Pacific Jules

Wednesday 15th November - 6.5 weeks until the end of the year!

Wednesday 15th November - 2 weeks until Summer (and the summer badge blast commences)), 4 weeks until the B&B Xmas party, 6.5 weeks to go for this year and holiday time!   Seems like everyone and everything is "feeling it" from the weather to swimmers to canines and felines and everyone & everything in between.   Even the dreaded jimbles are becoming (thankfully) lazy and perhaps they are refusing to muster up to terrify us, with one or two eager beavers making up for the rest (as some of our swimmers found out today!)?   

todays conditions:

water temp - balmy 20.3 (however, neoprene is still very much visible!)

air temp at 7am - 22.8!!!  summer is coming!  

Conditions - feels like even the water is waiting for this year to end,  a few lacklustre waves, a bit of a lacklustre swell, and fairly good visibility

Vibe - bring on the holidays!

Its Kara's birthday so the Drinks Express celebrated with cake of course

 

These energetic mermaids Petra, Susie, Simone & Tracey had a lovely energising swim, Petra and Tracey after running and Simone after a sensational sail last night, crewing to another podium!  

Robby and Lindsay were looking forward to a sea immersion to energise them

WOWs Georgina, Debbie, Fiona and Clare were all smiles after their immersion, and Debbie was gallantly smiling after her jimble kiss !

susu, Steph & Leah weren’t feeling it this morning however they were glad they went out !

Barbie enjoyed her daily morning walk along the beachfront, looking stylish in new rain attire!

as always, be safe, stay kind, look after each other, look out for each other & have a wonderful Wednesday!

Jocelyn

 

 

 

 

Cloudy with a Chance of Sea Life

Cloudy with intermittent showers but still lovely

Confirmed by Sheila. She went North and said it was very clear but had heard the Bay was a bit cloudy.

She was very sure I'd find something

Buddy waiting patiently

Stunning work from Guy

Anne said it was good

 

Emma and Georgina

c

Jane and Alison

Did somebody say sea life?

Shelley got given a lecture and doesn't appear to give a ......

Guess who's got a girlfriend ooooooh (she's besotted)

What am I listening to?

Shonen Knife are coming back to Australia early next year. They are a 3 piece Japanese girl band who love the Ramones..... 1234!

Pink

Siyabona ( I see you / hello) 

I love the colour pink and today we celebrating pink in my blog. Pink cappers, Barbie and Ken, Pink the band, pink hues, pink BnB budgies, pink jimbles, pink skins after stings, pinko liberals,pink lipstick, pink cheeks, the first blush of youth/summer … even Guy got the memo 

The fabulous meet and greet team of Ian and Simone point to the pink  … BnB Xmas party, join in don't overthink 

The 6.30 DX group line up, pink cozzies signed up 

Welcome back Wendy and Martin who both did the Camino walk with the glam Leisa

Gorgeous WOW chicks Deb and GG pink caps in hand/head 

7 am pink cappers enter the water for the start of the swim it’s a wonderful mini migration to observe 

my fave image today 

Thanks to Lainey for some water pics. Anette Clare and I and fishies. Viz was not great 


Roger having some peaceful me time 

WOW magic,  welcome back Amanda we missed you 

Lately one Drinkwater half seen more than the other. Penny with Chilly and Choppy looking for Drinky 

We had shark alert so everyone left the water and stared at the horizon 

And this lovely pic of Wendy taken before shark spot 

As we turn from thinking pink to red 

A reminder of the BnB Xmas party at Bucketys Brewery on 11/12 so be sure to grab a ticket and your best Xmas jumper 

Hambe Kahle ( go well and safely) 

Di

x

21/11/2023 - Celebrity Swimmers and Frolics in the Rain

It was a fun frolic in the waves for some of us this morning! Other swimmers braved the surf, currents and threat of Jimbles and others went to halfway or Shelly. Water felt a lot warmer at 20.3 but if you're only in for 10 minutes like me it would wouldn't it!

Merrilee and Kathryn about to do some paddling in that wild ocean. What brave, fit and fearless women!

Who can recognise this amazing woman with her new seaweed wig?

Dave and Marco braved the perils of the ocean

Ro's head is submerged on the left! Such fun in the waves!

Mitch copped a Jimble

Andre the Master Baker might have got a couple but it doesn't bother him!

Driver

Tommo went for a frolic too!

We're so lucky we get to swim with these fine looking celebrities each day too!

 

Who do these two remind you of?

A great swim in the rain was had by all today! Don't let gloomy weather put you off!

