List of social nudity places in Oceania

This is a list of social nudity places in Oceania for recreation. Includes free beaches (or clothing-optional beaches or nude beaches), swimming holes and lakes and some resorts.^[1]

Australia

Australian Capital Territory

• Kambah Pool, ACT

New South Wales

In NSW the following are beaches used by naturists:

• Armands Beach, Bermagui, Sapphire Coast
• Belongil Beach, Byron Bay
• Birdie Beach, Lake Munmorah^[2]
• Cobblers Beach, Mosman, Sydney Harbour
• Curracurrang, Royal National Park
• Lady Bay Beach, Watsons Bay, Sydney Harbour (name changed in 1977 from Lady Jane Beach)
• Little Congwong Beach, La Perouse
• Little Jibbon Beach, Royal National Park
• Marley Beach, Royal National Park
• Obelisk Beach, Mosman, Sydney Harbour
• Ocean Beach, Royal National Park
• Samurai, One Mile
• Werrong Beach, Royal National Park

The following beaches and resorts are legally nudist or clothing optional beaches:

• Near Byron Bay, the beach adjacent to the Tyagarah Nature Reserve, south of the picnic area at the end of Grays Lane, has been designated a ‘clothes optional beach’ (nudist beach) by Byron Shire Council.^{[3][lower-alpha 1]}
• Rosco Club Incorporated
• BB at Byron Bay Luxury Naturist Retreat (Affiliated ANF)^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Northern Territory

• Casuarina Beach, Darwin

Queensland

Until recently, there were no legal nude beaches in Queensland. However, following a successful appeal from Ken Wenzel, a Sunshine Coast artist and nudist, the Queensland Summary Offences Act 2005 has been ruled not to apply to licensed free beaches. The Queensland Labor state government and the Sunshine Coast Regional Council have said that they will now consider any approaches for legal nude beaches in Queensland.

Current quasi-legal beaches are:

• Alexandria Bay (known as "A Bay") near Noosa is a popular spot with nudists and arguably the most tolerated nude beach.^[4]
• Bribie Island - Remote beaches on Bribie were once popular with nudists, though Moreton Bay rangers as well as police now regularly patrol this remote island.

South Australia

The following beaches in South Australia are used by nudists:

• Maslin Beach ^[5]
• Ocean Beach near Robe
• Pelican Point, Barmera
• Murrippi Beach, near Whyalla

Tasmania

In Tasmania nudists use the following beaches:^[6]

• Baker's Beach^{[lower-alpha 3]} (not legal, be discreet)
• Green's Beach
• 7-mile Beach

Victoria

Victoria has more than 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) of coastline with hundreds of beaches.^[7] Three of those beaches are legal clothes-optional beaches:^[8]

• Sunnyside North Beach, Mount Eliza, Port Philip Bay on the Mornington Peninsula
• Point Impossible Beach, Torquay, West Coast
• Southside Beach, near Bells Beach, West Coast

Previously listed as clothes-optional beach:

• Campbell's Cove, near Werribee South^[9]

The following are not legal nudist beaches but are used by nudists:

• Cape Conran
• Cutlers Beach, Wonthaggi Heathlands
• The Oaks, Inverloch

Western Australia

The following are legal nudist beaches in Western Australia:^[10]

• North Swanbourne beach
• Warnbro Beach, Rockingham^[11]
• Mindalong Beach, Bunbury
• Mauritius Beach, Exmouth^{[12][lower-alpha 4]}
• East Pretty Pool, Port Hedland^{[13][lower-alpha 5]}
• Ten Mile Lagoon, Esperance^[14]

The following beaches are used by naturists, but nude bathing may not be legally protected:

• Cable Beach, Broome

Fiji

• Public nudity is illegal in Fiji, but nude sunbathing is legal on resorts.^[15]

French Polynesia

• Toplessness is allowed here, unlike most parts of the South Pacific, even though there are no official nudist beaches. Bottomlessness is usually seen in private or hard-to-find beaches, but it can still happen in public beaches.^[16]

Micronesia

Yap Island, natives there go topless.^[15]

New Zealand

Laws against beach public nudity are generally not enforceable.^[17][18][19]

• Little Palm Beach - Waiheke Island
• Rarawa Beach - Northland
• Uretiti Beach - Northland
• Peka Peka Beach - Kapiti Coast
• Breaker Bay - Wellington
• Ototoka Beach - Wanganui
• Papamoa Beach - Bay of Plenty
• Guysers Gaystay B&B (for men) - Rotorua
• St Leonards Beach - Auckland
• Orpheus Bay - Auckland
• Herne Bay - Auckland
• Pohutukawa bay (longbay) - North Shore
• Spencer Park Beach - Christchurch
• Taylors Mistake Beach - Christchurch
• Waimairi Beach - Christchurch

Notes and references

1. Location of nude beach at Tyagarah Nature Reserve28°36′42″S 153°34′55″E / 28.61167°S 153.58194°E
2. BB at Byron Bay
3. Baker's beach location41°08′35″S 146°36′00″E / 41.143°S 146.6°E
4. Location of Mauritius Beach, Exmouth 21°48′33″S 114°05′42″E / 21.80917°S 114.09500°E
5. Location of East Pretty Pool 20°18′57″S 118°39′05″E / 20.31583°S 118.65139°E

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2. Smith, Errol (28 October 2014). "Increasingly popular Birdie Beach may get surf patrols". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
3. "Tyagarah Nature Reserve". NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
4. Kathy Sundstrom (25 October 2014). "Nudists left dangling over Alexandria Bay petition". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
5. "SA Memory - Govt. makes bathing in nude legal at Maslins". The State Library of South Australia. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
6. "Aussie Naturists - Nude Beaches". Aussie Naturists. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
7. Henly, Susan Gough (29 November 2008). "Waves of fancy: Victoria's best beaches". WA Today. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
8. "Nude Beaches in Victoria". Onlymelbourne.com.au. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
9. "Council dubbed 'wowsers' for stripping nude beach of status". ABC News. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
10. "More nude beaches to boost tourism: totaltravel.com survey". The Daily Telegraph. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 2014-11-07 – via PerthNow.
11. Roslyn Hidding (7 January 2011). "Council rejects concerns over nudist beach". Weekend Courier. Retrieved 2014-11-07 – via in my Community.
12. "Exmouth Visitor Centre - The Beautiful Beaches of Ningaloo Reef". Exmouth Visitor Centre. Retrieved 2014-11-07.
13. Gray, Laura (2007), Municipal Inventory of Heritage Place (PDF), p. 17
14. Short, Andrew D. (2005). Beaches of the Western Australian Coast - Eucla to Roebuck Bay: A Guide to Their Nature, Characteristics, Surf and Safety. Sydney University Press. pp. 102–. ISBN 978-0-9586504-3-4.
15. "Being Nude in Fiji? - Fiji Forum". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
16. "About Tahiti and her capital city Papeete : Tahiti Sun Travel". Papeete.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
17. "Nude Beaches New Zealand". Retrieved 2015-03-29.
18. "Lets Get Naked: Nude Beaches in New Zealand". Retrieved 2015-03-29.
19. "Free Beaches NZ Inc". Retrieved 2015-03-29.

External links

• Sydney Nudist Information
• Free Beaches Australia
• Australian Nude Beaches on Google Maps