Beatrice Kerr Australia’s Champion Lady Swimmer & Diver
Beatrice Kerr was a swimmer and aquatic performer originally from Albert Park in Victoria. “By the bye, everyone rushes after lunch to the Palace Pier to see a young Australian…
The Swimming Rats of Tobruk
In World War 2, Australian forces were dispatched to secure the Italian-held port of Tobruk in Libya to deny the Axis forces a supply point in their eastern sweep across…
One Foot in the Wave
World Record for the Oldest Relay Team to Swim the English Channel – 8 October 2023 By Don Riddington 23 October 2023 The logistics of an exercise of this calibre…
Gertrude Ederle Swims the English Channel
On August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the sixth person and first woman to swim across the English Channel. In the face of widespread doubt that a woman could accomplish…
Cold water River Suir Swimmers
It never ceases to delight me to hear other cold-water swimmers describe their experience of cold-water swimming. It's almost as if the longer you experience these delights, the epiphanies in…
Swimming made easy for women
On the 3rd of March in 1876 a Sydney Illustrated News article titled "Swimming made easy for women" suggests that the first step in swimming is to "Wet the head…
Capt. Mathew Webb swims the English Channel
On 24 August 1875, Captain Matthew Webb of Great Britain became the first person to swim the English Channel. His swim was considered a feat of the impossible at the…
Double Dip
The Brighton Icebergers know it as a 'Double Dip'. It works like this; Cool down in your normal brisk swim, twenty minutes in and you've already gained a hypothermic grin.…
How AI starts swimming.
Robby says... Swimming is a great form of exercise that provides many benefits to the body such as cardiovascular fitness, strength, and flexibility. Additionally, it is a low-impact activity that…
Sea Temp reading locations – Vic
Here is the designated swim locations for capturing sea water temperates at https://ozswims.co