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16/7/2017 Gutsy, 500 and Families

An incredible effort for so many to turn up on what was going to be the coldest day of the year! The way some embraced the cold (while I was in my wetsuit) was pretty amazing. Here are some of the toughest characters we have amongst us: Ian said he... Continue reading

Posted Jul 16, 2017 at Pacific Jules

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Thanks a lot Lisa, I'm getting no sympathy at home (a la the boy who cried wolf) so it's nice to get some online!

Commented Jun 12, 2017 on Sunday June 11, Happy Birthday Lizzie at Pacific Jules

relinquish it? surely there would be an independence day holiday as well!

Commented Jun 12, 2017 on Sunday June 11, Happy Birthday Lizzie at Pacific Jules

yes, apologies - i stand corrected. Thanks for letting me know. As we do not celebrate Guy Fawkes Day with too many bonfires or fireworks in the high bushfire season of November, I thought we had moved the memory of the gunpowder plot to June (for bushfire safety) and to coincide with the Queen's Birthday - would not be the first bad taste Australian joke.

Commented Jun 12, 2017 on Sunday June 11, Happy Birthday Lizzie at Pacific Jules

hehe my girlfriend would not agree that it is life-threatening but definitely man-threatening!

Commented Jun 11, 2017 on Sunday June 11, Happy Birthday Lizzie at Pacific Jules

Sunday June 11, Happy Birthday Lizzie

First off, apologies for no water shots - my man-flu prevented me getting too close to the action but I still wanted to document the ways that we, the B&B, celebrate the Queen's Birthday. You might say we were putting on pretty English weather in honour of the 91st birthday... Continue reading

Posted Jun 11, 2017 at Pacific Jules

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Thanks Elizabeth My quote for the day "As long as you're there before it's over, you're never late", James John Walker Hope you all also enjoy my blog

Commented Jun 11, 2017 on Sunday 11 June 2017 Queens birthday at Pacific Jules

09/04/2017 - April Sun in Cabbage

Brilliant sunshine today – Dragon would not need to head all the way to the Caribbean when we have this on offer! It is definitely clear that Summer’s on the run and I guess that it was this fact that brought out all the stars! I was finally able to... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2017 at Pacific Jules

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yeah its a whole different vibe when its sent out early.. but i still feel bad that there is northing for some of the nightowls to read at 2a.m.

Commented Jan 29, 2017 on January 29, 2017 - Virtues of the Bold at Pacific Jules

Thanks Inge, so sorry about misspelling your name

Commented Jan 29, 2017 on January 29, 2017 - Virtues of the Bold at Pacific Jules

January 29, 2017 - Virtues of the Bold

To follow on with my last blog, “Ferox et decorus consilium” which was meant to mean ‘Bold and Beautiful Resolutions’, I wanted to see how well people were doing so far. Many were already trying to uphold a particular virtue to keep them on the right path – although some... Continue reading

Posted Jan 28, 2017 at Pacific Jules

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01/01/2017 - Ferox et decorus consilium

Since the end of sub-17 days, it was easy to sense 2017 sneaking up on us, just around the corner as we powered through Cabbage Tree Bay, Even if some of our salmon did try to swim against the grain, and hold on to what had gone by, It was... Continue reading

Posted Jan 2, 2017 at Pacific Jules

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Come on Les, we all know the cheeky grin is your normal look

Commented Dec 6, 2016 on 4/12/2016 - Somewhere, over the Rainbow, there is a chest of Gold at Pacific Jules

4/12/2016 - Somewhere, over the Rainbow, there is a chest of Gold

We didn’t see skies of blue Just clouds of white But the start of Summer Makes our colours so bright And we think to ourselves What a wonderful world. Judy Garland really did best describe the affect that the bright fluro is having on our swimmers now that Summer water... Continue reading

Posted Dec 4, 2016 at Pacific Jules

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Thanks very much Suzie! Hope it made Monday a bit more bearable!

Commented Oct 10, 2016 on 9/10/2016 - Hey Beardo!...sorry, Hey Banjo! at Pacific Jules

love it Shelley! and I think we are both plagiarising something way past copyright too!

Commented Oct 10, 2016 on 9/10/2016 - Hey Beardo!...sorry, Hey Banjo! at Pacific Jules

9/10/2016 - Hey Beardo!...sorry, Hey Banjo!

What a great day and I was only there for half of it! My brother has always maintained that punctuality is a virtue of the bored yet others are adamant that lateness is a virtue of the lazy – I still do not know which one is worse. Upon arrival... Continue reading

Posted Oct 9, 2016 at Pacific Jules

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Cheers Shelley, with all those photos I am really happy that people like yourself made the effort to scroll all the way through it!

Commented Sep 11, 2016 on 11/9/2016 - Cold and Sore Debadgery at Pacific Jules

Thanks a lot Simon, just sorry about the delay in getting it up there

Commented Sep 11, 2016 on 11/9/2016 - Cold and Sore Debadgery at Pacific Jules

Cheers Rainer, i know the feeling!

Commented Sep 11, 2016 on 11/9/2016 - Cold and Sore Debadgery at Pacific Jules

thanks a lot LSA I must admit I have never been that good for quotas

Commented Sep 11, 2016 on 11/9/2016 - Cold and Sore Debadgery at Pacific Jules

I was gutted i missed out on that prize!

Commented Sep 11, 2016 on 11/9/2016 - Cold and Sore Debadgery at Pacific Jules

11/9/2016 - Cold and Sore Debadgery

A huge turnout for the winter badge ceremony! After all the effort getting those winter badges, winter without wetsuit badges and the most coveted nude badges, today was always going to be huge! And there was irrefutable evidence that it was also a super dirty ceremony. I tried my best... Continue reading

Posted Sep 11, 2016 at Pacific Jules

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28/8/2016 - Winning Friends

I must confess that when I sat down to write this 12 hours ago, I was terrified that I would bore you all, and to be honest, I still am. At first it felt like such an uneventful day especially compared to last Sunday – Today there was only one... Continue reading

Posted Aug 28, 2016 at Pacific Jules

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hey Lisa, sorry I only saw this then, it looked like a beautiful day from your great blog! I am going to have to start coming more often again!

Commented Aug 21, 2016 on 17/08/2016 "Celebrate good times" at Pacific Jules