Concerned at Lynda's comment

[Scott Goddard]

Hi all
I stumbled upon this gem today form Lynda.

http://www.sydneymate.com/travel_sydney_australia/Bays_Beaches/LaPerouse/bondi_beach_5.htm

I was dismayed at her prudery.
Scott

[Gerald]

Southern Courier Letters
13 January 2009

Troubled waters
I read your article “Swimmers Beware” (Courier, January 6) about the
best and worst beaches for water quality in Randwick municipality.
You left out Randwick’s beaches in Botany Bay. The Department of
Environment and Climate Change tested 131 beaches in the Sydney-Hunter-
Illawarra region and ranked them 1 to 41 with 1 the best for water
quality.
Frenchmans Bay came out at 37, Yarra Bay at 22, and Congwong Bay at 4
was the best in Botany Bay.
This is yet another reason for authorities to ensure that Little
Congwong beach, the safest of the Congwong Bay beaches, is available
for mainstream family use without restrictions of illegal behaviour.
Lynda Newnam
La Perouse

[Gerald]

Bob wrote about La Perouse on 9-Feb-2009:
Thirty years ago I went with some friends, both male and female to
Little Congwong Beach. Because there were other people, again men and
women on the beach sunbathing and swimming nude we all stripped off
and went swimming clothes free. Because I don`t live close to La
Perouse my visits over the years have been few, but on each occasion
when I went back to this beautiful `nudist beach` to enjoy the freedom
of being able to go back to nature. Because La Perouse is now on the
tourist map and the area has been discovered by the masses, the
newcomers expect the nudists to pack up and go and find some other
deserted beach to go to. Already the textiles have by far the largest
beach to swim at and sunbathe on. `Little Congwong` is called that
because it is small and for years only dedicated nudists were prepared
to clamber over the rocks to get there. Since the official NPWS track
was installed and it is now easy accessible the Johnny or Lynda`s come
lately now want it for themselves. If it has been good enough as a
nudist beach for over thirty years, then the nudists should have it
for the next fifty or more. There are lots of other beaches the prudes
to go to.

Chris wrote about La Perouse on 9-Feb-2009:
I have to disagree with you Lynda. Little Congwong Beach is still the
beautiful beach that it is because it has a great regular crowd of
nudists who take pride in the place and keep it clean, unlike the
filthy "family" beach next to it. And there is absolutely no reason
why families shouldn`t take their kids to nude beaches. My extremely
conservative parents started taking me to official nude beach Obelisk
when I was about 8 (in the 70`s) where we all went naked. There were
all sorts of people there, families, couples, gays and everyone got on
well together and there was never an issue. Maybe a small number of
people like yourself have just become ultra-conservative over that
awful period that was the Howard era and have gotten too used to
imposing your conservative morals on others. Let your hair down:
Little Congwong is a beautiful, unique place - you`ll enjoy it more if
you can just become more tolerant of the wonderful diversity of the
place. if not, there are over 40 other beaches you can choose from
where more conservative folk like you can go and cover up.

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