Subject change.
I did some backpacking from Sydney to Cairns about six years ago.
Now that kind of exercise I can recommend.
The hiking trails along the route are incredible. Especially around Bellingen and Kuranda.
I did not walk all the way. I took the bus and got off where it looked interesting.
There are stacks of hiking trails, especially along the national parks and being a practising naturist and a member of Australia's Free Beach Association, I also found plenty of clothing optional beaches along the way.
I did two 'shark' dives on that trip with no problems but stayed well clear of the jelly fish and blue bottles.
An armchair adventurer are you Peter?
Be a devil. Put your toes in the water. Taste life.
You may even get to like it.
It's what you're here for in the first place.
I cannot imagine myself seeing something new and walking away without trying it.
If you don't take a bite how will you know what chocolate tastes like
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Now you have me thinking about cheeseburgers!!! emm yum!!!
The Australian Free Beach Assn is a group of naturists that frequent clothing optional beaches.
ie. Where you can play on the beach with your kit off.
You should enjoy that Peter seeing as you enjoy looking at the babes on the beach
Be that as it may.
But it is not all about eye candy.
It's a tad difficult to explain. It is more of a communion with nature experience than an exhibition of human flesh.
We are after all naturists no exhibitionists
Any way. As George Bernard Shaw said
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Hi Peter.
I'm a naturist (ie.nudie)not a naturalist which is a completely different animal.
I have never met anyone with UV related melanomas so I cannot tell you what the percentages are.
Most naturist resorts that I have been to are no different from any other holiday resort. People eat, drink, socialise, play tennis etc. and do all the other things that people and families do when they go to a normal holidy resort. The only difference is that we have no clothes on.
There is a small town in the south of France where no-one wears clothes. Immagine how intimidating the bank manager or the magistrate must look without clothes on.
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How do you handle the elements, i mean the cold, without clothes on, Rusty? -- That place in France must be warm all year round.
Hi guys.
Sorry for the delay. I've been busy with a Lions project and got a bit distracted.
OK. Naturism as you can imagine is essentially a fair weather activity although the Swedes and the Danes do it in all weathers.
Please do not confuse it with exhibitionism, voyeurism or sex.
It is an esoteric lifestyle that makes people more honest and open about themselves.
You can't really pretend to be this macho man with a two inch Willie, now can you?
Social and status trappings also disappear. No Armani, Dior or Versage. Just people.
You should try it. There are plenty of naturist clubs in Australia. Not all of them at the beach.
I once joined in a fun run from one end of Sydney to the other. Half the people were completely naked.
If you means Lions International Yes it does.
I am an active member of our local club.
Are you a Lion?
On the sad side Sniff, sniff
Collingwood whacked my beloved Bulldogs Sniff.
Did you watch the game?
I watched the Wallabies v/s Springboks game.
In the first half it looked like the Wallabies were playing the B team from the local high school.
Then in the second half, the Boks made a miraculous recovery and took the lead only to be pipped at the post in
the very last minute.
Popular opinion is that is time for a fair number of Boks to retire and hang up their boots.
But perhaps they have just been at it for too long without a break and need to take time out.
On an even sadder note.
I have just Googled the floods you have just had. Having lost my own cottage in a flash flood three years ago, I know exactly how it feels,
My most sincere condolences to all those poor people.
I will urge my Lions club to send a contribution to your regional Lions office.
Ssssshhhhhhhhhhh Peter.
Please don't even whisper that suggestion where anyone in our government can hear you.
They may just have it entered into our legislation.
Corruption is a normal mode of conduct and open secret practice in all walks of public service here.
The only bit of control is jealousy. Everyone knows that everyone else has their hand in the cookie jar but then in-house jealousies enter the picture and people get reported. The courts are jamb packed with high profile corruption cases.
Our previous police commisioner Jackie Selebi has just been gaoled for (amongst other charges) accepting bribes from a drug lord, being involved in an arranged murder and defeating the ends of justice.
Our previous president, Thabo Mbeki, quietly resigned after rumours of involvemen in an arms deal swindle began circulating.
So to us, match fixing is no big deal. Our own Hansie Cronje opened the door and led the way for that one.
OK. So label me as a cynic.
But remember that a cynic is just a person who sees things as they are and not as he would like them to be.
Now will someone please arrange for a more uplifting topic.
How about nude kiteflying?
Sorry Peter.
No can do. We're not part of the commonwealth.
We used to be in the old days before the idiotic apartheid regime.
On a different tack. Have any of you fitness fanatics tried water aerobics?
Good stuff for you older people, Peter
There is a superb fascility at Albert Park in South Melbourne.
I bow to your superior knowledge
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