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…
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…
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
Victorian Open Water Swims Book
By Don Warner Open-water swimming events have been important community occasions in Victoria for over 100 years. The inaugural Yarra River 3-mile swim was held in 1913 and was conducted…
Swimmers sea temp readings
How's the sea conditions today? What's the temperature? A most common greeting amongst Iceberger Swimmers in Victoria. At the Brighton Icebergers we have a regular reading taken at 5:30am and…
Yarra Swimming History
from: Yarra – A Diverting History of Melbourne’s Murky River by Kristin Otto The Yarra River was once a major swimming destination for Melburnians. In the 1920’s the Ivanhoe, Alphington…
Shenyang Icebergers
On a recent trip to China, I went to Shenyang, the capital city of Liaoning province which is in North East China and is not far from North Korea. Shenyang…