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Category Archives: Swimming
Touchdown Ireland
17 July BA0838 flies over the coast south of the city, slowly banks right over the Dublin mountains and over the farmland and outer suburbs. Always get a thrill at the first glimpse of the green fields meeting the granite … Continue reading
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Tagged A380, Dublin, Dublin Airport, Galway Bay, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia Airlines, Swimming
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First Stop KL
Booked the tickets to Ireland a couple of months ago and promptly forgot what day we were leaving. Assumed it was Wednesday night and so had planned three final sessions with Vlad and the squad this week. A not so … Continue reading
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Fin Ahoy!
The Fin Surfmuppet has just caught up with Fearless Fi about 75 metres north of Icebergs on the southern end of the Bondi Arc. Five laps completed, it’s about 0820 and the squad have been swimming since circa 7am. Fi … Continue reading
Frenchmans Bay
0700hrs, Saturday 22nd June, 2013 Sunrise struggles against the banks of grey cloud and never makes an appearance. Over the hill at Congwong Beach, the bodies of expired bluebottles line the high tide mark and Vlad consults the team for … Continue reading
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Tagged Channel, Congwong, Frenchmans Bay, La Perouse, Shark Shield, Vlad, Yarra Bay
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Ode to Jaws
Saturday 1st June, first day of winter, return of the Impaler horde to Bondi for a 7am start led by the Blackdog whose on a mission to do 30 laps. Surfmuppet, in the hallowed company of the “Inglorious Lasties” (named … Continue reading
Bondi Round 2
Saturday 4th May Down here in the south, Autumn advances steadily to where Winter is waiting around the corner with her horde of glacial goons. On the trip down from the northern end of Sydney, through the leafy suburbs of … Continue reading
Twelve Laps of Bondi
North Bondi Saturday 27th April It’s 0715 by the time the rebel alliance of Impalers hits the water just to the north of North Bondi SLC. The praetorian guard of the squad are all down in Melbourne at the Cold … Continue reading
Balmoral Bull Shark Blues
Lashing with rain as the silver bullet pulls up behind The Bathers Pavilion at Balmoral and the surfmuppet hops out to go in search of Vlad and his band of intrepid Impalers. Finds them huddled en masse by a tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Balmoral, Bull Shark, Grotto Point Lighthouse, Middle Harbour, Vlad
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Last Zebra in Botany Bay
The tiny suburb of Kyeemagh, the jump off point for this Saturday’s swim, is a salient of land bounded by Muddy Creek to the northwest, the Cooks River to the North, and Botany Bay, originally called Stingray Bay by Captain … Continue reading
North Steyne 1 and 2.8km
Says a colleague, the difference between having a job and running a business is the ability to let go. Sunday morning, Surfmuppet arrives for the races in good time with the Mrs and Skater Girl, down from Byron Bay to … Continue reading
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