Jenny Marchant

When you're new to parenthood, your whole life changes. For people that love to surf, unless you have organised child care, it is virtually impossible to snatch an hour here or there to get back on the board for a paddle when the conditions allow it! In Newcastle, a group called 'Surfing Mums' meet every week and swap child minding for surfing. ABC Reporter Rachel Cronin went and met up with the group at Bar Beach to find out more about it.

Have you been watching Olympians about to jump in the pool for a race and thought to yourself: "Why do swimmers do that?" For an insight into the quirky pre-race swimming rituals, ABC Newcastle's Dan and Jenny spoke to Michael Legge. He’s head coach at Coughlan's Swim School and has trained Olympians.