Sunnyside North Beach
Sunnyside North Beach is a nude beach near Melbourne, Australia.
It's the only official clothing-optional beach in the Melbourne area.
An overall view of the beach. Click on it for a larger view.
and go swimming. The waves are not heavy because the beach is at a protected location on Port Phillip Bay.
Or you can bask in the sun ...
or lie in the shade ...
if you bring your own shade ...
or you can visit with friends. Altogether, a nice place.
In 2022, the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council threatened to get the state government to revoke the beach's clothing-optional status. Michael James, above, led the campaign to save the nude beach. He is a naturist who had discovered the beach 26 years earlier, and he frequently visits the beach.
Michael pointed out that opposition to the nude beach was based on an outdated report that associated the beach with illegal behavior, but that behavior didn't occur on the beach; it happened in the parking lot and on private land nearby. The council voted to keep the status as a nude beach. Victory!
Michael said the loss would not only have affected naturists, but members of the LGBTQ community for whom the beach has become a safe space.
3 comments:
It's the "illegal activity," i.e. sexual activity, which gets the nude beaches that pushback.
I am so longing for summer to arrive.
Good for them!
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