Mollymook News

Picture perfect weather greeted over 200 ocean swimmers at Mollymook for their annual 2 km ocean swim classic. Provisional winners were: 2 km Classic winner, Brad Horrey from Botany. 500 m novice winner, Cormac Guthrie from Matraville. “Dash for Cash” Brad Horrey from Botany. Worthy of note was the stand out performance of young Illya Vashinsky. Illya is only 10 years old and swam the 500m swim ALL butterfly stroke, and then backed up to finished the 2km swim in 19th place overall.

Illya and each of the winners are all coached by Chad Schneider who also competed doing the butterfly stroke for the 500 metre warm up and then finishing 16th overall in the 2 km classic. Chad brought a team of 30 swimmers to Mollymook this year. He has competed at all 10 Mollymook Ocean Classics and chose Waterfront accommodation and Citrus & Cupitts Kitchen restaurants to celebrate his end of year special South Coast Mollymook “Getaway”.     (Click on images to enlarge)

Start of Ocean Swim Classic	Swimmers rounding the 1st buoy	Brad Horrey, Swim Classic winner
Cormac Guthrie, 500 m swim winner	Photo time prior to race start. Jan & Kim	Mollymook Ocean swimmers
Chad Schneider, Butterfly stroke 500m	Illya 10 yrs old follows coach Chad	Illya covers the 500 m doing Butterfly

Pam Burridge Surf School	Learn to surf with former world champion Pam Burridge. Surf lessons conducted regularly at: Mollymook,              (Click on images to enlarge) Narrawallee, Bendalong.      Softboards and wet suits supplied Phone: 4456 4038  or  0409 767 176  Follow link to Pam’s web site: www.pamburridge.com
Learning to surf	Pam Burridge

ken Banks of Mollymook Beach Waterfront accommodation and surf club commends Pam as the best surf instructor on the NSW South Coast. Soft boards, wet suits and coaching suitable for both youngsters and adults.

MOLLYMOOK  – year round CLIMATE!

Statistics from the Sydney Bureau of Meteorology, indicate that the Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook district has the best climate on the east coast of Australia. Towns on the north coast of NSW and in Queensland often suffered from climates that were too hot and humid in the spring, summer and autumn months, while other tourist towns in other states had extremes in climate conditions that were not experienced in the Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook area.

Statistics from the regional Director of the Bureau of Meteorology in Sydney indicates that the temperature and rainfall experienced in the Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook district is far more pleasant that that experienced say, in Coffs Harbour. Yet Coffs Harbour has long proudly acclaimed itself as an area with a “perfect climate”. Coffs Harbour suffers with a mean yearly rainfall of some 1759ml (69″) whereas Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook has a more reasonable total of some 1266ml or 50″.

WARM IN WINTER

Contrary to popular belief that the NSW South Coast is cooler and is a place to be avoided in cold months, the Bureau of Meteorology figures show that in winter the mean daily temperature in Coffs Harbour is 13.6 while Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook is only slightly cooler at 12.0. This should explode forever, the myth that the NSW South Coast is cold and, like the birds, tourists should head north for the winter. The mean daily temperature for the hottest months, shows that Coffs Harbour reaches 23.1. Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook is not far behind at 21 again not a significant amount by any means. The two figures that are firmly in Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook favour are the ones that indicate that Coffs Harbour has had the highest reading of 43.3 whereas Ulladulla, Milton, Mollymook is shown at 38.1, a far more agreeable and pleasant climate than its northern counterpart.   Compiled by Gary Dale.

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Mollymook Beach Sunrise	Mollymook Beach	Mollymook Beach surf
Sun rising on Mollymook	Mollymook Beach Cafe	Mollymook surfing reef

For that special occasion, look no further than Mollymook Beach Waterfront’s multi award winning couples accommodation. Waterfront’s honeymoon suite is the perfect choice for your special occasion, right on the waterfront, private and quiet with amazing ocean views.

• Plan your wedding accommodation in the Waterfront “Honeymoon suite“.
• Choose your wedding ceremony for on the beach or at the local Cupitt’s vineyard or church of your choice.
• For your wedding reception we recommend the Mollymook Beach-side Golf club or Cupitt’s vineyard and restaurant.

