Mickey considers ‘firsts’ and ‘lasts’ in life but, in particular, how they apply to swimming at the beach in summer.
Almanac Swimming: Post Pier to Pub 2024 Reflections
January 16, 2024 by 15 Comments
The Pier to Pub 2024 is over and Col Ritchie reflects upon his satisfying swim.
Almanac Swimming: Pier to Pub 2024
January 9, 2024 by 16 Comments
Col Ritchie presents a few thoughts as he prepares for his 23rd Lorne Pier to Pub swim on Saturday.
Almanac Swimming: Pier to Pub 2023 – Postscript
January 17, 2023 by 10 Comments
Col reflects on his performance and insights of this year’s Pier to Pub he participated in last Saturday.
Almanac Swimming: Pier to Pub 2023
January 13, 2023 by 7 Comments
It’s the annual Lorne Pier to Pub ocean swim this Saturday and Col presents some thoughts in his lead up to the swim.
Special Olympics – Swimming: Please Let Me Win
September 8, 2021 by 25 Comments
With the Paralympics own it’s timely to return to an Almanac Classic…
Kate’s sporting kite crashed at the Special Olympics Victorian State Games on Saturday, but Dips helping out at the games, says, his daughter can learn from her experience and recover from her loss to once again fly her kite high. [If you do nothing else today, read this – JTH]
Almanac (Swimming) Poetry: The Slow Lane
March 19, 2021 by 3 Comments
Campbell Bairstow has moved to the slow lane of the pool it seems. Willingly? Happily?
Almanac (Swimming) Poetry: Old blokes in black budgie smugglers
February 3, 2021 by 4 Comments
In his Almanac debut, Campbell Bairstow explores the mind, body and soul of swimming laps (especially during Covid isolation)
Almanac Life: First Swim
November 13, 2020 by 9 Comments
The day was hot, so it’s time for the togs and the first swim of the season as Mickey Randall explains.
Should parents get their children into swimming lessons from a young age?
April 6, 2020 by 1 Comment
An in-depth look at the merits of teaching swimming at an early age for survival reasons from Shannon Cole.
Almanac Flashback – Pier to Pub 2019: Murray won’t be home tonight
January 10, 2020 by 13 Comments
From the archives: A tragic day at Pier to Pub 2019.
The Life of a Swimming Teacher: My Experience Throughout my First Year of Teaching
September 12, 2019 by 6 Comments
Shannon Cole shares her experiences of becoming a swimming teacher, developing relationships with her students, and the pleasure she receives in fulfilling her role.
Almanac Swimming: Kate O’Donnell wins gold!
August 29, 2019 by 18 Comments
We have a swimming champ in the Almanac family. Kate O’Donnell performed brilliantly at the DSSA National Swimming Championships on the weekend and her proud dad Dips O’Donnell has passed on Coach Tracey Drewitt’s report.
Sarah’s Big Swim: A piece of therapy that feels like France
April 2, 2019 by 1 Comment
Sarah Wapling continues to prepare for Sarah’s Big Swim this time by writing this expose about the therapy that is the 3 kilometre time trial. [Are we starting to get somewhere closer to Sarah’s mind here? JTH]
Sarah’s Big Swim – Part 2: Australia is hot
March 24, 2019 by 1 Comment
Sarah Wapling continues to train for Sarah’s Big Swim. This is the traditional Equino report outlining what she has done over the past four weeks or so.
Sarah’s Big Swim – Part 1: This is Sarah
February 18, 2019 by 10 Comments
Sarah’s Big Swim is one of THE sporting events of 2019. John Harms explains. [That would be Sarah Wapling – Ed]
Almanac Ocean Swimming: What an effort!
November 9, 2018 by 5 Comments
Swim around Great Britain! You must be mad! Read about Ross Edgley’s epic swimming feat of physical and mental endurance he completed this week.
Juniors Almanacking – Memories of 10-year-olds. Brilliant.
August 27, 2017 by 12 Comments
It’s book week. This is David Wilson’s story of volunteering to take a couple of sessions at his children’s school on “the writing of a memory.” A rare privilege.
Sink or Swim?
August 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
I have been reading the recent reports in the press that Surf Lifesaving Queensland (SLSQ) is under threat of litigation over alleged failures in their duty of care. Surf Lifesavers are a remarkable Australian phenomenon, and their red and yellow cap is as iconic as Vegemite. A volunteer organisation that was founded over 100 years ago, [Read more]
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