Forward March!

Mid Winter swim in Oamaru Harbour! The 'army' is marching steadily into the icy waters without missing a step. Others in fancy dress are finding it not too bad, in fact they had to be ordered out! There was the 'Royal Family' all with real life looking masks on and a wee Irish boy, a young girl with a grey wig on and a handbag pushing a walker frame, lots of fun!

[Kerri]

Beautiful shot!

[Yvonne]

Brrrr. But I bet a ton of fun.

[Ann Stenson]

WOW!.....You guy's realy know how to have fun!.....Brilliant capture! : )

[Yvonne]

And I meant to type--wonderful shot!!!!

[Catherine W.]

Fun...to watch!!! Not sure I would want to join in! Brrrrrrrr!!!!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Swimming in a cold ocean does not sound too appealing to me, but it is a fun sight to see someone else doing it with humor and style! Good capture!

[saskia]

Great event!

[Kathryn Marshall]

Great composition. We have a Polar Bear Plunge in mid winter here. Money is donated for charitable causes. It is a fun, but COLD event.

[Maggiemae]

@daisyThe air temp this morning was 3 degC (37.4F) so the onlookers were cold too!

[☠northy]

this is wild! such a wonderful shot!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Good shot -- we have a group that plunges into the Chesapeake Bay in the winter. Crazy!

[Maggiemae]

@catwoman2 - I think I would prefer Oamaru to Chesapeake Bay!

[Marie]

Gave me a cold chill just by looking at the picture haha. Amazing.

[Elizabeth Youngs]

Great capture!

[Lyn]

OH, my. . .what a great event to capture.

[Donna]

beautiful capture! very scenic, looks chilly!

[Mags]

Wow! Great capture, Maggiemae! Wonderful event!

[Linda]

NIce capture! Good to think of cool weather when it is so hot here!

[Sharon]

Great capture. They do a similar thing here in January (our winter) called a Polar Bear Swim.

[beachradish]

Brrrr! Very fun shot of a brave and lively bunch!

[Caryn]

Fun capture, but I wouldn't be amongst those in the water!

[Louie]

Nice shot. Love the contrast between the very orderly Army guys and the chaos around them.

[Sharon]

great shot - but oh man! What are these people thinkin' with? unless it involved the immediate rescue of penguins you wouldnt catch me doin that!

[Cathy Donohoue]

Cool! In more ways than one. We have a polar bear swim.

[Darlene]

Wow, what a great shot, Maggiemae. Could have used some of that cold water today with the 105 degree heat here.

[Mags ッ]

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - good photo!

[sue-capetown]

Fun but ooooh too cold... sensibly I see u choose to take the pics and remain dry (I hope)!!

[tony gig]

Looks like a lot of fun Maggie, beautiful view of the Bay.

[Chris]

having fun & nice capture

[Arthur Loosley]

Fun shot ... especially the marching "army"!

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[👑 AnaZad]

Nice to see them going in, but don't count on me... LOL. Great capture. Thanks for sharing it.

[Livia]

Looks like fun! But if the water is icy, I'm not going anywhere near it, haha. Great candid shot!

[Maggiemae]

@annbo We have an active event group and there is generally something on every week! Great photos!

[Maggiemae]

@louiesphotos Yes, that is obvious in this shot! The others shots weren't so interesting!

[Maggiemae]

@tonygig I noticed that too, when I put it on the computer and it is such a nice harbour!

[Ramesh Chand]

very nice...........I like this......

[Gerry]

@maggiemae lovely photo Maggiemae Gerry.

[Sonia]

What a great shot! Action packed, you can feel the energy.

[Peter de Graaff]

Why? But must have been fun

[Linda Lorraine]

I thought winter there. ?? :-)

[Sebella O'Donovan]

Won't catch me having a mid winter swim! Nice shot.

[Not So Random Pics]

Very interesting capture, love how water ripples are accentuating their movement!

[Carole Imes]

Cool (or should I say cold?) capture! How fun ...lots of interest and action!

[Harry J Benson]

fun to watch and capture, but to old to do :)

[Laura Thornton]

This is a wild and wonderful photo.

[Junan Heath]

Wonderful capture! :D

[santina]

fantastic capture, i admire their courage, who, to bathe in the cold

[Juliette Packham]

Brrr! great shot, they are braver than I would be!

[Jim Reid]

Looks like the loony dook they have at Queensferry every new years morning. Hundreds of people dive into the Firth of Forth for fun.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fun to watch and a great shot of all the action but I really wouldn't want to be partaking! xx

[Pat Knowles]

Are they mad & it's so cold in NZ at the moment!!!! Fun shot but wouldn't like to join them!!!

[michelle mcintyre]

Crazy people - great shot!!

[Sandie Reardon]

This is quite a celebration of interesting folks....dressing up and everything! Fun for THEM, but not for me, thank you very much! ;)

[James Pearce]

You've gone wrong. Summer is the time for swimming.

[Rach_who]

Very unusual event nicely captured.

[Sheila]

Oh, my what a silly thing to do! Great photo!