fully clothed males at nude beaches

>From time to time there are a few interesting links to be found in the
alt.nudism.moderated newsgroup, it's essentially a private newsgroup
with public distribution, listing pointers to newspaper articles that
are more or less related to nudity. Last month it referenced an article
in the Northern Territory News about a worsening problem at the top
end's nude beach, Casuarina Beach, and it's a perennial problem that
most beach nudists can relate to. Here's what it reported:


   Angry nudists want perverts ban
   By Rajiv Maharaj
   August 18, 2003

   TERRITORY nudists want clothed people banned from nude beaches, saying
   many are perverts. The nudists are outraged with an increase in the
   number of "men in shorts" lurking behind pine trees in Casuarina's free
   beach area.

   "They shouldn't be allowed at the beach if they don't want to take
   their clothes off," an angry female nudist said yesterday. "It's a big
   problem because we know they are up to no good and it puts the female
   nudists right off - we don't like being gawked at."

   Another woman said she had seen people taking pictures with
   sophisticated camera equipment, including tripods and long-range
   telephoto lenses.

   "I've seen them shooting pictures from the scrub which is just
   disgusting," she said. "They should put a sign up - if you go to the
   nude beach, get your bloody gear off.

   "You have no business strolling through a nude beach with your clothes
   on - that's just being a dirty pervert and we've had enough."

   Garry and Jean Parr run the NT's only nude resort, the Top End
   Recreation Retreat at Darwin River, outside Darwin.

   They said their guests were increasingly Darwin residents who no
   longer felt safe or comfortable in the nude at the Casuarina free
   beach.

   "People have had very negative experiences," Mr Parr said. "They might
   be sunning themselves, and they'll turnaround and see some bloke in the
   bushes staring at them and playing with himself.

   "Interstate visitors who stay with us and visit the beach say the same
   thing - it's just not a pleasant experience at all."

   Adelaide naturists Brian and Jen, a retired couple who visit Darwin
   every dry season to sunbake, said "peeping Toms" were common. "It does
   happen and we deal with it," Brian said.

   "If someone positions themselves next to us and just stares, we let
   them know in no uncertain terms that we don't want them there.

   "There's always going to be that element who are there for the wrong
   reason - why else would you go to a nude beach with your clothes on?"

   When the Northern Territory News visited the beach yesterday, there
   were about 12 men walking through the pine trees fully dressed - many
   of them just casually moving backwards and forwards but in no apparent
   direction.

   Northern Territory News


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