Hard to bare: Noosa’s nude beach crackdown reveals uncomfortable trend for nation’s naturists

The Queensland Naturist Association recently petitioned for Marcus Beach, not far from Alexandria Bay, to become a designated nude beach. Photograph: Anita Hayter

When Queensland police fined people for taking their clothes off at a well-known nude beach last month, they “poked the bear” that is the naturist community, Scott Rider says.

“That’s b.e.a.r.,” the Queensland Naturist Association vice-president spells. “And we’re all riled up now.”