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oceanswims: Pool management gone mad?
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Thursday, January 1, 2015. Pool management gone mad? On one of his few trips to the local pool, our Uncle Mick was struck by all the rules - "No running, No jumping, No bombing, No spitting", etc. "Goodness me," said Uncle Mick. "Are you allowed to swim? You were, and you are, but we've noticed a marked tightening in the rules in recent years, and much tighter restrictions placed on punters as they attempt to schlepp their laps. What other r...
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oceanswims: Talking under wet shower
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Talking under wet shower. What is it that brings me back to loving oceanswimming every season? Something different can happen at any swim and usually does. Today was the first ocean swim of the season for me, and as every season starts it is great to see all those old familiar faces and catch up with everyone’s stories of holidays, future plans and training, or lack thereof, over the cooler months. It didn’t e...
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oceanswims: November 2014
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Sunday, November 9, 2014. Talking under wet shower. What is it that brings me back to loving oceanswimming every season? Something different can happen at any swim and usually does. Today was the first ocean swim of the season for me, and as every season starts it is great to see all those old familiar faces and catch up with everyone’s stories of holidays, future plans and training, or lack thereof, over the cooler months. It didn’t e...
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oceanswims: February 2015
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Friday, February 6, 2015. Cole Classic - They could do it better. Herald photographers took some stunning images of the Cole Classic last Sundee. That's the advantage of having a whole stable of phots on staff. This one was tweeted by Dallas Kilponen. As entries to last weekend's Cole Classic fell again, for the fourth year running (For an analysis of the stats. Click here. Allow punters to enter at reasonable rates right up to swim day.
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oceanswims: The best kind of water
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Monday, April 21, 2014. The best kind of water. Long road trips can lead to profound revelations. On the way back from Pacific Palms on Easter Sundee, Mrs Sparkle said, suddenly, “You know, I like swimming in the ocean the best. It’s the best kind of water”. Well, yes. That is one of the reasons why we get up to this caper. The point being that Mrs Sparkle, a regular squad swimmer at Crummy Drummy, and a regular with an informal squad of lay...
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oceanswims: December 2013
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Monday, December 30, 2013. No swim at Bongin. Was that wrong? Dawn at Bongin Bongin Bay. Just after dawn, anyway. Well, quite a way after dawn. The wind is howling. This morning - Sundee morning - we went for a swim. But we didn’t swim. And we’re just trying to work out whether that was wrong. Show me your huddling, seething masses, for they will swim, whatever the conditions. We were amongst the first to the beach. It was truly howling ...
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oceanswims: April 2013
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Tuesday, April 30, 2013. More than a grand again in late April. Bottoms up : L. Azy late starter at Turimetta, en route to Warriewood. We saw water quality graduate from murky and opaque at Warriewood (our eyes), to crystal clear (according to a blobber) at Shark Island. Why the difference? There were c. another 1,200 at Noosa, but that's Queensland. A friend suggested on Sunday, whilst we schlepped over the headland to Turimetta to the star...
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oceanswims: January 2015
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Thursday, January 1, 2015. Pool management gone mad? On one of his few trips to the local pool, our Uncle Mick was struck by all the rules - "No running, No jumping, No bombing, No spitting", etc. "Goodness me," said Uncle Mick. "Are you allowed to swim? You were, and you are, but we've noticed a marked tightening in the rules in recent years, and much tighter restrictions placed on punters as they attempt to schlepp their laps. What other r...
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oceanswims: April 2014
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A forum for swapping yarns and boasting amongst ocean swimmers. Monday, April 21, 2014. The best kind of water. Long road trips can lead to profound revelations. On the way back from Pacific Palms on Easter Sundee, Mrs Sparkle said, suddenly, “You know, I like swimming in the ocean the best. It’s the best kind of water”. Well, yes. That is one of the reasons why we get up to this caper. The point being that Mrs Sparkle, a regular squad swimmer at Crummy Drummy, and a regular with an informal squad of lay...
