Queensland looks set to finally catch up with the rest of Australia and get its first official nude beach. All states and territories except Queensland have had designated clothing-optional beaches since South Australia declared the first, Maslin Beach near Adelaide, in 1975. The Sunshine Coast has an unofficial nude beach in a national park area at Alexandria Bay, but enthusiasts have long lobbied for a legal beach.

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Nudist accommodation in Queensland is holding up against the tourism downturn caused by soaring fuel prices, industry experts say.  Most “clothing-optional” operators contacted by The Sun-Herald - including camping grounds, B&Bs and luxury resorts - said occupancy rates were the same or better than last year. But most were expecting tough times.

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NFN Travel has rooms available for the nude side takeover of the Grand Lido Braco by the Braco Bunch.  New members are always welcome and you are not required to participate in pool volley ball, or fantasy night, or toga night.  Enjoy the finest food on the island prepared by the greatest chefs.

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The world would be a better place if we could all take off our clothes and look each other in the eye.

 I am a nudist. I am not a naturist. I am not awestruck when I see a green mountain range or a waterfall or a babbling brook—whatever that is. I love to look at tall glass buildings. I like to look at magnificent bridges. I was born in Manhattan, and when I moved to Queens, which is one of the boroughs of New York City, I was amazed that it had trees!  I grew up with lustful images of Sophia Loren and Jane Russell—though I also liked Mitzi Gaynor. I used to watch Dagmar on TV and thought if I stood close to the TV I could see down her cleavage. In the 1960s and ’70s, I would fantasize about women in their bikinis at the beach.

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You know you’ve gone too far when you make a nudist blush. But that’s what’s happened at Caliente, the upscale nudist resort and pricey housing community in Pasco County that’s considered the Ritz-Carlton of the naturist world. Managers are marketing the facility to swingers and other “hedonists,” creating a standoff with those who want their classy nudist resort back.  Who can blame them? Nudists have spent years trying to convince others that their clothes-free lifestyle has nothing to do with sex. And until its recent suspension by the American Association for Nude Recreation, Caliente had an excellent reputation as a family-friendly nudist resort.

Some online reviews confirm what Caliente homeowners have complained about - swingers and hedonists lured to the resort by a new marketing campaign have created an atmosphere of unwelcome sexual advances and risque behavior.

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Free upgrades and paid closing costs not enough incentive to buy a condo in a sluggish housing market? How about nude swimming and sunbathing? The developers of Arbors at Branch Creek, a Tampa condo conversion, are hoping a clothing-optional pool will attract buyers.

The complex Web site shows a barebacked woman meditating next to a steaming hot tub, and promises: “You’re going to be very comfortable with our dress code. Our residents are welcome to shed more than their inhibitions as they enter the gates of Eden. Because when our residents come home after a busy day in the working world, they want to completely unburden themselves, shed the trappings of the outside world … and be totally free.”

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Skinny dipping appeals to a whole bunch of people who are not into nudism. There are a whole host of reasons to abandon your bathers – it’s dark, they’re already wet, you haven’t got them. Or it just feels better. There’s an Adam and Eve quality to wild swimming: on a riverbank bodies stop being objectified and start being appreciated as brilliant vehicles you get to go places and do things in. Inhibitions fall away as fast as the wind flaps away towels. So take a quick look around, check you’re not offending anyone - then strip off, and jump in …

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LAND O’ LAKES - They frolic naked in the sun, defend an often misunderstood lifestyle and boost the local economy in ways few people realize.

As many industries struggle, Pasco County’s nudist resorts are enjoying the kind of success that would make even Donald Trump smile.

Despite recent controversy, Caliente Resorts, one of three major nudist or clothing-optional destinations in Land O’ Lakes, says its revenue is up 120 percent. That’s thanks, in part, to an influx of European travelers taking advantage of the euro-to-dollar exchange rate.

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Clothing-optional for decades, the nude beach at San Onofre is about to get a visit from the (fully-dressed, we’re betting) law. The O.C. Register has the skinny:

Trail 6 is a secluded area abutting Camp Pendleton property where beachgoers can let it all hang out – literally. The 1,000-foot beach, one of few “clothing-optional” beaches – with a lax approach to nudity, has been a safe haven for “naturists” for decades.

That might change in the next month, as the state sets out to crack down on nudity at the beach, in a move that has some longtime locals fuming and worrying about where they’ll go. State Parks will start an educational period Sunday, warning beachgoers of the change, and start citing July 1, officials said.

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From Wire Reports Jessica Damiano, Newsday MELVILLE, N.Y. – Whoa! I had no idea nude gardening was such a popular pastime. I must have been living under a rock all this time. Fully clothed, of course.

I can’t link to some of the sites that have been brought to my attention because of the photos on those pages. Though not provocative in any way, for the most part, they do depict gardeners in what many would consider vulnerable states.

The Naked Gardening Association contends, “Second only to swimming, gardening is at the top of the list of family-friendly activities people are most ready to consider doing nude.” Family friendly?

A blog by Terra Cotta Inn (a clothing-optional resort) contends that Shakira “loves nude gardening.” And a British site reports on a New Jersey man’s “bold commitment to inappropriate nakedness” when he supposedly was arrested in September after “a family spotted him having a shower in his front garden.”

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