UPDATE: The first wave of swimmers taking part in this year's mammoth swim challenge have arrived at Rottnest Island, smashing record after record.
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Around 2500 people are taking on a 19.7-kilometre open-water swim from Perth's Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island.