Lainey

 

 

6/11/2023- Glorious Spring Swim

What a morning! We had sunshine, calm water, no stingers and fair visibility. It was a beautiful swim with water temp at 18.1. A lot of regular swimmers were back from overseas trips like Dr Michele above who did the entire Comino walk with partner Martin!

These are the 5.48amers that are swimming to Shelly then meeting up with the 6.09ers at the Trident!

6am and the beach is getting busy

Andre has just finished his 6km sand run and what he is actually doing here with Ian is beyond me but captions welcome!

Groper and his mate Maori wrasse at Shelly

Smooth Stingray

I didn't see a lot today even though viz was 7 metres in places but a gorgeous Wobbie did swim beneath me!

The 7am swimmers at Shelly and it's "Let's Go!"

Ro and Di are back from Italy

Tony is back from Jordan and Michele back from France and Spain

It's Sarah and Jon's 42nd wedding anniversary today. Congrats guys!

The 3 stooges, Pete, Niek and Ted!

 

Have a great day folks whether or not you celebrate the Melbourne Cup or use it as an excuse to get together with friends like me! Remember to book in for the Christmas party

Lainey xx

1. B&B Christmas Function (Monday 11 December)

IT’S ON! Don’t dilly dally on tickets because they will go quicker than a cake in front of The Driver & FingerBone! https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/christmas-party-2023.html

Wednesday 25th October - Weird Wednesday in the Bay!

Wednesday 25th October - seemed full of "weirdness" for some reason.  Firstly the sky was weirdly eerie - a red dawn followed by a thickening cloud stealthily slowly blanketing the city from the south, transforming the seas from calm to calamity .... Perhaps also due to the advent of "Scorpio season"  (which started on Monday) which the astrologer aficionados in the community would understand... apparently Scorpio season is marked by intense energy, deep renewal and transformation...  this can be somewhat unsettling, and also energising depending on your situation and perspective.   AND, lets not forget the weirdness of Halloween this weekend - all those chocolates on special in Coles and woollies giving sugar hits to kids and big kids alike (necessitating more swimming to counter the candy!), dress ups in weird and scary costumes and scary (and imaginative) house decorations (please refrain from using the fake spiders webbing as our animal and bird and bug friends get caught!).

So, onto today.  

water temperature:  19.2 degrees

air temperature at 7am: 16.4 degrees 

conditions:  calm (until the southerly hit)

vibe:  eerily calm... 

Todays weirdness extended into the Bay

Amanda, Ruth and Carolyn found the transitions from cold to warm patches quite unsettling... and a few waves out of nowhere to push them back into shore.

Elizabeth swept the sand from the steps so it wouldn't encroach into her bag and shoes!

Rayner and jo - Rayner slept in and missed his swim date and hopes his swim date doesn't see this blog!

lainey, Lenore and Mike - found the bay eerily quiet! 

Leonore and Lenore's son - recognise him?

WOW's - Annette had her first swim with the B&B in July and has returned every week since!  She doesn't find the B&B weird at all! 

DC arrived at the beach to a red ball of fire, then rode to Church point and back with the "tour de cure" crew -weirdly still smiling after that massive effort -  not so weirdly he was still up for a dip!

Mermaids found the conditions spooky with the eerie light and calmness before the "storm" so to speak...

Lainey and Ted are looking forward to seeing everyone on friday evening!  

And Ruby - well, she is thinking everyone is so weird putting clothes on!

As always, have a wonderful Wednesday, stay kind, look after and out for each other and be safe!

Jocelyn

 

 

 

17/10/2023 - Cold but Beautiful they said...

The water temp was down to 16.5 today and air temp only 12 degrees. I have to admit I didn't go in today, even though...'you never regret a swim', 'you're not properly awake until you get in the ocean', all these mantras came to mind but I just had a run and coffee instead...people that swam looked very happy, alive and refreshed!

6.28am swimmers go out under a moody sky...

They reported a calm bay, no stingers and not a lot of visibility.

My eyes will be half closed today ;-) unless I go in later...

Caught Franji with his pants down!

Richard and Michael were looking cold but happy after their swim.

Lovely early swimmers, Megan and Val

PJS and Blue Groper at the weekend. PJs will depart South for colder waters soon. A lot have gone already but the Gropers are always here :-)

Friday 27th October, 6-10pm
The Steyne Hotel, Beach Club Room, Top Floor

A Night Out For a Friend

Coming together to celebrate Community, Friendship and Health

Tickets: FREE - but you must secure a ticket in order to attend
Secure your ticket now at https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/celebration-of-community.html

There will be a list of ticket holders at the door.

