Elizabeth Williams

TODAY IS OUR LAST DIP DAY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST - KARYN WAS AWAY SO CAROLE AND I MET AT THE USUAL TIME AND ENJOYED OUR SWIM WITH PURPOSE.  WE WERE FOGGED IN AND COULD NOT SEE THE SILOS, BOSTON ISLAND OR THE LAND UP THE COAST.  IN TOTAL I SWAM ALL 31 DAYS - KARYN SWAM 30 DAYS IN LINCOLN 1 DAY IN MAMBRAY CREEK - CAROLE SWAM 29 DAYS - LOOK AT US GO!!  IN TOTAL WE RAISED AND IMPRESSIVE $2082.00

SUNDAY MORNING DIP - ALL THREE TOGETHER - PERFECT MORNING FOR OUR 7:30AM SWIM.  WE SAW A SCHOOL OF FISH SWIMMING ROUND IN THE PONTOON IT WAS FASINATING WATCHING THEM CIRCLING AROUND

ONLY KARYN AND I MET FOR A DIP EARLY THIS MORNING AS CAROLE WAS COMMITED TO DRAGON BOAT PADDLING.  IT WAS A GLORIOUS MORNING SO BEAUTIFULLY CALM AND PEACEFUL.  WE WERE OUT BY 7AM SO WE COULD BOTH GET HOME SO WE COULD BOTH RETURN TO THE FORESHORE FOR PARKRUN AT 8AM.

ITS FRIDAY MORNING AND KARYN, CAROLE AND I ENJOYED ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL MORNING, GLORIOUS SUNRISE AND A DELIGHTFUL SWIM.  WATER FLAT CALM, 1/2 HOUR SWIM, OUT AT 7AM AND HOME FOR A NICE HOT SHOWER.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL CALM MORNING.  ITS BEEN HARD THIS WEEK TO GET OUT OF BED BECAUSE OF MY HEAD COLD BUT CAROLE AND KARYN KEEP TURNING UP SO SO DO I.  YOU CAN DEFINITELY SAY THAT I AM DEDICATED.  I AM MOTIVATED TO TICK ALL 31 DAYS IN AUGUST ON MY CALENDAR FOR DAFFODIL DIP THERE ARE ONLY A FEW TO GO NOW - GO TEAM JETTY SETTERS!!  

ALL THREE OF US GATHERED THIS. MORNING DOWN AT THE PONTOON - A FEW RUN CLUB RUNNERS GOT IN THE WATER BUT DIDN'T STAY LONG.  WE SWAM FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND WERE OUT BY 7AM JUST AS JENNY, BEV AND JOHN ARRIVED FOR THEIR DAILY DIP.

IT RAINED ALL DAY YESTERDAY AND DJ TIPPED OUT 2" OF RAIN - QUITE AMAZING SLOW BUT STEADY ADDS UP.  CAROLE CHOSE NOT TO SWIM THIS MORNING BUT KARYN AND I DID - BUT ONLY FOR 15 MINUTES AND WE HAD THE PONTOON ALL TO OURSELVES.  IT WAS GREY AND OVERCAST WHEN WE WALKED DOWN THE JETTY THEN THE SUN BROKE THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND IT WAS JUST SO SO BEAUTIFUL.  IT STARTED RAINING AS WE LEFT SO WE TIMED IT WELL

WOKE UP THINKING I WOULDN'T DIP TODAY BUT AT 6:30AM I DECIDED WELL I'M AWAKE I MIGHT AS WELL GO.  IT WAS RAINING DRIZZLE BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PUT ME OFF.  I WAS THE LONE SWIMMER TILL 7AM THEN SHARON, MISH, JENNY AND BEV ARRIVED.  IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY CALM WITH A SLIGHT SWELL.  QUITE PERFECT SO GLAD I WENT IN - ANOTHER TICK FOR ME.  NOW BACK TO BED WITH MY COUGH FOR SOME MORE SLEEP.

CAROLE, KARYN, SANDRA, KAT, JENNY AND I DROVE TO TUMBY BAY FOR THE BEACH BABES DIP.  THEY HAD A FABULOUS TURN UP, THE SUN WAS SHINING, EVERYONE WEARING YELLOW + THE ODD PINK FLAMINGO.  THERE WAS A LOT OF JUMPING IN, WE ENTERED THE WATER VIA THE LADDER.  WE WARMED UP AFTER WITH A CUPPA BEFORE HEADING TO CUMMINS FOR A SALA EXHIBITION OPENING.  NOT WELL SO ON GETTING HOME I CRAWLED INTO BED AND SLEPT FOR 6 HOURS.

