the first indication that the blueys were lurking. He was rubbing an arm on exit!

What was that sound at 7:09am that could be heard across Manly? Was it a small girl crying? Was it a wolf howling at the moon? Was it a lobster being plunged into boiling water? 

No. It was Dave Panton getting stung by a bluey!

I compared bluey wounds with him after I got stung between my fingers... only to be laughed down. But the pain is real people... the pain is real!

Claudia copped a nasty one too!

Well with all the action in the water there could only be one winner today. Recording a rare victory (he normally leads the first two thirds and then tires...) was Irishman Alex! Well done mate on beating a stacked field.

I'm currently taking 4 couples through pre-marriage counselling (I've taken over 30 weddings and every couple are still together!). Here is some inspiration from Corinthians...

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."

Much "love".

The Bishop