In the depths of winter, these swimmers plunge into icy waters in search of 'stillness' ThuThursday 10 updated ThuThursday 10 Bronwen Puleston-Jones has always had a relationship with the water. ( Share Print text only Cancel It's just before 7:00am at Blackmans Bay beach, a 20-minute drive south of Hobart. Locals are exercising and a couple perform tai chi on the water's edge facing the fast-rising sun. Bronwen Puleston-Jones walks from the car park to the beach, goggles, swimming cap and towel in hand, ready for her ocean swim. It's a ritual she has performed almost every day for more than a decade, and one that has become a necessity.