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Queensland Ocean Swim Series Launched: JUST BRING GOGGLES...

'Just bring goggles' is the tagline for this year's Queensland Ocean Swim Series and, in a cheeky bid to entice more swimmers from the training pool to the sea, organisers say you are welcome to take them literally!

With ocean swimming becoming increasingly popular in the sunshine state the annual series, now in its third year, is aimed squarely at the weekend warrior with a range of courses to suit all abilities.

The series features events at Tangalooma, Coolangatta and Caloundra and to highlight how easy it is to get involved, organisers Weekend Warrior Events, are offering a new "Goggles Only" category which is sure to be a talking point. Event Director, John Guise, is quick to assure that anyone up for the "Goggles Only" challenge won't be exposed to the rest of the field though with some well placed screening on event day.

"Just bring goggles, says it all "said Guise. You don't need an expensive bike or running shoes and this year you don't even need your swimmers!"

Wrecked ticks all boxes

By Ellie O'Gorman

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The location race, I have decided, is the perfect combination for the Weekend Warrior. It combines time away from home (where washing, ironing, gardening, visiting your relatives, sorting your spice rack can distract you), with the experience of a new destination (think: tropical paradise. Moreton Bay trumps the Maldives EVERY TIME!) as well as the self-satisfaction of completing an ocean swim (nothing works up an appetite for post-race bacon and eggs like a swim in the ocean).

Tick, tick, tick.

For those readers who are unsure of its meaning, Urban Dictionary defines "Weekend Warrior" as:

'...a person who holds a regular job during the week which restricts their ability to party/go on trips/partake in awesome activities, and thus plans epic weekend adventures to compensate. As much variation and quantity of awesomeness is packed into the weekends as physically possible, warranting the rest of the work week to recharge for the next weekend.'

The 2010 Wrecked Tangalooma Ocean Swim - Sunday March 21st

Monday March 22nd 2010

The inaugural Wrecked Tangalooma Ocean Swim was held last Sunday in the first event of a new three-part Queensland Ocean Swim Series.

The event was billed as a ‘unique event in a spectacular location' and competitors were not disappointed.