On Saturday, June 28, the brave Brunswick Belugas held their 3rd annual Winter Pier to Pub in Lorne. We weren’t quite as blessed by the Weather Gods as last year – with a windy, rainy day and the water a balmy 15°c – but we enjoyed it all the same.

Unlike the Lorne Pier to Pub in January, our winter event is very much a social event. There are no times taken and we leave in a staggered start of waves from slowest to fastest so hopefully we all finish together. As a safety measure people stay with, and swim with their wave.

A special mention should go out to Anthony Ferguson. He swam without a wetsuit and thus earned our inaugural Numb Nuts Award; congrats Anthony. It wasn’t a spontaneous decision as he’d been taking a regular dip at Williamstown Beach since the end of April.

Lunch afterwards was at Qdos Gallery and Café, with the open fire being a particular drawcard this winter.

We’ll be doing it all again next year, Saturday 27 June 2015.