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• The perfect memory! Married on Mollymook Beach, reception at the Mollymook Beach-side Golf Club & accommodation in the beautiful Mollymook Beach Waterfront “Honeymoon suite”. Now we celebrate our wedding anniversary at Waterfront. Carmen & Steve ACT
• My son & daughter in law were married at Cupitt’s vineyard. The ceremony and reception were in this beautiful rural setting with the grape vines a nice back-drop. The location, service and food were all first class. Coming across from the UK for this special event, they deferred to my wife and I the best local accommodation at Mollymook Beach Waterfront. On our return to the UK we will take with us these treasured memories. Keith & Hilary Hayes. UK.
• Mollymook Waterfront accommodation is even better than it looks on the website!! My husband and I spent our honeymoon here – our apartment was in immaculate condition and the ocean views were spectacular. Whale and dolphin watching from our private deck was amazing. Barrett NSW.

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Wedding Mollymook Beach	Golf Club reception	Golf Club reception
Cupitts vineyard wedding	Cupitts vineyard reception	Cupitts vineyard reception

Following a week of heavy rainfall, the sun shone in all its splendor on Sat February 4, at Shellharbour for the holding of the 2012 South Coast branch Surf Life Saving championships.

Not only did the sun shine, so too did the Mollymook surf club competitors who won numerous races. Perhaps the most exciting win was by the Under 15 board relay team. Led by Angus Curry, he set up a nice lead during the first leg followed by Holly Munday who was up against the boys. Holly paddled her heart out, caught and rode a nice wave to maintain the lead for Lewis Betts to maintain throughout the 3rd leg to come home easy winners. Great individual efforts were also recorded by Tarryn Love winning the U 15 beach sprint and flags, Michelle Howard in the U 17 & open female beach sprint, Angus Curry 1st in the U 15 board race, Tony Ireland Over 30′s board race & Ken Banks in the Over 50′s iron man and surf race.

Team events saw Mollymook home first in the March Past, 1st in the Taplin (Tony Ireland, Keith Purves & Greg Stratford), 1st in the Ski relay (Tony Ireland, Paul Burton & Greg Stratford)

A full list of result will appear in the local Times paper on Wednesday courtesy of Tracy Betts and Tony Ireland. 

Greg Bennett design stand up boards

Greg Bennett, Factory Manager of Bennett Surfboards Pty Ltd traveled down from Brookvale  to spend 2 days testing two new designed “Stand Up” surf boards at Mollymooks famous “Golfie Reef” break.

The huge swells on the Wednesday had all but disappeared come Thursday leaving 3 hours of testing in a subdued surf. Friday the swell increased a little to provide a useful 4 hours testing the handling of each board, one 10′ 6″ and the other 11′.

With a little encouragement Greg enticed Waterfronts owner to try his skill. He found it a little frustrating getting use to having to plant his feet across the board and failed to cause much havoc among the local board riding fraternity.   (Click on images to enlarge)

The Mollymook surf club held a successful 3rd round of the Warilla Bowls South Coast Boat series on Saturday. The surf conditions were ideal and a good crowd was on hand for some very competitive competition. Waterfront overseas guests from the UK as well as their interstate guests thoroughly enjoyed the action. Unofficial results were:

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Mollymook beach was the scene where many flocked to celebrate a glorious Australia Day. A majestic sunrise ushered in what was to be a fabulous day shared by many at the celebration activities at the Mollymook Beach Icon Park. Sean Henry was an excellent MC as was Nick Rheinberger the Australia Day Ambassador. The coat and tie gave way to the sun and heat for Nick’s address before a large audience.

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Massage therapy

Heather Sands a qualified massage therapist, provides massage therapies for both men and women, including remedial, therapeutic, hot rocks, reflexology, lymphatic drainage, body exfoliations, facials, lash and brow tinting, head and foot pampers, and back rejuvenators in the peace & privacy of your Waterfront accommodation. 

Bookings are essential. For further details and costs, follow Heather’s link or call on (02) 4455 4874.

Luxury King Bed with special effects lighting

Luxury Latex bed

Waterfront boosts architectural designed accommodation including the latest state-of-the-art technology providing guests the utmost privacy with executive style luxury bedrooms, en suites and an open plan kitchenette/dining/lounge area that maximizes the ocean views.

Awake to the sounds of the ocean and local bird life.

Enjoy the generous breakfast hamper on your private balcony with breathtaking ocean views watching the surf board riders or dolphins surf the famous Mollymook waterfront reef break.

Facilities & Services include: 

Luxury King size bed	Reef Break kitchenette	Reef Break living area	Up market ensuite
Luxury Queen bed	Whale Watch Kitchenette	Whale Watch living area	Private deck & BBQ
Couples accommodation	BBQ Seafood, Salad & wine	Beach towels available	Waterfront view