Most New York City tourists walk the streets, board the subway, or hail a yellow cab to see the sights the 'big apple' has to offer.
This was not the case for Gulargambone's Peta Bradley, however.
At 9.30am on Wednesday June 17, Peta jumped into the cold East River water, and began her Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming challenge; the 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan.
"It was cool to see the city from the water," she said.
"So surreal."
It took the swimmer 7 hours and . . .
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