Just when we all thought it was going to be a quiet summer, the Geelong Advertiser decided to come out and show us all that not much has changed. An article appeared today with a reader-grabbing headline that was immediately shown to be completely inaccurate IN THE ARTICLE ITSELF!!!

Now, we’d like to give Rebecca Tucker the benefit of the doubt and assume she is not also responsible for creating the headlines that the Addy runs, but it does go to show that whoever is writing these catchy phrases isn’t actually reading the articles when they come up with these gems!!

So, just to clarify in case anyone can’t see it for themselves in this article (or the plain text of the article below if the link does not work) - there was no sex on the nude beach, the incident happened on the clothed area about 1km away from where the clothing optional area starts!! Clearly we can now expect a summer of reports of activity all along the Surf Coast that will be blamed on the nude beaches - don’t worry about facts, if there was sand involved then the nudists must be to blame!!

On a positive note, it was great that Mrs Simpson reported the incident to police - that is exactly what any beach-goer should do on ANY beach, since incidents like this are not legal and should not be tolerated. It was also great to see Mrs Simpson calling for better signage, since this is exactly what the nudist community also wants, and was agreed as one of the outcomes from the council workshops held so many months ago.

We’ll wait to hear if there are any calls to have the clothed beaches closed, since they are clearly attracting inappropriate behaviour… OK, we’re being facetious, but we hope the point is pretty obvious!!

Nude beach sex shock
Rebecca Tucker

25Nov07

A NAKED couple having sex at Pt Addis beach shocked a mother walking with her teenage daughter on Saturday afternoon.

Katrina Simpson said she was on the beach about 12.30pm with her husband and their teenage daughter when they came across the indecent act.

She said the couple was in full view, about 30m to the right of the beach access stairs, in the area designated for full clothing.

The Surf Coast beach is famous for its optional dress code, but that does not begin for about 1km to the left of the steps.

Mrs Simpson said the couple was to the right of the steps in the general access area.

But she said regardless of which section they were in, their sexual activity should not have been on public display.

“I’m not a wowser but I have great respect for our community and this is a community beach,” Mrs Simpson, a nearby resident for the past 25 years, said.

She telephoned the police after witnessing the incident.

Mrs Simpson earlier this year campaigned for better signage at the beach, raising concerns sunbathers did not know where the optional dress area began.

She said at the time that some male nudists used that as an excuse to parade naked in the general access area.

At the weekend she renewed calls to improve signage, beginning with postings on Pt Addis Rd so people were aware of the different zones before they got to the beach.

Mrs Simpson said apart from the couple having sex at the general access area, her family also came across a naked man reading his newspaper.

“He was still in the wrong area but he covered up with the paper, so at least he was being discreet,” she said.

“We’re coming to the start of the summer season and we’re going to have the same issues as last year unless something is done about it.

“It’s a national park so we have every right to be there and people may have a right to choose not to wear clothing but they don’t have to do it in our face, that’s what the other area is for.”

But Mrs Simpson said no area was suitable for public sex.

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