Pacific Jules

Monday 6th April 2020 - People's choice Limerick - while we fight Covid

 

The village where Shirley resides

Held a Limerick Comp with a prize

She suggested the same for this site

So vote in the comments for your fav-our-ite

Cos our mums just can’t be denied

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Coronavirus is a traitor
It tries to make you meet your maker
So see you later alligator
And don’t forget the toilet paper

(Shirley - my mum)

 

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An Ode to Social Distancing

A fit young man from B&B,

Was determined to stay virus-free,

So he swam alone in the dark,

and was taken by a shark,

Now he's the healthiest corpse in the sea.

(Ian)

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Being holed up I’m losing my mind,

But I’m resigned to just staying confined,

What I need is a swim in the waves,

But instead we must stay in our caves

Till the day we’ll no longer be fined.

(Danny)

click on the links to see Danny's swimming tricks:

https://www.facebook.com/daniel.lucas.733450/videos/10222155023525928/?

 

https://www.facebook.com/daniel.lucas.733450/videos/pcb.10222154985564979/10222154982724908/?type=3&theater

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There once was a food market in China

Where a bat infected an old timer

The bat carried a virus that was worse than hepatitis

The world stopped in its tracks because of this caper

Except for the people who ran out to buy toilet paper

(Steve)

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What the hells going on out there?

Corona once referred to a beer

Toilet paper's run out 

Our jobs are in doubt 

Don’t leave home or go anywhere!

(Greg)

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There once was a virus from China 

That spread like a tentacled hydra

You sniffed and you sneezed 

You coughed and you wheezed

And wished that you felt a bit finer.

(Charmian - Ali & Clair's mum)

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There was a young lady called Karen

Who had a twin sister called Sharon

They liked to eat noodles and had two poodles

Whose names were Shanyqua and Darren

(Leila, Max & Tara - written while socially isolating in the spa)

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Oh how can I enjoy B&B 

When my friends I can longer see?

I vicariously talk on the cloud

As Viber and Blog are allowed

To virtual Smurf,  Drinky, Roger and Fi

(Jo & Simon)

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(Mel)

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Staying fit in the days of covid

Required thought in what Sam and I did

We swam 2 metres apart

With green lights in the dark

And straight back to Netflix or our kids

(Simon & Jo)

 

Sam & Jodie

Don’t panic as we all steer this Titanic.

Simon & Jo

 

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BOTB

A reminder: The  Bold &Beautiful swim has been suspended until further notice.

If you are out and about at this time, please take care, be safe and adhere to recommended guidelines.

Swim Log

It is OK to log your swims while the B&B is suspended, but there will be no badges awarded while the suspension applies.

B&B Blog

In an effort to keep you engaged during this difficult time our blogging team want to hear from you. Our bloggers have free reign during this time, so if you have photos or anything interesting to share, you can send it to our bloggers at [email protected]. Show us how you are spending your time in isolation.  What is your favourite B&B memory or photo? Tell us why you love the group so much. We will share your stories and photos on the blog over the coming months.  Please show your appreciation of our blogging team by commenting at the bottom of the blog.  It is also possible that, in these difficult times, you have a need that someone in the B&B community may be able to fulfil (eg do you need somewhere to live, are you isolated and need help with shopping, or have you run out of toilet paper?). Feel free to ask in the comments at the bottom of the blog. Above all, stay safe.

Bluewater Cafe

Like all restaurants, Bluewater Cafe has had to limit its activities to takeaway only. I am informed however that they will still provide the B&B breakfast for you to takeaway. The new owners Jane and Kwan have continued to support the B&B so let's try and help them through this difficult time.  Find more details on their current menu and operations on their Instagram page @bluewatercafemanly (Facebook page coming soon).

Check out B&B’s new T-shirt for summer (also available in white type) 

Orders are available online along with all of our fun B&B merchandise at: https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/clothing.html 

 

 

Every picture tells a story.... but does it tell the truth?

