The water temperature in Moreton Bay is now over the 20 degree mark so your tough editor has now shed his wetsuit for the summer. Freedom!

There has been some interest over the past week or two about next year’s European swimming holidays. So it’s high time to get serious about expressions of interest.  The trips under consideration so far are:
 

• Italy’s Lake Orta – likely dates are late August/early September (after this, the lake is too cold)
• Lake Constance/Bodensee: A Three Country European Cycling and Swimming Odyssey (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) – likely dates early/mid September
• Greek Islands Swimming Adventure: Rhodes and Symi: likely dates mid/late September (before this the Med is too hot!)

 
For information on each trip, please go to the website http://www.otteraquatics.com.au/swim-tours.html. There are links there to all three trips with information relevant for 2018. Details for 2019 trips will be similar but prices will likely do as prices do – increase a little.
 
Importantly, the trips will only go ahead if each trip has at least six participants.
 
So between now and early December (that’s not far away), please let me know if you are interested in coming along. In early December, I will issue invoices for deposits which must be received by 31st December 2018 in order for me to make bookings. Balances will be due by the end of May 2019.
 
The cost of getting to and from Europe is up to you, as is the cost of getting from one trip to another, assuming you want to do more than one. Each trip has its own price structure: all include accommodation, breakfasts and local transport and some, but not all, have lunches included.
 
I will be able to be more definite about which trips will go ahead and their dates when I have collated responses from you.