The Blue Room’s Sabra Lane interviews marathon swimmer Joanne Norman on becoming the first Australian woman to complete the Oceans Seven Challenge. What makes Joanne’s story truly remarkable is that
Dr Heather Massey is a marathon swimmer. She’s also a researcher at the University of Portsmouth’s Extreme Environments research group in the UK. She’s just recruited people for a study
Mark Sowerby is The Blue Room’s guest in this episode. Over a decade he swims the Ocean Seven, seven channels of water on five continents. The first channel (The English
Brendan Cullen works on an outback sheep farm near Broken Hill in NSW. In 2015 he sought help at the local hospital, not knowing what was wrong with himself. He
The Blue Room is back for another season, to talk with swimmers and dippers about the joys of getting into the ocean. They’re all inspiring stories, about overcoming challenges, setting
Tasmanian Rob Peart recently swam the English Channel. It is a remarkable feat. Rob started swimming as an adult and he admits, he struggled to swim 100 metres. But, this