Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’
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It’s a Tuesday morning, the infinite blue sky of Byron Bay has opened up and the six naturists – four men, two women – have stripped down to their birthday suits for a quick dip in the buff.
This section of beach – an 800-metre stretch along the vast coastline – forms the only legal clothing-optional beach in the shire. Among those taking advantage of the opportunity to be out in the open is Duncan James, vice-president of Northern Rivers Naturists, who is something of an evangelist for “embracing the beach as Mother Nature intended.”
“Many of the beach users have described the clothing-optional beach as their happy place, a place where they can disconnect from modern day stresses, a place they can feel at one with nature,” he says.
There is, however, a metaphorical cloud on the horizon. On Sunday, Tyagarah is set to be stripped of its status as an official clothing-optional beach.
“I guess these values aren’t shared by New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service [NPWS], who are hell-bent on closing one of Byron’s last alternative community hubs and experiences,” James says.
I was responding to a portion of another persons message that said they were.
see thats weird, i read that comment, not one mention of "naked kids" being there, just "kids" being there...
There's definitely kids walking around naked at nudist beaches. Nudist areas are explicitly non-sexual, though.
idk i've never been to one but it's clothing optional, so it's up to the kids and the parents ig.
At a nude beach.
clothing optional*