Pacific Jules

Thursday 31 May 2018: Winter badge warm up - or cool down more likely

We love winter swimming and as if the ocean knows we are about to start working hard on our winter badges the water temperature has dropped below 18 degrees, this morning was a chilly 17.5.  There's still plenty of brave souls not slipping into a wetsuit, but for a large portion of the team its a morning push, pull, jump and breath in to get the buggar on!!!!!!  For me I prefer to hold off on the wetsuit as long as possible, apart from the initial gasp as you enter the water, as soon as you are under and get those arms moving its actually quite a lovely experience.

We love Ian, he does so much for the group and is always happy to help get the swimmers ready for their morning swim whether it be a pep talk about the water temperature or helping zip up a wetsuit.  He loves his morning cuddles and kisses too!!!!

Val needed a hand to get zipped up this morning, guess who was on hand to help (sorry about the sideways photo). 

The boys did a Bolderdash down to Queensie this morning - it was perfect conditions with very few waves, a spectacular sunrise and plenty of fish to see.

It was the most spectacular sunrise with the water turned firey red for a few seconds - why wouldn't you want to come out from under the warm doona just to see this.

Bryon is all ready for the winter badge which starts tomorrow, complete with his special Tasmanian hat.  If you want to earn the Cold and Beautiful badge this winter you need to swim 20 times on 7 different weeks during winter (from tomorrow).  Do it without a wetsuit and you'll also earn the WWW badge.

Sorry about the short blog - camera issues - Lips needs to empty out his pockets and return all the SD cards he has stashed away for the camera!!!!

Anyway till next time have a great day and keep swimming

Myrtle the Turtle (aka Deanna)

Management notices:

Water temperature:   17.5 - brrrrrr but still not ready for the wetsuit
Newbies:                      None
Total swimmers:        117

Monthly dinner:

The monthly dinner with Julia as guest speaker is sold out.  If you have not yet purchased a ticket and wish to go on the waiting list please email our fearless leader Ian - warning though they are expected to be a bit scarce.

Blue: the film

Blue is a feature documentary film charting the drastic decline in the health of our oceans. With more than half of all marine life lost and the expansion of the industrialisation of the seas, the film sets out the challenges we are facing and the opportunities for positive change.

If you haven't seen this incredible multi award winning film yet, you are in luck. Follow the link below to reserve your ticket
Wednesday 20th June
6.30pm at Hoyts Warringah Mall
$10 + booking fee
If you love the ocean this film is not to be missed.

https://tickets.demand.film/event/5027

 

 

30/05/2018 - The Boldest of the Bold and Beautiful

We don't get to see this bunch of gorgeous women on the blog very often...They start their swim at 6am every morning, rain, hail or shine. Here they are, Midge, Nan, Mel, Jo and Trish in the ladies changing rooms at 6.40am. They head out in the dark with head lights glowing without wetsuits, the boldest of the bold! Guess which one is naked ;-)!!

It was a silvery morning down in our favourite corner, early on. The sky reflected on the ocean casting a silvery light. It was flat, calm and so much better than forecast! Here are the 6.30amers heading out.

The wetsuits are out a bit early this year. Here are John, Ian, John, Jeff and Michael. I've never seen Ian in a wetsuit in my 7 years swimming with the Bold and Beautiful, a real fearless leader. (He's also never sick)  Remember on 1st June you can start counting your www swims for a winter without wetsuit badge.

The benefits of cold water swimming are... 1.Even more endorphins are released making you happy :-) 2. Huge boost to circulation 3. Boost to your metabolism (so you can eat more chocolate or whatever tickles your fancy). 4. Boosts testosterone and estrogen 5. Reduces stress 6. Boosts immune system   https://www.lifehack.org/288238/6-amazing-health-benefits-cold-water-swimming

...and the fearless Wows! (Or a few of them as their numbers are increasing). Here we have Georgina, Emma, Rosemary and Lisa with Jeff and Annie trying to get in on the action.

Jimmy is 'Catch of the Day' again today. What a lovely guy!

Just a few metres from Shelly Beach and I come across my favourite, the Giant Cuttlefish! Except this time another appeared. A few of us stayed with them and saw them change colour and texture as they swam over sand, weed and rocks.

Ann posed with a Cuttie pretending to be weed.

This shows how shallow this Cuttlefish was with Michael standing behind. He almost swam up the ramp at Shelly Beach and didn't seem fazed by us at all!

The lucky guys on the right Peter and Billy, are looking pretty smug after finding and swimming with the beautiful Green Turtle Anne saw and photographed the other day. Nothing like seeing a healthy turtle swimming and coming up for air. I'll insert here a couple of my old photos of Turtles of Cabbage Tree Bay as I haven't seen one lately :-(

Green Turtle

The Hawksbill Turtle that was around for a couple of months 3 years ago.

