It's a scorching hot Melbourne summer's day when the question I'm dreading arises. "Should we go to the beach?" The thing is, I can't swim. People often take this to mean I'm not very good at it. But ...
Swimming has become addictive – the euphoria of being in the water, of overcoming a fear I never expected to overcome I don’t know if I’ve always been afraid of water, but I don’t remember a time when ...