ABC South West Vic
/ By Emily Bissland
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Volunteers help Jim seek refuge from MS in the Southern Ocean nearly every day.(ABC South West Victoria: Emily Bissland)
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At Port Fairy's East Beach, even in the bitterly cold months of winter, it's a normal sight to see a group of people in nothing but bathing suits, submerging a man right into the ocean in a wheelchair.
The scene is generally accompanied by peels of laughter and the unchecked roar that only the cold whack of the ocean can extract from a person.
The man in the chair is Jim Pevitt and he is being helped into the ocean for his daily ritual. It's a ritual known to all inhabitants of beach towns around Australia — the early morning ocean dip.
ARTICLE with VIDEO:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-...swim/100117816