Beach Bums - Part 73

Kings Beach, NSW Australia

Kings Beach is a small sandy beach near Byron Bay, south of Brisbane, Australia.

Looking toward the other end of the beach.  Some friends gathered for a game of beach volleyball.

Kings Beach has been used as a nude beach since the 1930s.  By the 1970s it was often used by gay men, because it was a secluded and safe place at a time when homosexuality was a crime in New South Wales.  It has now become a notable gay naturist destination.

Although it's not an official clothing-optional beach, local police did not bother it, and by the 1980s they even encouraged naturists to use it instead of other Byron Bay beaches.

There was one official clothing-optional beach in the area, Tyagarah Beach, but in 2024 the National Parks and Wildlife Service revoked its clothing-optional status, making Kings Beach the only remaining nude beach around.  Above, a "nude not lewd" rally at Tyagarah Beach to protest closing it as a nude beach.

Kings Beach is still used as a nude beach, especially by the gay community.

Whether for sunbathing, swimming, surfing, or boogie-boarding (above).

A massage on the beach.

We end with a Kings Beach photo for Big Dude, who likes penis shadows.  This is Tariq Sims, professional Australian rugby player.  What the hat conceals, the shadow reveals.