WHAT A PERFECT DAY WE HAD.  WITH PARKRUN BEHIND US WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE JETTY.  THERE WAS A PLETHORA OF YELLOW CAPS AND TUTU'S.  WHAT A HAPPY BUNCH WE WERE WITH AROUND 20 OF US DIPPING, LAUGHING AND CHATTING AWAY.  CAROLE'S PRIZE WINNING CUP CAKES WERE A BIG HIT.  AFTER TWENTY MINUTES WE HEADED DOWN TO THE SALTED BARREL WHERE A NUMBER OF US ENJOYED A FREE SAUNA PROVIDED BY SARAH AND HER HUSBAND.  WE HAD SOME MONEY IN OUR YELLOW BUCKET TO ADD TO OUR TOTAL SO ALL IN ALL WE HAD HAD A WONDERFUL MORNING.

AS WE SWAM THIS MORNING - WE DISCUSSED OUR OFFICIAL DIP DAY TOMORROW AFTER PARKRUN AND ALL THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED.  CAROLE AND KARYN WERE PLANNING CUPCAKES, INVOLVING HUSBANDS SO ALL WILL RUN SMOOTHLY.  I WAS WILTING DUE TO HAVING CAUGHT A HEAD COLD - TERRIBLE TIMING!!

WELL TODAY WAS THE OFFICIAL DAFFODIL DAY DIP!!  THE COUNCIL OPENED THE PONTOON SO WE COULD DO OUR DIP.  WE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY IN OUR DAFFODIL CAPS AND TUTU'S.  A FEW OF THE REGULARS JOINED US TO CELEBRATE THE 40TH YEAR OF DAFFODIL DAY.  SO NICE TO BE BACK IN THE PONTOON!!

ANOTHER GLORIOUS MORNING - ANOTHER GREAT SWIM!!  WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING OUR SWIMS FROM THE YACHT CLUB.  CHATTING WITH WITH THE WALKERS AND RUNNERS THAT ARE ABOUT BUT NO SWIMMERS UP OUR END OCCASIONALLY WE SEE FIGURES IN THE DISTANCE NEAR THE JETTY. 

WE SPOKE TO GEORGE BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER.  IT WAS COOL OF COURSE BUT THE MORNINGS ARE BECOMING LIGHTER.  EVERY MORNING WE WADE TO THE SILO ROCKS, TOUCH THEM AND RETURN TO THE CHANNEL.  USUALLY WE FIND DEEP ENOUGH WATER TO SWIM IN BEFORE GETTING OUT.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!  ARRIVED TO BE GREETED BY KARYN AND CAROLE WEARING WIGS, SUNGLASSES AND COLOURFUL SWIMMING ATTIRE.  IT WAS SUCH A FUN WAY TO START THE DAY.  AFTER OUR DIP I WAS PRESENTED WITH A CUPCAKE COMPLETE WITH CANDLE AND BIRTHDAY CARD. 

WITH OUR FEARLESS LEADER CAROLE, KARYN AND I WADED OUT TILL WE REACHED THE WEED, TURNED LEFT AND WALKED, SWAM, AND WADED FOR A DISTANCE BEFORE TURNING AROUND AND THEN HEADED TO THE SILO CORNER, LAUGHING AND TALKING ALL THE WAY.  WE WERE EVEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO WALK AROUND THE ROCKY CORNER AND HEADED TOWARDS THE WHARF UNTIL THE SEAWEED ENCROACHED AND WE MADE A HASTY RETREAT.  ON OUR RETURN WE ENJOYED A HOT DRINK AT THE BEACH BAKERY.  GO TEAM JETTY SETTERS!!

IF WE THOUGHT THE TIDE HAD BEEN OUT OTHER MORNINGS THEN IT WAS TRULY OUT THIS MORNING!!  KARYN AND I PARTICIPATED IN PARKRUN, MET UP WITH CAROLE FOR OUR MORNING DIP WHICH WE THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH A SAUNA IN THE SALTED BARREL.  KAT AND I THEN RE-ENTERED THE WATER FOR A  OTHER QUICK DIP.  TIME THEN FOR A WARMING HOT CHOCOLATE.  THE MORNING WAS OFF TO A GREAT START.

FLAT CALM, LOW TIDE AND JUST US THREE IN THE WATER.  WE WADED IN AND WALKED AND TALKED UNTIL WE REACHED THE SILOS.  WE SAW A LARGE CRAB TRYING TO BURY ITSELF IN THE SAND.  WE SWAM OVER THE WEED WHEN WE COULDN'T FIND A HIPPO PATH UNTIL WE REACHED THE CHANNEL AT THE YACHT CLUB.  

THIS MORNING IT WAS FLAT CALM, THE TIDE WAS OUT AGAIN BUT WE MANAGED TO GET WET ENOUGH TO EARN ANOTHER TICK ON OUR CALENDAR.  SIMONE BERTRAM CAME ALONG AT THE RIGHT MOMENT TO TAKE A PHOTO OF US AS WE WALKED OUT WITH THE BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE BEHIND US.  

