A collection of places I, unfortunately and probably for quite poor reasons, didn't swim while visiting Sweden this year.

Thoughts and stories about swimming.

We'd get impatient and sit in there like frogs in a pot as it heated up. Gently stoking the fire while eating pizza and drinking beer. Waiting, waiting.

Media reports at the time of the proclamation indicate that the beach had a long history of use as an unofficial nude beach, but that those who did so were breaking the law.

I hope this will be enough to be a wake-up call for the climate-change sceptics, and a call for the non-sceptics to double-down on efforts to do something.

Try to get in under the falls to experience one of those grounding and earth-connecting things: massage by falling water. Float around and bask in the glory of it all.

Thoughts and stories about swimming.

There weren't many other people there - only two small groups - and it felt pretty secluded and like you were part of a small secret club.

There weren't many other people there - only two small groups - and it felt pretty secluded and like you were part of a small secret club.

It's a very short walk from the cafe to the swimming hole. Past the blue tin asking for donations to swim in the swimming hole (you can also pay by card in the cafe or shop) on the little bridge over ...

It's usually a dreary affair, the shortest day of the year. Waterproof jackets, scarves, and beanies coordinated with matching rain, wind, and cold. In 2022 the part of Adelaide I was in achieved a ma...

The Slovenian tourist office likes to use a few strategically placed capital letters to emphasis the LOVE in Slovenia. After a visit to Lake Bohinj, it is easy see why.

If it ever rains.

Thoughts and stories about swimming.

When the wind blows just right, however, surfing becomes possible as the waves stand tall and break over the reefs that extend from Lions Head point.

The rock pools at Butler's Beach are some of the best I have experienced. Sheltered from the waves of Investigator Strait, crystal clear, and full of life.

I sometimes joke that my bloodstream is part Murray water. At the moment it feels like the Murray water levels in my bloodstream is dangerously low. I've not visited enough in the last years. Life get...

It's better to walk in. It's just under 5 km as a roundtrip with 150 metres of elevation. Bring your dogs.

Kangaroos, koalas, emus, and echidnas have all been spotted. The dream is to spot a platypus there, but I can't imagine that will ever happen.

Walk down the easement. Past the cows (be polite - say hello). Then you're there.

Apparently walking barefoot on pebbles is a good way of improving health (it’s called tap shek) – so consider my health improved!