2025 back
to 2013
Newest first. 236 photographs from Google Photos and the crew chat, sorted by the day they were taken.
2025 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
▶ Watch the slideshow every year, or pick one — full screen, cast it at the pub
Got old Coolangatta photos?
Every year since 2013 is in here — some thinner than others: 2015 (11 photos) and 2019 (11 photos). Photos sitting in your camera roll from any past race go straight into the right year.
- Open ＋ Share photos, give your first name, and tap a past year — say which year.
- Pick them from your Photos app, not from WhatsApp (WhatsApp strips the date).
- Send. They go into the archive after the next update — with your name on them.
Back on the beach
The first year back after the pause, and the crew came in numbers: two club trailers, five apartments and a WhatsApp group that never slept.
- Teams from the chat: Manly Inflatables (Daniel, Hewy, Kit, Cam), Manly Marlins (Nick, Hasko, Sophia), Blue Land Sharks (Adam, Maddie, Errol, Duane), Old and Gold, and Barrie's sprint four
- Saturday mini-Coolangattas off Shelly Beach with Joe, from August
- The board that came off the trailer on Telegraph Road — and the mature conversation that followed
- Life jackets on the ski leg, sprint included — Eleonora read the circular so nobody else had to
- Joe: 1:46:06 in the Sprint, 3rd of 11 in the 60+
All 90 photographs
The COVID years. No race for us — the ski stayed on the rack.
Umbrellas on the podium
The hi-vis year
All 20 photographs
Orange, and medals
All 24 photographs
Coates Hire Coolangatta Gold
- John Michael: Short Course individual in 3:58:05, 6th of 17 in the 40–49s
Pink, on the big stage
- Race 753, Masters Male Long Team: The Team That Beat The Col's Team — Michael on the ski, Mark swimming, Claude on the board, Graeme running both legs
All 55 photographs
Where it started
The first trip north.
Overheard in the chat
“Hey Coolongatta legends. Can you start letting me know what teams you're thinking?”
— Mel, July 2025
“3 is the correct configuration… but at a stretch is 4.”
— John Michael, on apartment beds
“You snooze you lose.”
— Joe, on the Saturday mini-Coolangatta
“We are going to have a mature conversation with the individual who put the board on the trailer.”
— Daniel, 17 Oct 2025
“Remember to apply sunscreen on your team mates' back.”
— Claude, 2025
“Publicly declaring that I am tackling the sprint solo this year.”
— Cam, July 2026