Join us for a special night to thank everyone for their support

The Steyne Hotel has kindly provided their top floor Beach Club Room as our venue to enjoy for the evening. The bar and kitchen will be staffed, with food and drinks available for purchase at normal bar prices throughout the evening

The event is in thanks for the overwhelming wave of love and support our friend and their wife are receiving from so many.

There will be live music from some locals, lucky door prizes and a few special appearances to celebrate life, friendship, and our amazing community

Many have already kindly donated, so there is no charge for this event. If you haven't yet donated, but would like to, please do so separately via the dedicated Go Fund Me page https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-make-a-difference-to-a-friends-health

This is a ticketed event with limited places, so please secure your ticket using the link at the top of the page. Make sure you register with full names for all tickets requested - no name no entry (as a requirement of the venue).

 

Thank you so much B&B community for the support for Ted and hope to see you on 27th October!

 

Sorry for the short blog

love Lainey

 

I must go down to the seas again …

Siyabona from Old Blighty

It’s been some weeks away on the road again and we both missing the CTB community and seas. I was reminded of John Masefields wonderful poem

I’ve read tales of bravery and wild seas, seen temperatures of 17 plus from all the blogger news. Pleased to miss the waves talking personally. 

Meanwhile we are in Lincoln, UK at work with Nat drafted in to help test products (and website) 

Some pics of Lincoln tonight, the Cathedral

The Castle 

Steep Hill 

The Grandie post ice cream 

And when needs must … spot the Saffer having a wet BBQ 

See you all soon and Hambe Kahle ( go safely) 

Di 

x

 

 

Friday 27th October, 6-10pm
The Steyne Hotel, Beach Club Room, Top Floor

A Night Out For a Friend

Coming together to celebrate Community, Friendship and Health

 

Tickets: FREE - but you must secure a ticket in order to attend
Secure your ticket now at https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/celebration-of-community.html

There will be a list of ticket holders at the door.

Join us for a special night to thank everyone for their support

The Steyne Hotel has kindly provided their top floor Beach Club Room as our venue to enjoy for the evening. The bar and kitchen will be staffed, with food and drinks available for purchase at normal bar prices throughout the evening

The event is in thanks for the overwhelming wave of love and support our friend and their wife are receiving from so many.

There will be live music from some locals, lucky door prizes and a few special appearances to celebrate life, friendship, and our amazing community

Many have already kindly donated, so there is no charge for this event. If you haven't yet donated, but would like to, please do so separately via the dedicated Go Fund Me page https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-make-a-difference-to-a-friends-health

 

This is a ticketed event with limited places, so please secure your ticket using the link at the top of the page. Make sure you register with full names for all tickets requested - no name no entry (as a requirement of the venue).

I must go down to the seas again …

Siyabona from Old Blighty

It’s been some weeks away on the road again and we both missing the CTB community and seas. I was reminded of John Masefields wonderful poem

I’ve read tales of bravery and wild seas, seen temperatures of 17 plus from all the blogger news. Pleased to miss the waves talking personally. 

Meanwhile we are in Lincoln, UK at work with Nat drafted in to help test products (and website) 

Some pics of Lincoln tonight, the Cathedral

The Castle 

Steep Hill 

The Grandie post ice cream 

And when needs must … spot the Saffer having a wet BBQ 

See you all soon and Hambe Kahle ( go safely) 

Di 

x

 

 

Friday 27th October, 6-10pm
The Steyne Hotel, Beach Club Room, Top Floor

A Night Out For a Friend

Coming together to celebrate Community, Friendship and Health

 

Tickets: FREE - but you must secure a ticket in order to attend
Secure your ticket now at https://www.boldandbeautifulmanly.com.au/celebration-of-community.html

There will be a list of ticket holders at the door.

Join us for a special night to thank everyone for their support

The Steyne Hotel has kindly provided their top floor Beach Club Room as our venue to enjoy for the evening. The bar and kitchen will be staffed, with food and drinks available for purchase at normal bar prices throughout the evening

The event is in thanks for the overwhelming wave of love and support our friend and their wife are receiving from so many.

There will be live music from some locals, lucky door prizes and a few special appearances to celebrate life, friendship, and our amazing community

Many have already kindly donated, so there is no charge for this event. If you haven't yet donated, but would like to, please do so separately via the dedicated Go Fund Me page https://www.gofundme.com/f/lets-make-a-difference-to-a-friends-health

 

This is a ticketed event with limited places, so please secure your ticket using the link at the top of the page. Make sure you register with full names for all tickets requested - no name no entry (as a requirement of the venue).

