Melanie Junghans swims regularly as part of an ocean swim community and enjoys the mindset of it and the variety of ocean creatures that she sees.

Mel took up ocean swimming while recovering from a foot injury a few years ago and now she does charity ocean swim events with Can Too, a non-profit organisation raising money to fund early career cancer researchers.

The feature photo by Lara Solomon is of Melanie Junghans with her favourite ocean creature, a cuttlefish, at Cabbage Tree Bay.

Image supplied by Melanie Junghans for use by the Wide Open Air Exchange.

You can find a further gallery of Mel’s ocean images at the Wide Open Air Exchange podcast page.