We’re having a group effort today with the blog. Title care of James, yesterday’s feature in Elaine’s blog . Then I heard there was a turtle flirting with the wows just behind the surf break. Photo care of anne Henshaw who is only just back from holidays. Massive jealousy factor kicked in must admit
There were plenty of newbies, being introduced to the swim and the conditions by John Kelly and inge close .
The usual suspects hanging around the tree waiting to be snapped, doesn’t take much convincing. Michael Sheehan had a childhood friend join us, bronwen proudly holding her new swim cap. Welcome to all newbies, don’t let the cooling water temp stop you returning.
It’s a hot day today but the water temperature has dropped a whole degree, down to 21.5c. Not sure of total numbers but there was at least 200, and because of big surf and a bit of a current I entered at halfway with Dee and bin .
Two fresh faced girls waiting for late arrivals at Shelly and enjoying a rest from the surf.
only three of us entered at halfway but a few more opted to exit there which was a battle in itself with high tide and strong waves heading for the steps.
Melise avoided the steps wisely and took the rocks stopping for me to snap a relaxed pic.
The beach almost looked empty when we got back, everyone had dispersed to different cafes for chats and breakfast.
I’m told there was also a kingfish as big as a dusky but I missed most of the action today. This is my recent kingfish hunting down smaller fish.
Some food for thought. I heard of some recent collisions between swimmers , some of which caused damage to faces etc besides giving people a big fright. It’s anzac Day soon which is often a very crowded day at the swim. An experienced swimmer told me that they always look up to check their swim direction every 6-9 strokes. It’s a good idea we all start practicing this so we can see what’s ahead and who!
thats it folks , over and out, enjoy your day,
Edwina
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