Wednesday 4th October - Longer days, summer is coming!

Wednesday 4th October - longer days, summer is coming!  How's everyone going with the daylight saving time change?  A few weary eyes with less sleep, 6am feels like 5am..  At least its kind of dark - ish - at 6am, with the sun starting to break through at 6:30  - in time for the (depleted) Drinks Express to swim into the (today) liquid reddish golden light bouncing off the powerful surf.  And as the days grow longer as summer draws near and El Nino casts his spell, those cooling, refreshing afternoon and early evening swims to escape the heat will become much more popular!

Water temp: 18.5 degrees

air temp: 18.2 degrees at 6:30 - nearly parity!  

conditions: powerful surf, a honking nor'easter, confused, unsettled, very strong rip, perhaps mother nature is similarly getting used to the impact of the time change?   Quite a few swimmers didn't even bother today, or walked over to the shelly...

vibe: incredibly quiet at the beach, perhaps we are all still naviguessing the latest edition of daylight saving?

A few fun facts about daylight saving:

• The correct term is "daylight saving" not "daylight savings"
• The origin of Daylight Saving is said to date back to 1895, when a British born New Zealand entomologist named George Hudson proposed the idea so he could hunt bugs after work during the summer!  
• In Australia, first observed in 1916, during world war 1; and again in world war 2.
• In 1967, Tasmania (yes, really!) was the first Australian state to observe daylight saving on a more permanent basis
• All other states/territories (except WA and NT) followed in 1971 although QLD abandoned it in 1972
• In 1992 a referendum was held in QLD to reintroduce daylight saving however it was unsuccessful (54%  against).    Several referendums have been held in WA to introduce daylight saving however each time have been unsuccessful. 
• Other reasons for introducing daylight saving over the years and around the world include taking advantage of longer daylight hours (saving electricity), increasing consumer activity (spending) and tourism opportunities over a longer day. 
• Approx. 40% of countries currently observe daylight Saving which impacts over 1 billion people (and countless animals, sea life and birds)

What is everyone up to now daylight saving is upon us?   

Petra, Luke and Des opted for a run today - they are looking forward to enjoying more "ocean time" each day (they will have a post run dip!).   Its Mermaid Jo's birthday today (happy birthday Jo!) however cakes have been deferred to Friday and combined celebration for her and mermaid Sarah's birthday -  these three will definitely have earned their cake, and able to eat it too!  

Sally and Ian on the Wednesday welcome desk - enthusiastically welcoming all the swimmers with a smile - despite the conditions: they are looking forward to sundowners!   

Debbie is looking forward to more gardening time (she drives from Galston to swim!) and Georgina is looking forward to swimming time after work!  They were undecided as to whether to have a dip or a walk to shelly..

Chad and Mitch - attempted to ride the rip however mother nature had other ideas - they are looking forward to afternoon kite surfing sessions - great conditions this morning for kite surfing! 

Danny - excitedly entered the water at 5:50 with his dawn hunter buddies Sam and Jane, however they decided to swim in the "white water" close to shore to the pipe.  Danny is looking forward to swimming with lights again in the dark mornings!

Annie - "tea bagged" today - she is still getting used to daylight saving and wishes it was all year around!

Shanny - described her attempt to swim through the rip as [insert word rhyming with "bit" and starting with "sh"  this is a family blog after all] - Shanny is looking forward to post work swims in the gorgeous evening light!

Buddy is looking forward to post work swims too - he isnt sure about the "evening walks" bit though! 

As always, stay safe, be kind, look out for and after each other and have a wonderful Wednesday!

Jocelyn

 

 

Tuesday 3/10/2023 - Lumpy but Lovely

Quiet down at the swim today so only a small group at Shelly. Here are a few of them. It was lumpy and bumpy but the temp had gone up to 18.5 and although murky there were plenty of fish to be seen!

Beautiful sunrise!

It was Brian's birthday yesterday and he had a big weekend of celebration!

Keira, Ian, Dean, Bruce, Melissa and Shelly get together for a blog photo

Miguel is all pumped up and ready to go!

Here's the group again at Shelly and so nice to have it in the sun at this time of year!

A few fishy pics but from last week not from today :-)

Just a quick blog today as I'm filling in for Tuesday blog partner Amanda. It's great Typepad seems to be working again so thanks Tim!

We need more bloggers if you can help blog please let us know.

A special thank you to so many of you have helped my husband Ted with his cancer treatment. We are so lucky to be a part of this amazing, kind, generous and supportive group.

Love you all

Lainey