Ann on the left and her friends saw the Cuttlefish with me, Cheryl and Michael off Shelly.

Post swim smiles and the sun came out!

Below some photos I loaded earlier of beautiful marine life sightings since my last blog...

Old Wives

Wobbegong

Fiddler Ray

Bull Ray

Thank you to all of you who came to our Trivia Night last year in aid of Australians for Women's Health and  those of you who have supported our cake stalls. I just thought I'd include a post showing some of the incredible work being done by Dr Ray and his team in Nepal Amazing work by Dr Ray Hodgson and his team in Nepal.

 

 

Australians for Women's Health

 

Local Women Trained in Genital Prolapse Screening.....

This is one of our wonderful ‘Hamri Didis’ (literally ‘our sisters). These are women in the West and Far-West of Nepal who have been trained to be entrepreneurs, and in this way, become empowered. Nearly 400 of these women have been trained to date.

Many of these Didis can’t work because of their disabling genital prolapse. A4WH will be operating on as many of them as we can during the next treatment camp in November (17th Nov - Dec 1st).

A4wh is now training a selection of these Hamri Didis to understand prolapse and its causes. They are then going out into the community to explain to the women with prolapse that they needn’t suffer. The Didis then bring the afflicted women back to the hospital for us to treat and this recruitment system is working well so far.

The picture below shows the crude operating theatre Dr Ray and his team are working in over the next couple of weeks.

 Have a fantastic day everyone!

Lainey

Oops just been told I'm in the MD!

Stats:
Swimmers  140

Water  17.9 degrees C

Outside Temp 15 degrees C

 

Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – BOOKED OUT

 

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird. Unfortunately, due to an overwhelming response, this event is now booked out.  If you would like to be wait-listed, please email Ian at [email protected]. You will then be contacted if there is a cancellation.

Thank you for your support.

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

 

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

Stats:
Swimmers  140

Water  17.9 degrees C

Outside Temp 15 degrees C

 

Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – BOOKED OUT

 

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird. Unfortunately, due to an overwhelming response, this event is now booked out.  If you would like to be wait-listed, please email Ian at [email protected]. You will then be contacted if there is a cancellation.

Thank you for your support.

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

 

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

29/5/18 Smokey Tuesday

It was a little smokey today, but didn't stop us enjoying a beautiful Autumn morning in the ocean.

 

John & Craig over at Shelly beach.

On our way out at 7am.

Great sunrise today.

Peter and Ian getting ready with the sun reflecting on their shoulders.

A couple of happy 630am ladies on their way up the ramp.

Happy Benchies 

John and Michelle over at Shelly.

On our way back 


You can see the haze.

Some beautiful underwater sea life captured today by Edwina - Thanks!

Our Yogi's saluting the sun.

I love how Merilyn has her lippy on for the 7am swim. 

The absolute look of joy. XX

 

Have a great afternoon, Jenny :))

Stats:
Swimmers  190
Newbees  2
Water  18.3 degrees C

Air Temp 14 degrees C

 Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – Guest Speaker

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria;  "Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire", has been critically acclaimed around the world.

Julia's talk is about 'ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS". In it she will be answering the following three questions:

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn't she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

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.

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

 

28/05/18 - Coherence and Integrity

Complex natural systems evolve and express their potential by stabilising from chaos to order. It's through important qualities such as coherence and integrity that they are able to do so.

A lack of these stabilising qualities causes a gradual slide into chaos, or the development of malevolent rigidity. Neither is healthy, for our body, our mind or our culture.

The ocean provides half the oxygen in our atmosphere, holds 96% of our water, it feeds us and modulates our climate. As a complex natural system, it's greatest gift is the opportunity to remember our potential for coherence and integrity.

 

(click photos to enlarge...)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With love,
Andrew Maher.

Gentle, Neuro-Structural Chiropractic Collaroy (mention you swim with B&B)

Stats:
Swimmers  176
Newbees  2
Water  18.4 degrees C

 Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – Guest Speaker

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria;  "Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire", has been critically acclaimed around the world.

Julia's talk is about 'ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS". In it she will be answering the following three questions:

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn't she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

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.

 

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

27 May 2018 - No words just pictures :-)

Incredible sky and smell of bush fires... and that's about all I can be bothered to say today :-)

??

 

 

At a loss for photo ideas I gave my camera to the kids ...

But what I will say is...

Laughter session on beach 14th June 6.15am - see below for more details :-)

Laughter* (yoga) Session
Free for Bold and Beautiful swimmers,
laugh and get warm just before your swim
Click on this link for more details Download Laughter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can't always get what you want (or don't sweat the small stuff)

The surf report on 702 for today mentioned dangerous Southerly swells, with a recommendation to boaties to stay away from open waters. How would this impact us swimmers?