Here are some photos taken between 7:00 and 7:30 this morning.

I normally edit my photos to make them look better / sharper / clearer but these have not been enhanced in any way.

As opposed to this composite which was published in Friday's Daily Mail and its sister tabloids. It seems to me to be an attempt to discredit morning exercisers, and in the absence of real evidence fabricate some.

Let's have a bit of fun..... let me know what you think is wrong with this picture (besides my butt thanks very much). Post your responses either at the bottom (tee hee) of the blog or in the comments.

Seriously though, Police closed Manly Beach  around midday today due to crowds ignoring instructions - the promenade, the beach and the ocean.

If we want to be able to keep swimming here we must be seen to be doing the right thing as well as doing the right thing. Unfortunately the action of others including the gutter press are beyond our control.

But back to this morning. Conditions today pretty much as good as it gets. 

Note the appropriate social distancing on the sand and in the water

If I can't Havana in Cuba I think I'll siesta in Spain

Visibility amazing, and some unexpected sightings under water.

These squid at the Point (thanks Cheryl for your persistence in the face of my deafness)

Some kind of soft coral? Today's conditions under water were so good! Easy to appreciate the beauty of the rock formations and the marine flora and fauna

I've also posted some video footage from today and the past week on the Bold and Beautiful Swimmers FB page as well as on my insta (annehenshaw)

A wave photo

NOTICES:

A reminder: The  Bold &Beautiful swim has been suspended until further notice.

If you are out and about at this time, please take care, be safe and adhere to recommended guidelines.

Summer Badges

We are aware that some people missed out on their hard-earned summer badges last weekend. Assuming that it is safe and legal to do so, Anne and Ian will be at the benches from 8 until 8.30 am on Saturday so that you can purchase your badges. Please bring the correct money and maintain personal distancing protocols.

Note that, it is OK to log your swims while the B&B is suspended, but there will be no badges awarded while the suspension applies. This will affect the winter badges if (as appears likely) the suspension is not lifted by the end of winter.

B&B Blog

In an effort to keep you engaged during this difficult time our blogging team want to hear from you. Our bloggers have free reign during this time, so if you have photos or anything interesting to share, you can send it to our bloggers at [email protected]. Show us how you are spending your time in isolation.  What is your favourite B&B memory or photo? Tell us why you love the group so much. We will share your stories and photos on the blog over the coming months.  Please show your appreciation of our blogging team by commenting at the bottom of the blog.  It is also possible that, in these difficult times, you have a need that someone in the B&B community may be able to fulfil (eg do you need somewhere to live, are you isolated and need help with shopping, or have you run out of toilet paper?). Feel free to ask in the comments at the bottom of the blog. Above all, stay safe.

Bluewater Cafe

Like all restaurants, Bluewater Cafe has had to limit its activities to takeaway only. I am informed however that they will still provide the B&B breakfast for you to takeaway. The new owners Jane and Kwan have continued to support the B&B so let's try and help them through this difficult time.  Find more details on their current menu and operations on their Instagram page @bluewatercafemanly (Facebook page coming soon).

Check out B&B’s new T-shirt for summer (also available in white type) 

Orders are available online along with all of our fun B&B merchandise at: https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/clothing.html 

What am I reading? I've just started reading The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan. Dorrigo Evans is a prisoner in a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma Railway struggling to keep himself and his men alive and that's just part of his story albeit a pivotal one.

What am I listening to? Rolling Stone (the publication) are releasing a series of short live recordings called In My Room. This one is  a performance by Angélique Kidjo. The Graham Nash one is great too just saying.

 

Here we go!

Not your normal Saturday today , it started with a sleep in which is unusual for me, then I made my way to James’s bakery for some necessities. We have to keep supporting the local businesses while we can . James has the distance issue sorted with signs and guides 

Then I made my way to manly for a swim and bumped into plenty of swimmers coming and going mid morning 

Claire always happy to stop and smile and pose for the blogger. Star swimmer and human 

My view as I entered the swirly surf and bay . 

