On Tasmania’s spectacular east coast, a wooden building sits at the edge of the water. Its timber is weathered by years of salt air, and at night, it glows with a radiance that reflects the warm community around it.
Every morning, here at Bicheno Surf Life Saving Club, a group of fearless swimmers heads out … not into a heated pool, but into the bone-chilling open ocean. The water reaches a maximum of 20 degrees here in summer, and drops to a frosty 13 degrees in winter.