Somebody is lying there and suddenly this guy in Speedos pops out of the bushes and arrests him. While public exposure is taboo, private nudist clubs in Queensland are thriving. Nudist accommodation centres are dotted along the Queensland coast. Nudists can go snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef or bush-walking at the Sunshine Families Nudist Club Resort near Laidley, west of Brisbane. At the Tintagel Resort, near Rockhampton, facilities include cabins, on-site caravans, tent sites and a private beach with rock pools.
People come here because they're afraid of the police.
A lot of them are business people and they don't want to be splashed all over the front page of the paper because of doing what comes naturally to them. NSW legalised its first nudist beaches in 1976. In 1984 Victoria was the last State or Territory other than Queensland to ban the public showing of human genitalia. Privacy Policy Copyright 2000. The Sydney Morning Herald.