The clean, long-period Southerly lines were definitely in evidence at Queenscliff and North Steyne and the Bower, but at South Steyne and in the Bay we were largely protected, although we wouldn't call the conditions flat.

I'd left home quite early (for me) and was happily anticipating the opportunity to photograph the 6:30 Drinks Express, but parking challenges due to road closures put a stop to that and all I saw was arms disappearing around the Point hence the title of today's blog. Such trifling setbacks  do little to dampen the spirits on a morning as lovely as this one.

Here's Edwina looking forward to getting onto the warm water - at 18 or so, much warmer that the 12 degree air.

She was not the only one heading into the ocean

Lone photographer at the Point, getting ready to take in this morning's gorgeous  muted sunrise

Patience rewarded

 

Socialising of a different kind

We are a stylish lot. Ugg boots definitely the footwear of the seasons, modelled by the lovely Janet

Drinking from the fountain of youth

Check out these 2, Bin and Pauline

The procession

And in a flash, the Let's Go at the point and we're off

What's going on at Shelley?

While we didn't have huge conditions in our Bay, we did lose quite a bit of water clarity and I didn't get many chances for good photos.

Very lucky to spot this bull ray. It happened to move its tail as I swam over it. Massive.

I was very close to these fish but the visibility was just not good

Back on shore was  cute doggie Charlie

And even cuter.....

 

What am I listening to? Ry Cooder has a new album out and I've just had my first listen while writing this blog. If you love blues and slide guitar, do yourself a favour as a music show presenter used to say. There is quite a religious focus to this album, as well as nods to several other music legends

I was going to upload a song with an ocean reference but today as the cuttlefish summer of love draws to a close I am posting an ode - or could it be a warning - to our gorgeous exotic friends that a big brain does not free you from the biological imperative, no matter the price. It's Leonard Cohen (bless his memory), serenaded by his choir of angels 

 

And now.....

 Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – Guest Speaker

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria;  "Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire", has been critically acclaimed around the world.

Julia's talk is about 'ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS". In it she will be answering the following three questions:

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn't she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

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.

Newbies:

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

Have a lovely weekend

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

Have a lovely weekend

Friday 25 May 2018 measurement or reckoning

 the water temp today was 18.8 and the air was 17. warmer than the 10 from last week. Science. But somehow it did not feel that warm. once in though it was just lovely. Look At these swimmers who have rugged up so that they do not miss the swim

Here is a swimmer that is half keen to sit on the beach but half keen to get into the water
    
Early swimmer encounters

Look at those lovely cossies - sunset here sunrise over there

Mark 

Just keep seeing John because he is always swimming. lovely new wetsuit

Sad face because like all good BBs, collecting plastic is the thing to do but in a wetsuit, where to put it?

this swimmer showed me a fiddler ray

Bernhard 

John again
 

 

Management notices

 Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – Guest Speaker

 

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria;  "Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire", has been critically acclaimed around the world.

Julia's talk is about 'ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS". In it she will be answering the following three questions:

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn't she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

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.

Newbies:

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

 

What I have been reading

This week I read a new book by Elizabeth George in the Inspector Lynley series: Punishment She Deserves. It was silly. Set in Ludlow UK for no reason other than the author had researched it. It was a nonsense plot trying to include bits of interesting things from that area. 

 

I also listened to a podcast from The Australian newspaper along the lines of Serial Podcast that hit the world or at least my world by storm a few years ago.  There is a 5 part series on the Bowraville murders; on Lost in Larrimah about a man who went missing from a town of 11 people on the Sturt Highway and the current one is about a missing woman from the Northern Beaches called Teachers Pet with characters from Cromer High School. They are free and very good listening as I drive to swimming 

 

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

Thursday May 24 Its just the little things

It’s the little things that make this swim great.

Lots of little moments with people, little glimpses of the sunrise and little moments of wonder in the water. Life’s a lot like that. Little surprising moments are full of more joy than the great big ones. And often the harder you try to make something wonderful life just goes on and surprises you with one little beautiful unplanned moment after another. Despite our best efforts chasing big things, life just shows us where the real joy is.

There were lots of those little things this morning. Little things like wondering how the sun would rise.

And thinking about who would be down at the swim today.

And why the A team look strangely into the distance...

Little things like couples enjoying a swim together...

 And friends enjoying a coffee after the swim...

All the little things are the big thing.

Have a great little big day,

 

Pete Anthony

 

Stats

Temperature: 18.5 (felt like 18.679)

Swimmers: 153.27 (estimated and rounded up according to ABS guidelines)

Newbies: 1/2 (Lucy from New Zealand came down and will swim Saturday)

 

You must book early for our blockbuster Dinner with Julia Baird

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria; "Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire", has been critically acclaimed around the world.

