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Three days then an amazing unexpected birthday Present!
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65, ‘Chivas Regal’ – may the pension years be good.
The ‘All Blacks’ win convincingly 3 days later
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Special moments in time. (Captured by Louise)
Bledisloe Cup: NZ Expats celebrate the All Blacks 41-13 win over the Wallabies. What a birthday present! (Just look at Garry’s smile.)
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Mollymook Icebergs – 19 Brave-hearts in total – Sunday Aug 16
Temp on Friday 11.5 in Sooky corner & 13 down the straight
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A huge turn up of 19 die-hard swimmers on a cold Sunday morning with temperatures hovering in the 13 teens.
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A punter on the home journey
Issi avoids a ‘Dougie’ wipe out & fractured shoulder.
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Dougie update: When knocked over by the wave, Dougie actually fractured his humerus bone. It is the long bone in the upper arm, located between the elbow joint and the shoulder.
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Saturday: A paddler with the angel rays as a back-drop
Roscoe returns to tell the story about the ‘Whitty’ Shark
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The ‘Whitty Shark’
The sighting of a ‘Whitty Shark’ (or Great Whitty) off Mollymook Beach Saturday morning fuels speculation that these creatures are on the increase.
Elite Ocean Swimmer Ross Whitty spotted the shark’s large dorsal fin during our morning swim and signaled the alert.
Reef swimmers were beyond hearing range so were left to their own devices while the rest began to prepare for a speedy return to shore.
Fortunately the alarm status was downgraded to an all clear within seconds when the ‘Whitty Shark’ morphed suddenly into a playful Dolphin.
These ‘Whitty Sharks’ tend to crop up from time to time when swimmers are in the water.
Experts attribute their appearance to the fact that they tend to feed on the human imagination: the sighting of the lifted elbow of a fellow swimmer, piece of driftwood or floating weed can easily bring them close. We’ve all seen them eh!
“All jokes aside though, it’s good to be swimming with folk who are alert and make the call if there’s any suspicion of something nasty out there … So thanks Rosco.” (Contribution: John L.)