Mark was swimming as was Elizabeth , we three had a wee chat then mark continued on. As Elizabeth and I exchanged thoughts amongst the swell and swirl I thought I heard an alarm and announcement. So we sprinted to halfway and went our separate ways. Our version of a sprint if you can imagine that 😂

I was lucky enough to see the McKnight’s who have completed their isolation post cancelled holiday 

the ranger was around as was Marco 

some wildlife from a swim after work during the week 

Apparently my footage of crowds and people at manly and balmoral have created tensions and conflicts within the swim group. That’s not my intention naturally and I feel bad that it’s divided people. I also feel bad that people are misunderstanding the guidelines from the government, I’m ok even if an asymptotic carrier of covid 19. It’s the sick positive people I worry for. I guess people will do as they please anyway. I’ll continue my blogging duties until asked to stop but I’ll avoid manly otherwise. 
i have no internet so can’t paste the notices here but for the moment the official swim group is closed. 
stay safe everyone 🙏

Friday 3 April 2020 Spacing out

We are in unusual times. The BB group is not swimming until official advice permits.

Some individuals are swimming but if they are, they are maintaining an appropriate distance. I went swimming today and with permission photographed some people. This was over a span of time and a start after 7 am.

BB swimmers include many who are performing essential services keeping the rest of us moving 

Spacing ourselves out is becoming natural

Blog tarting at a distance even

Christina reported that the water was good

Gunter and Janet

a good arm


A dusky swam right under me at Shelly

NOTICES:

A reminder: The  Bold &Beautiful swim has been suspended until further notice.

If you are out and about at this time, please take care, be safe and adhere to recommended guidelines.

Summer Badges

We are aware that some people missed out on their hard-earned summer badges last weekend. Assuming that it is safe and legal to do so, Anne and Ian will be at the benches from 8 until 8.30 am on Saturday so that you can purchase your badges. Please bring the correct money and maintain personal distancing protocols.

Note that, it is OK to log your swims while the B&B is suspended, but there will be no badges awarded while the suspension applies. This will affect the winter badges if (as appears likely) the suspension is not lifted by the end of winter.

B&B Blog

In an effort to keep you engaged during this difficult time our blogging team want to hear from you. Our bloggers have free reign during this time, so if you have photos or anything interesting to share, you can send it to our bloggers at [email protected]. Show us how you are spending your time in isolation.  What is your favourite B&B memory or photo? Tell us why you love the group so much. We will share your stories and photos on the blog over the coming months.  Please show your appreciation of our blogging team by commenting at the bottom of the blog.  It is also possible that, in these difficult times, you have a need that someone in the B&B community may be able to fulfil (eg do you need somewhere to live, are you isolated and need help with shopping, or have you run out of toilet paper?). Feel free to ask in the comments at the bottom of the blog. Above all, stay safe.

Bluewater Cafe

Like all restaurants, Bluewater Cafe has had to limit its activities to takeaway only. I am informed however that they will still provide the B&B breakfast for you to takeaway. The new owners Jane and Kwan have continued to support the B&B so let's try and help them through this difficult time.  Find more details on their current menu and operations on their Instagram page @bluewatercafemanly (Facebook page coming soon).

Check out B&B’s new T-shirt for summer (also available in white type) 

Orders are available online along with all of our fun B&B merchandise at: https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/clothing.html 

What I am reading
The latest book by Harlan Coben The Boy From the Woods. It is silly and satisfying. I am also doing a family tree looking at old records. If you are from a country that has had civil order then you have good prospects of tracing. Looking at say Syria, I know that it will be many generations before the effects of this war, even once settled, no longer impact people. 

1-04-2020: April Fool's Day - if only!!

Venus, from Italian artist, Botticelli's famous painting, 'The Birth of Venus', has decided not to emerge from the sea today. She popped her head up, took one look around and said, 'COVID what? Bugger that', I'm staying in the safety and calm of the ocean today. When this April Fool's Day joke is over, let me know and I'll come back out'.