Julia's talk is about 'ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS". In it she will be answering the following three questions:

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn't she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

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.

Wednesday 23 May 2018 - Becoming Fearless

A very wise person recently shared with me that 'feeling cold is just fear exiting the body', which leads me to believe we BnB'ers are a fearless bunch!

It was positively balmy in the water today with JB reporting the temperature at 18.4 degrees, up 0.5 degree overnight, however some lovely BnB'ers are starting to feel the cold so here are my Top Tips to help keep you warm throughout the coming months...

Tip One:  Stay in Bed... better still bring your bed to the beach...

 

But why would you stay in bed when you can experience beauty like this!

Tip Two:  Swim really fast to the point because everyone knows the water is warm just around the corner...

 

Or swim to halfway so you can get back for an early coffee... Drinks?

 

Tip Three:  Snuggle up to your favourite BnB buddies...

 

Tip Four: Wear a wetsuit... (nah stay fearless!) :-)

 

Tip Five:  Do a post swim jump around to warm up again

 

Tip Six: Live really close to the swim so you can run home for a nice hot shower

 

Or bring your hot shower in a bottle...

Tip Seven: When you get to Shelley Beach... make like a penguin...

Or stay underwater chatting with friends...

 

Or jump around a lot in front of the Blogger...

Tip Eight: Post swim wear your warmest clothes

(a bottle of Passion Pop to the first person to guess the owners of these feet - participants excluded)

And sunbake with your buddies...

Tip Nine: Hang out with the coolest dudes in da hood

Tip Ten: Stay underwater for as long as possible because it's colder out than in

And you may be lucky enough to spot these wonders...

Tip Eleven: Bring a furry friend for a post swim snuggle

 

And finally perhaps the real secret to staying warm this winter is to become absolutely fearless!

Tip Twelve: Become fearless... Before it gets much colder jump into a Kryo Chamber (found this morning at South Steyne) get really cold and feel all your fear exit your body... It will set you up to stay warm all winter long! :-)

  

 

Have a great week and see you on the beach... 

xo

 

STATS:

210 swimmers

3 newbies

18.4 degrees

 

MANAGEMENT NOTICES

Monthly Dinner – 12^th June 2018 – Guest Speaker

The next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 12th June at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. Our guest speaker on the night will be TV presenter, journalist and B&B swimmer, Julia Baird, whose recent Biography of Queen Victoria;  "Victoria the Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman who Ruled an Empire", has been critically acclaimed around the world.

 

Julia's talk is about 'ADVENTURES WITH QUEEN VICTORIA: BEHIND THE MYTHS". In it she will be answering the following three questions:

 

1. Why write a book about that old bird? i.e. wasn't she super grumpy and unamused all the time?
2. What are some of the juiciest things you discovered about her (and is it true she had a legendary libido?)
3. What would Queen Victoria think of the Bold and Beautiful?

 

In other words: Queen Victoria on sex, stereotypes and swimming. DON'T MISS THIS EXCLUSIVE EVENT. Also… Julia will be signing copies of her book if you would like to purchase one on the night or bring along the copy you already have!

 

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.

 

B&B Merchandise Update

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock

- Men’s should be back in stock next week

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

  

22/5/18 Clear and Smooth Today

Clear waters and lovely and flat. Perfect for a swim.

These keys were left yesterday. See Ian if they are yours.

Our Yogi's

Shelly Beach.


Returning back to the ranch. Manly SLSC





Smooth at the point.

7am gang heading out.

Edwina and Peter. Thanks to Ed for the beautiful underwater fish pictures today. 

The girls going crazy at the point.

The boys going crazy at Shelly, ....bombed by Julia!


Craig and Anne at Shelly.

Annalisa and I - Blogger selfie!

Have a great day, 

Jenny :))

Stats:
Swimmers  190
Newbees  2
Water  17.9 degrees C

Outside Temp 15 degrees C

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill

 

Stats:
Swimmers  190
Newbees  2
Water  17.9 degrees C

Outside Temp 15 degrees C

B&B SWIMMING MERCHANDISE UPDATE:

NEW TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED & COSSIES BACK IN STOCK 😀

- Ladies B&B bathers are back in stock 😛

- Men’s should be back in stock next week 👍

And...

- NEW B&B TOWELS HAVE ARRIVED !!! 🎉😜 they are an amazing new light weight material that is super easy to shake the sand from.

Get yours now for only $50 in Budgy Smuggler Store, 1A/22 Darley Rd, Manly or Online:

https://budgysmuggler.com.au/collections/accessories/products/bold-and-beautiful-towel

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!! 

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date. 

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

 https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill