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| Kane and Narelle before the Swim |
The gun to start lets rip and we are off. There is a decent harbour swell coming in from the north so we get bumped around from the left a little in the first leg. Then the fun started as that northerly swell was hitting the walls lining the harbour and bounding back. So not only did we have the northern swell we now had this random chop hitting us from the side, front and back. Not easy to swim in at all...but great fun none the less.
One last obstacle for the day. The forth turn buoy came loose and floated to away. It occured as i was coming up to it. I did not know what was happening which meant i was actually chasing it. It seemed forever, and was forever, until i reached it and then it dawned, it was untethered. Had a great laugh with the life savers and continued on my way.
The last buoy is where all the visual excitement happens. With the last turn negotiated my sight is now the big white sales on the Sydney Opera House. WOW WOW WOW. What an honour to swim toward the Opera House on Australia Day!!!
Been a long distance swimmer I had lots of kick left for the last 500m so i motored home passing a few tiring swimmers along the way. My time was 39 minutes for the 2.2 km...not bad but i would have wasted 2-3 minutes chasing that bloody loose buoy.