THIS MORNINGS SWIM WAS A BIT DIFFICULT AS THE TIDE WAS OUT.  IT WAS FLAT CALM SO WE WADED OUT TO THE CORNER OF THE SILOS AVOIDING THE SEAWEED WHERE IT FINALLY BECAME DEEP ENOUGH SO WE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SWIM.

IT WAS DARK, WILD WINTRY WEATHER WHEN WE ENTERED THE WATER AT 6:30AM THIS MORNING, THEN THE RAIN CAME.  THE WAVES WERE CRASHING IN AND THE WATER WAS ALL STIRED UP.  BUT WE BRAVED THE ELEMENTS AND CLOCKED UP OUR 11TH SWIM IN THE OCEAN TODAY.

WE ARE HALF WAY - WE HAVE ALL DONE 10 OF OUR PROMISED 20 DIPS THIS MONTH.  THERE WAS A SLIGHT DRIZZLE AS WE ENTERED THE WATER AT THE YACHT CLUB AS THE PONTOON IS STILL CLOSED.  WE CHATTED ENERGETICALLY ABOUT THE PORT LINCOLN SHOW TRYING TO DISTRACT OURSELVES FROM THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER - WHICH ACCORDING TO KARYN IS 12 DEGREES.  WE ARE PRETTY PLEASED WITH OUR EFFORTS SO FAR.  

THIS MORNING WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO DO OUR DIP AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID THE WILD WEATHER THAT IS BEING PREDICTED FOR THE DAY.  IT RAINED, IT WAS WINDY, THE WATER WAS MURKY BUT WE WENT IN - THEN THE STORM CLOUDS PASSED AND IT WAS QUITE PLEASANT THEN A RAINBOW APPEARED.  WE WARMED OURSELVES UP WITH A HOT CHOCOLATE AT THE BAKERY AFTERWARDS.

WHAT A MORNING!!  KARYN AND I DID PARKRUN, FOLLOWED BY AN EXTENDED DIP WITH CAROLE AND KAT WHILE WE WAITED FOR OUR TURN IN THE NEW SAUNA BARREL.  SUCH A GREAT START TO THE DAY.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE GREETED US THIS MORNING.  ON ENTERING THE WATER I CHATTED WITH GEORGE A REGULAR EARLY MORNING WALKER WITH HIS TRUSTY 4 LEGGED COMPANION.   WE CHATTED ABOUT THINGS AND WHY WE ARE DOING OUR DIPS AT THE MOMENT.  AS WE GOT OUT OF THE WATER HE WAS RETURNING TO HIS VECHILE AND HE VERY KINDLY GAVE US A DONATION - HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THAT!!

I WAS RUNNING LATE THIS MORNING - FORGOT TO SET THE ALARM.   IT HAS BEEN A BIG WEEK OF LATE NIGHTS AND EARLY STARTS BUT I GOT THERE AND ENJOYED THE TIME IN THE WATER WITH MY FRIENDS CAROLE AND KARYN

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE GREETED US THIS MORNING THEN TO TOP IT ALL OFF WE SAW DOLPHINS IN THE BAY!!!  IT CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

THIS MORNING WE WADED INTO THE OCEAN AT THE YACHT CLUB AS WE WERE UNBLE TO USE THE PONTOON DUE TO MAINTENACE HAPPENING.  START TIME 6:45AM OUT BY 7AM.  CAROLE ENTERTAINED US OR DISTRACTED US BY SINGING LOUDLY.  ENJOYED A HOT CHOCOLATE AFTERWARDS.

MONDAY MORNING CAROLE, KARYN AND I RENDEZVOUSED AT 6AM IN THE COLD AND THE DARK.  JODIE WAS ALREADY IN THE WATER AND A RANDOM MAN JUMPED IN THEN LEFT.  AS ALWAYS AN INVIGERATING DIP!! 

SUNDAY MORNING 9:30AM MONK CAROLE WAS WAITING FOR KARYN AND I TO ARRIVE.  SLIGHT SWELL, RAIN THREATENING, SWAM FOR 1/2 HOUR.  ENJOYED A WARMING HOT CHOCOLATE AT BOSTON BAY DINER AFTERWARDS.

CAROLE, KARYN AND I GATHERED AFTER PARKRUN FOR OUR INAUGURAL DIP - AUGUST 1ST 2026 SWAM FOR 1/2 HOUR WATER TEMPERATURE 12 DEGREES

WITH A BORROWED SWIM CAP FROM FRIEND KAREN I LAUNCHED OUR DAFFODIL DAY DIP FOR THE PORT LINCOLN JETTY SETTERS.  THANK YOU TO KIRSTY FOR COMING UP WITH OUR CATCHY NAME. LOOKING FORWARD TO CHALLENGING OURSELVES AND HOPEFULLY GETTING OTHERS TO JOIN US.  WE DID LOTS OF PRACTISE SWIM THROUGHOUT JULY SO WE ARE READY FOR THIS.