It’s been alleged a Florida radio station owner was involved in sexual activity with minors. Up to 3 stories published in the media suggested or indicated that the man was a nudist!! Nudists obviously face a branding and image issue globally, if the media believes it is reasonable tar our community with this particularly unpleasant brush!!

From the article:

The mere act of not wearing clothes does not make one a nudist, or a naturist, no more than putting on a costume at Halloween makes one Dracula, but the media doesn’t care because labelilng this creep as a “nudist” makes good headlines…

Exactly!! If you want to read the articles, click here

A naked brunch was held as part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival, and this article appeared in The Age (Click here).

From the article:

She [Costume maker Natalie Bak] says tomorrow’s brunch, part of this year’s Fringe Festival, is designed to promote a positive attitude to life and honour artists, who constantly expose themselves through their work.

”I just would really like Melbourne to support the idea of letting go for two hours to pay tribute to life and art and how lucky we are to be blessed with these bodies,” she says.

”We’re so caught up in not feeling good about ourselves or trying to be something else. Really at the end of the day we have this gift and we should appreciate it.”

Great idea, well done – did anyone go along? We’ve not seen any articles from after the event, but we hope it went well!!

A great article appeared on the The Greenwich Citizen, talking about Nakations, or the growing popularity of naked holidays. The nudist/naturist demographic is growing, as we’ve seen with more news about holidays and property investments – particularly in the US, where is certainly appears to be growing in popularity fast enough to attract attention of the textiles!

From the article:

The headquarters of the American Association for Nude Recreation, founded in 1931, is located in Kissimmee, Florida. Their Web site confirms that nude recreation as a whole is growing in popularity: “Over 18 percent of all Americans would find a visit to a nudist club or other clothes-free experience a highly desirable vacation choice, according to survey results in USA Today.”

Growing popularity is a great result for the nudist community – we already know what everyone else is missing out on, so it’s great to see the word getting out there!! What word is that? The article summed it up nicely”

[The] idea of a wholesome, relaxing nakation, where going fishing is done strictly in the nude, “where everyone watches out for each other, where there’s never any pressure,” and where “being free and enjoying the sun and air and water in the company of like-minded people who make you feel secure,” was what it was all about.

Exactly! Click this link to read more!

Following on from our previous post, the team over at Aussie Naturists are following through with their great idea to get more interesting and exciting activities onto the nudist agenda – brilliant!!

We received a note from their president, who sent over this message:

[we] now have a total of 44 nudist activities available, which I am still in the process of organising. I would like to let you know that Nude Bowling in Victoria is likely to be the first event to be held, and would like your support in getting it up and running. We are going to need 150 members to hire the venue and make it happen, but it is a great opportunity for nudists to get involved and socialise.

Is there 150 Victorian nudists interested in giving nude bowling a go?? Get yourself over to the Aussie Naturists website and leave a comment (and register yourself on the site if you haven’t already!)

An interesting post appeared on the Melbourne Nudists Naturists online forum yesterday, asking readers if they were interested in activities with a bit more excitement!! Apparently it is a common gripe amongst the younger nudists in the community, who are apparently not that interested in pétanque or badminton!!

It’s high time we lifted our lifestyle out of the duldrums and raised our profile and activity levels with some fun, out-doorsy, adrenaline packed adventure.

We agree, and we applaud http://aussienaturists.com for kicking off such a great idea!!

Go and register your interest – click here – and support this awesome initiative!!