Professional marathon swimmer Shelley Clark (shown on left) who has competed at numerous world championships, World Cup and Grand Prix events, Olympic 10K Marathon Swimmer and the 2009 5K world champion Melissa Gorman, the extremely well-traveled Australian masters swimmer Graham Travers and the energetic Pacific Swims race organizer, with a deep well of South Pacific hospitality, Paul McCoy all explain about open water swimming here and what it means to them via a visually dynamic photo gallery presentation provided by the Sydney Morning Herald.

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