
The swim season is in full swing, and I was taking full advantage of the swims on offer. The weather was kind with rain during the week, and sunny weekends with...
Category: 2012 season, Malabar Tags: Australian ocean swims, Malabar, Murray Rose, Sydney ocean swims
Back to North Bondi for their second swim of the season. As this was my home beach for surf training I was familiar with the landmarks. I had also swum at the...
Category: 2012 season, North Bondi, Uncategorized Tags: Bondi Beach, North Bondi Beach, Sydney ocean swims
This race was on again, and it was good to do it for the second year running. However, this year I decided to enter both the one km and the two...
Category: 2012 season, Coles Classic Tags: Coles Classic, Manly Beach, Manly ferry, Shelley Beach, Sydney ocean swims
The Big Swim is one of the highlights of the season. I had never done this swim before, as I lacked the confidence to do it. I had looked at...
Category: Big Swim, Uncategorized Tags: Big Swim, Home and Away, Palm Beach, Sydney ocean swims, Wjhale Beach
Australia Day on January 26 is the day of the Sydney Harbour swim at the Opera House. Unlike previous swims I could not enter both races on the day as the...
North Bondi has the fortune to host two swims each season. There was an added bonus to do both the short and long swims on this day, and at the second...
Category: 2012 season, North Bondi Roughwater Tags: Bondi Beach, Clovelly, Icebergs, North Bondi Beach, swim squad, Sydney ocean swims
The first swim of the year at Newport on the northern beaches of Sydney. A chance to get back into the swing of swims after the Christmas break. The squad had...
Category: Newport Tags: Clovelly, Newport Beach, North Bondi Beach, ocean swims, Sydney ocean swims
I had recovered from my experience at Bronte and so I looked on the calendar on oceanswims for the next event. There was a race at Bilgola on the weekend...
Category: Manly Tags: Cabbage Tree Bay, Manly Beach, Manly ferry, Shelley Beach, Sydney ocean swims
I had wanted to swim in the famous Bondi to Bronte swim but had never done so. The swim starts at Bondi Beach and swims south to Bronte a distance of...
After several months of training and the Cockatoo Island swim, I decided to enter some races on the following weekend. I had decided to try something new and swim both the...
Category: 2012 season, Oceanswims, Wedding Cake Island Tags: Bateau Bay, Coogee Beach, Sydney ocean swims, Toowoon Bay, Wedding Cake Island
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