For Immediate Release
Ausbil announces the date for what is considered one of Australia’s great open water swims, The Ausbil Palm to Shelly beach marathon swim.

This year’s event will take place on Saturday, 30th April 2022 and is Australia’s longest marathon swimming event at 26km, starting at the picturesque Palm Beach north of Sydney, and finishing at the stunning Shelly Beach, nestled in the water reserve at Fairy Bower in Manly.

The Ausbil Palm Beach to Shelly beach marathon swim is one of the three Australian Triple Crown swims, alongside the Port to Pub Rottnest 25km channel swim in Western Australia, and the Derwent River 34km river swim in Tasmania.

Ausbil CEO, Ross Youngman, said: “The swim was initially established as a preparation swim for the English Channel, but has become a great opportunity for marathon swimmers to participate in an iconic ocean swim down Sydney’s northern beaches.”

Solo swimmers get to test their mettle over an extreme distance, practice feeding strategies and experience the mental challenges of an endurance ocean swim.

The swim is also perfect for swimmers who want to step up from the shorter ocean swims or compete as a team in a relay. This offers those who might only be comfortable with shorter distances the opportunity to experience the full length of the course, as a team.

“The swim is arguably one of the toughest events on the Australian swimming calendar,” says event organiser and marathon swimmer, Tim Garrett. “It is a genuine and challenging measure of how an athlete is placed, not only against other athletes, but also against the extreme challenge of ocean swims.”

The swim typically takes athletes six to nine hours to complete and is often pummelled by large, deepocean swells, along a route that is shared with the humpback and southern right whales that migrate up and down Sydney’s coastline.

Australia is home to some of the best marathon swimmers in the world, including Chloe McCardel,Trent Grimsey, Susie Maroney, Lynton Mortensen and Shelley Taylor-Smith.

Proceeds from the swim will be donated to the Australian Marine Conservation Society.