A couple of interesting articles came across our desks today, both of which are well worth the read!!

First off, The Lonely Planet has an article titled “Best Places to Get Naked”, and covers off a lot of interesting places around the world. If you’re planning that nakation, this article is well worth a look!

Yesterday, a small reference to Point Impossible was made in The Sunday Age “M” (weekend magazine) – the article, titled “The Beach is Back” indicated that Point Impossible is the best nudist beach!! We’ve been unable to locate an online version of the article, so there’s a scan of the relevant section below.

Check them both out, well worth the read!!

In an interesting development, it would appear security CCTV cameras are being considered for a number of Sunshine Coast, Queensland beaches, including unofficial CO beach Alexandria Bay at Noosa. Safety is being cited as the primary reason in this Sunshine Coast Daily article, since A-Bay is not patrolled by Surf Lifesaving Qld and has claimed 3 lives since 2003.

Apparently it can be quite a busy beach on weekends, but it’s remoteness combined with the cost of patrols does make for an unfortunate conundrum – video footage of nudists, or potentially saving lives?

As noted in the article:

Surf Life Saving Queensland does not need public approval to install the cameras. “We would liaise with the public and locals have a pretty good relationship with the local surf club,” Mr Purchase said.

There are lots of views of this, and we’re not going to wade in – just remember that security cameras on ANY beach will raise concerns about privacy, particularly if privacy is sacrificed in the name of safety/security/saving lives.

Yup, it would seem that Ron Humphrey has somehow managed to land himself a spot on the Surf Coast Shire Council, at least until the next round of elections in November 2012 – given it wasn’t the Surf Coast residents that voted him in this time, but a somewhat eyebrow-raising countback using preference votes from the last election, we suspect he won’t make it past the next elections!

Congratulations Ron, on the unlikely chance you read this site – enjoy your time back in the council chambers while you have it. Our only advice would be for you to focus on the really pressing issues that concern the residents in the Surf Coast Shire, if you want ANY chance of being voted back in at the next elections!! You know how well your last attempt at closing our beaches went, but we’re always happy to sit down and have a chat about the ways the council can help make the beaches a better place for all users – if you want to talk about replacing the toilet block, putting in better lighting and fencing, and establishing council patrols of the Dunes, just let us know!! And we’ll certainly be keeping an eye on things, as we head into another summer of popular beach use!

The nudist community supports safe beaches for all users, and works actively with local and state representatives to do our part in support! And our advice to beach users remains unchanged – appropriate behaviour on the beaches and no going in the dunes, and there’ll be no reason to associate nudists with any issues.

Update: Ron’s return to the Surf Coast Shire Council is already with controversy, as it would appear he’s got a little conflict of interest going on – others have advised Ron that being a councillor and remaining president of the Surf Coast Community Ratepayers Association could be problematic!! Not for Ron though, he’s got it under control – be interesting to see if he manages to hold onto both positions!!

Here’s the article from today’s Surf Coast Times, if you are interested!

We just found this great little article on news.com.au, which takes quite an amusing run through some of the do’s and don’ts of going to the beach and getting your kit off!!

Won’t go into much detail here, you really need to read the article yourself!! But we will leave you with our favourite line:

Jumping up and down when the hot sand burns your feet is understandable. Star jumps, however, are indefensible.

Summer is on its way, get ready to get back to the beach!!

According to a recent post on the Melbourne_nudist-naturists forum, one of the Pt Impossible CO beach regulars has detected some shifting in the Surf Coast Shire Council – apparently one of the councillors resigned last week, and they may not go back to the polls for a replacement!

Sure enough, it only took 2 minutes of research to confirm the process – Surf Coast Shire to Fill Vacancy

What does this mean, dear readers of this site and users of Pt Impossible? We don’t actually know – to be honest, we don’t have enough info on what was the outcome of the losers of the elections in 2008!! Does this really mean we’re looking at our good friend Ron getting back on Council? Who knows – but on the plus side, our community is still fiery as always and willing to take up the fight, that’s for sure!!

Is being elected on a count-back really a win?? We wouldn’t have thought so. Ron seems to be missing the limelight though, not for lack of trying – check the Surf Coast Times last month, they weren’t backwards coming forward in this editorial:

We look forward to working with whoever the new councillor is – and wish to remind that person that the nudist community is a great supporter of community values and providing a safe, well-behaved environment for all beach users. Oh, and if there is even a hint of plans to revoke the CO status of the beach, perhaps ask Ron how that worked out last time!!

Keep an eye out for the count-back results on or soon after 23/9