Port Phillip Bay · Melbourne
South Melbourne
before the city wakes
Sunrise, changing water and the swimmers who keep returning. A small gallery of the local shoreline and swimming community.
Browse the photosA familiar shoreline
Same beach.
Never quite the same morning
Calm mornings, choppy days and familiar faces. There’s always something different to notice here.
The shoreline gallery
Along the shoreline
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First light
The quiet walk before the swim.
Bay stillness
A calm morning on the bay.
The foreshore
Early light on the foreshore.
The swimming community
Cold water is better with good company.
More than a place to swim
A swim and a catch-up
Weekend swims with the Port Melbourne Icebergers are part of the local swimming community. The shared ritual of arriving, swimming, warming up and talking is as important as the distance.
Private beach coaching · November to April