Every year there is an event in Cronulla called the Shark Island Swim Challenge. There are two separate races. The first race goes for 1 km, starts at the Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club and goes out around some buoys that look way too far out from shore. The second race also starts at the life saving club, and goes all the way out around Shark Island. This second race is over 2 km. Needless to say I didn't do either race, but I managed to eat a nice bacon and egg roll and snapped a few photographs. Over 1600 people participated in both races including some folks from Blue Water (Blue Water is the joint venture that is designing, building, and operating the desalination plant). Blue water was kind enough to set up a table at the race and sponsor drinks and brekkie for any interested employees. For anyone who is interested in where the heck it is that we live and where the race was, here are the coordinates you can enter into Google Earth:
Our apartment: 34° 3'3.89"S 151° 9'14.41"E
Cronulla Surf Life Saving Club: 34° 3'20.42"S 151° 9'16.64"E
Shark Island: 34° 3'35.69"S 151° 9'34.54"E
Cronulla Park and the life saving club
Blue Water Participants
The race begins
The race begins part 2
The winner approaches the finish line
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