Mid Week Reset – Sunrise Swimming is a real thing and it’s getting huge

Everyone needs a way to get through the five day working week with mental and physical health intact. I’ve been a little inspired by a ABC TV News story about a group of “oddballs” in Perth who have found a way to do it. I wouldn’t call them serious swimmers but they have worked out the value of jumping in

An Australia Day / Invasion Day Fun Event – featuring Actual Respect Oi Oi Oi !

How many Australia Day gatherings and events have you attended that whitewash the history and significance of the day in favour of a beer and a laugh? How many things have I attended where we wave the Aussie flag and avoid talking about the significance of the day itself? Sure we laugh and joke and lots of people get drunk,

2020 – DO YOU REMEMBER?

2020 was the year swimmers stopped swimming. I never thought that would ever happen but we beat COVID’s second we and we are back in the water. This is our ‘2020 Year In Review’ music video, thanks to Anthony with music from Hunters & Collectors. Tjis is trly an amazing package of highlights from the year in swimming in Melbourne.

AMAZING EPIC SUNSET OPEN WATER SWIM

This is the Summer Solstice Sunset Swim at Williamstown Beach 20202 in very challenging conditions.

calendar of open water swims in melbourne

This list of open water water swim groups in Melbourne features calendar dates that you can select to book your place. Open water swim groups in Melbourne are very popular in 2020. Ocean swimming is attracting new people who are looking for a bit of fun and fitness with friends in Port Phillip Bay. Open water swimming in a group

Garmin paid a kidnapper’s ransom to get our data back

Have you been having trouble uploading your swim from your watch to Strava or other online platform recently? Garmin says all platforms and systems are back online, but what they didn’t say is that they (apparently) dodged US sanctions to pay ruthless criminals US$10 million in bitcoin to get our data back. It seems unbelievable that a large respectable company

Your guide to cold open water swimming

Is swimming in cold water swimming safe and healthy? What temperature is ‘cold water swimming?’ Yes cold water swimming is awesome for your mood, brain function, and circulation. But cold water swimming done wrong can be risky and dangerous to your long term health. And there are four big dangers that you need to know about before venturing into the

WOW – how awesome is open water swimming?

Open water swimming in Australia