Today's Northern Star reports that a nudist beach near Byron Bay has become a haunt for perverts and weirdos, and locals want to see it cleaned up. ..........
Women say they no longer feel safe to walk there alone because of the atmosphere and the unwanted advances they receive from men.
Less than two weeks ago a woman had to call police after a man began to follow her and act suspiciously.
“It used to be a family-friendly nude beach, but in the last few years it's got a real seedy element,” Tyagarah resident Cyd Saunders said.
The mother of two regularly takes her children, two and five, to the beach but said it was becoming impossible to relax..........
Mitra Ardron said he would like to see more enforcement from police and rangers to 'catch people in the act'.
“If they sent a female officer down there undercover that would fish them in straight away,” he said.
“And you don't have to catch many for the word to get around.”
Inspector Owen King, of Byron Bay police, said officers from Mullumbimby and Brunswick regularly patrolled the beach and with greater frequency in the summer months.
He said the recent complaint from the woman at Tyagarah Beach had been followed up immediately, but police were unable to locate anyone on the beach that matched the description given.
Inspector King encouraged anyone who witnessed offensive behaviour to report it to police.
Cyd Saunders agrees.
“The community needs to make more of an effort to report (offensive behaviour) to police and to be proactive in telling these people to move on. I am not against nudity on the beach. I just want to feel safe,” she said.
Source: The Northern Star
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