I'm sure many B&Bers are feeling the same way as Venus today and would like to disappear into the calming waters of Cabbage Tree Bay and swim with all manner of beautiful sea life then come up again when this craziness is over.

If only COVID 19 is just a big prank (and not a very funny one at that) and we will all be back to normal soon.

It did make me reminisce, though, about the funny pranks we used to get up to at school on April Fool's Day. After a few minutes I was laughing out loud! SO good for the soul!! I challenge all the B&Bers to wrack your brains and think of the funny pranks you may have orchestrated or been the subject of and leave a comment so we can all have a good belly laugh.

In Year 10, 1983 (just the other day), we had two Religious Studies lessons on at the same time. Our 2 classes of about 30 students each decided to swap classes without letting on to the teachers. As they did the roll call we took it in turns to yell out 'here' and it ran like clockwork. The teachers were none the wiser! The lesson proceeded and all was great with the world and we chuckled hard under our breath. It all came unstuck when someone from admin popped in looking for a student who of course was not in the class despite having answered 'here' to her name! Sadly, the teachers didn't see the funny side despite it being April Fool's day and we call got detentions! A classic April Fools that backfired! Those were the days!! 🤣

While you are thinking of funny pranks.... here is a video for all the kids of the B&B who are stuck at home needing some creative ideas! Here you get to create a really cool fish for Cabbage Tree Bay! You need paper and coloured pencils or crayons or paint - whatever takes your fancy! I used to work with this fabulous teacher.  I was fundraising for the school she was a teacher at 'Gawura', an Indigenous school in the heart of Sydney's CBD. Her husband was posted to Tamworth which is where she is now - working for Hillvue Public School.

Enjoy!

Please feel free to send your children's fabulous works of fishy art to us so that they can be displayed in the blog!!

 

And while we are all busy thinking and drawing.....let's hope that Venus will appear in all her former glory as soon as possible.

Stay safe. Stay positive!!

Lucy

NOTICES:

A reminder: The  Bold &Beautiful swim has been suspended until further notice.

If you are out and about at this time, please take care, be safe and adhere to recommended guidelines.

Summer Badges

We are aware that some people missed out on their hard-earned summer badges last weekend. Assuming that it is safe and legal to do so, Anne and Ian will be at the benches from 8 until 8.30 am on Saturday so that you can purchase your badges. Please bring the correct money and maintain personal distancing protocols.

Note that, it is OK to log your swims while the B&B is suspended, but there will be no badges awarded while the suspension applies. This will affect the winter badges if (as appears likely) the suspension is not lifted by the end of winter.

B&B Blog

In an effort to keep you engaged during this difficult time our blogging team want to hear from you. Our bloggers have free reign during this time, so if you have photos or anything interesting to share, you can send it to our bloggers at [email protected]. Show us how you are spending your time in isolation.  What is your favourite B&B memory or photo? Tell us why you love the group so much. We will share your stories and photos on the blog over the coming months.  Please show your appreciation of our blogging team by commenting at the bottom of the blog.  It is also possible that, in these difficult times, you have a need that someone in the B&B community may be able to fulfil (eg do you need somewhere to live, are you isolated and need help with shopping, or have you run out of toilet paper?). Feel free to ask in the comments at the bottom of the blog. Above all, stay safe.

Bluewater Cafe

Like all restaurants, Bluewater Cafe has had to limit its activities to takeaway only. I am informed however that they will still provide the B&B breakfast for you to takeaway. The new owners Jane and Kwan have continued to support the B&B so let's try and help them through this difficult time.  Find more details on their current menu and operations on their Instagram page @bluewatercafemanly (Facebook page coming soon).

Check out B&B’s new T-shirt for summer (also available in white type) 

Orders are available online along with all of our fun B&B merchandise at: https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/clothing.html