Australian Nudists
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Why A-Bay will be a no-go for nude bathers
Return to DiscussionsNew article from Sunshine Coast Daily May 5th
ATTEMPTS to make Noosa's unofficial nude beach, Alexandria Bay, legal have been dealt a bitter blow.Queensland Police Minister Bill Byrne has rejected a request for Queensland to legalise clothing optional beaches.Australian Sex Party representative Robin Bristow, who lives in Noosa, slammed Mr Byrne's announcement."Our state is 40 years behind the rest of Australia in legalising nude beaches," Mr Bristow said."We are the last state in Australia to make this simple change to legislation."How can we call ourselves the Smart State if our politicians can't even move into the 21st Century?"Mr Byrne rejected two attempts - a paper petition with 527 signatures and an online petition bearing 946 names - to create a "clothing optional beach" in Queensland.He said the state's Public Safety Business Agency advised Queensland's wilful exposure laws were designed to protect citizens and keep them safe."As such, I can advise that the Queensland Government has no plans to change the current legislation dealing with wilful exposure," Mr Byrne said."Therefore, the designation of a clothing optional beach is not supported at this time."Mr Bristow said Mr Byrne's argument that it was designed for the "protection and safety of Queenslanders" was pathetic."What are the people in Queensland being protected from? It is their choice to be on a nude beach and making such a claim is complete rubbish when we see that the rest of Australia has the freedom to visit the many clothing optional beaches up and down the coast."Queensland is making criminals out of decent folk who are making adult decisions about their lifestyle, decisions that do not affect anyone else."We are tired of being seen as the backward state and we need the Queensland government to show that we have moved on from the Joe Bjelke-Petersen era."Mr Bristow claimed Noosa councillors, in a majority show of hands, had expressed their desire to see Alexandria Bay in Noosa National Park be designated as a legal nude beach and Townsville Council has also recently commissioned their staff to start public consultations in anticipation of changes being made to the law."This change to the law will cost the Queensland government absolutely nothing and will boost tourism, jobs and the economy. The people of Queensland are waiting for their government to grow up and to start treating them like adults."
The Australian Sex Party has embarked on a campaign to legalize nude bathing on some Queensland beaches. I have taken part in a few demonstrations staged by their Sunshine Coast candidate Robin Bristow.
It's a shame that the Free Beaches Australia lobby group is no longer in existence. I felt that they could have pushed a lot harder and embarked on more campaigns to promote themselves, especially to younger people like college and university students.
We must not be complacent as nude beach goers. As I see it, Noosa could benefit from more tourist dollars especially from European tourists who like nuding up in parks and beaches.
Agreed with one of the comments it will be good for tourism and therefore jobs. I would come up there more often if the unofficial beaches that you can search on any nude beach website were legal and there was not that concern of being hassled by police.
All our politicians in this country are populists, look at the last federal election. Many things were promised by both sides that are not good for our country long term but they all want to get elected and then when they do they want to stay there. Its about power and control for their supporters not the broader community. Anyway now that I have that off my chest .....
I go to legal and unofficial beaches here in Victoria (not at this time of year) and one of the challenges still is the textiles that turn up at a legal CO beach (and they are reasonably well sign posted) having a way of making you uncomfortable despite the fact you are in your own legal environment.
Its often younger people (I'm 50 shock horror) who come to a known CO beach, maybe to try it but get cold feet, and then sneer or comment if you walk past them. I'm not a person to confront this sort of situation usually but feel strongly enough that I should.
A Bay (I've not been there yet) has a reputation of being textile at one end and unofficial CO at the other. Is this the cause of complaints and police presence?
Hope it gets sorted soon coz I'm coming up regardless but don't want to get arrested.
SBN.