Five young men, out hiking in the mountains together. What better to do than take your gear off and really experience nature. Naked camping was one of the nicest things I’ve done in a long time and these guys look like they are having fun and not at all shy around each other which is rare but nice to see amongst 20-somethings these days.
Where and what is your favourite kind of nude destination?
Sigür Ros is a band that people either love or hate, I can pretty much take them or leave them but they do some very cool music videos. This video of theirs was banned and you can see why. There is full frontal nudity everywhere through it with a bunch of young people, male and female frolicking through the forest nude. It’s quite a cool song but in their usual style, it’s not in English or any other real language, but it’s fun.
Sigur Rós – Gobbledigook from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.
Summer is fast drawing to a close here, or so it feels. My friends that I was planning on going camping nude in the bush with are heading off overseas in a few weeks for a month long amazing holiday and by the time they get back, the weather may not be conducive to running around in the bush nude.
I am thinking it may be time to take myself off to a place called River Island Naturist Retreat a couple of hours drive from Sydney. They have cabins and powered camp sites there but I am going to go and pitch a tent near the river somewhere. The other option is head off and find a quiet spot in the bush with a mate that is also keen to come along. I’d love to find somewhere out of the way where we can be nude for a weekend and possibly even coat ourselves in cool mud like these guys and girls have done. Why? Who knows, but I say why not? I think it could make for some amazing photographs too.
Last night I met a couple of other guys from the Skinnydipping Sydney facebook group and went for a skinnydip in Sydney Harbour. It was a beautiful warm night with just barely a breeze, perfect for stripping off and cooling off. Once again, a straight couple had the same idea. I’m hoping for the next dip we get more than just a handful of people along.
In sad news for Sydney nudists, my favourite nude beach was raided by police and rangers yesterday. It’s not an official nude beach but it’s been tolerated and accepted for many many years. Sadly a couple of years ago a local woman complained about it because she happened upon some people taking advantage of the privacy of the bushes, while she was taking her children for a walk on one of the tracks. Now, I agree that the guys cruising weren’t doing it very smartly or considerately. I’d even agree that some people on the beach are inappropriate. I’ve seen guys waving their hardons at each other on the beach with others all around.
Nude beaches frequently have cruising areas nearby but sadly this one may well cost us our nude haven at Little Congwong beach. Read an article on the events, here.
This weekend in Sydney has been scorching sunshine and tonight I was in the mood to go for a skinnydip in an ocean pool that I know of that is nice and private. I tried all my nudie friends and none of them could make it and I was getting frustrated. It seems to be a recurring theme in my life that if I need sex, I can’t find it, if I need company for the beach, can’t find it.
Thankfully a new-ish friend was free and easily made it to the area for a nice swim. There was no hanky-panky, just a nice swim followed by a nice chat standing around nude under the stars. We only decided to get dressed and leave when the mosquitoes started to feast, not a great thing when you have your delicate regions exposed.
The friend I caught up with has a pretty nice body but damn it wasn’t the gorgeous hunk of man in the shot above!
Now when someone says the word Playgirl to me, diversity isn’t exactly what comes to mind, but when I saw this series of young John Showalter I was impressed. John is a hot guy but doesn’t necessarily conform to the “centrefold” stereotype of big brawny and buff. He’s got a hot body, there’s no doubt about that but he’s a smaller guy in build. I think these shots are really sexy and natural and who doesn’t love a hot naked man running around in nature?
The weather in Sydney has been erratic at best this summer. I had planned to meet friends at the nude beach today but the weather just didn’t quite come to the party. I’m trying not to complain after I thought about all the nudists on the other side of the world in the middle of cold and snowy winter with little opportunity to get nude, especially outdoors.
What do you northern hemisphere hardened nudies do in the cold months of the year? Feel free to let me know in the comments or send in photos! The idea of the traditional sauna followed by a roll in deep powdery snow actually appeals despite the shrinkage.
I hope you all had a wonderful christmas. Santa was very good to me this year. I never have any ideas for xmas presents so sometimes my family, trying their best do get it a bit wrong, but who can blame them when I can’t tell them what I want. This year I gave them some ideas and they did really well.
I am now the owner of a tent and self inflating camp mattress and a couple of other bits and pieces so definitely aiming to find somewhere out in the bush to camp, preferably naked with my mates. We’ve been given a couple of leads from people I’ve spoken to on suitable places.
Today I’m off to my parents for the night to catch up with some family friends and hopefully a school friend or two.
Tomorrow night I have a date. I’ve already had one date this week, on Monday night which for me, wasn’t great. Tomorrow night’s date is someone I used to see a few years ago when I went to nude yoga but we never actually met. Last week I saw him online on a site and said hi. While I’ve learnt not to get my hopes up over dates in the past, I’m feeling good about this one. Who knows where it will go or if it will go anywhere at all, but at least I’ve met myself another nude buddy. Yep, he’s a total nudie, always getting his gear off. We like that in a man!
So forgive me if I don’t post tomorrow night, but I may be having a lovely evening of conversation and laughs. We are doing a proper old-fashioned date, no nudity, no hanky panky, but I won’t rule out a goodnight kiss!
A few days ago I posted some of the images from the 10th Anniversary Dieux Du Stade calendar. On Thursday morning I found a behind the scenes video of Tom and Max Evans, two British brothers who are in the photo together to the left. Yes there is full frontal, yes they look hot, but I will say they looked hotter before the extensive airbrushing. No one should aspire to have the complexion of Nicole Kidman so don’t airbrush it in!
These brothers are very comfortable in front of the camera and they have incredible bodies. Tony Duran has done a stunning job with this calendar from what I’ve seen so far. So where’s the video you ask? Well youtube, in their infinite prudishness have taken it down because of the penis factor. I’ll see what I can track down for you!
A friend of mine has just started this fantastic new business here in Sydney. Need a haircut, wax, or clippering? Then Richard will come around, strip off, or change into sports gear or leathers, depending on your mood and do the job for you in the comfort of your own home. The Naked Barber is a business that was just dying to be started I think.
Guess who is having a haircut on Thursday night? That’s right, yours truly. Richard is going to be giving me a haircut, skin to the wind (because as we know I’m partial to nudity rather than leather) and I’ll let you all know exactly what’s involved.
I’ve decided that I’m officially way too old to stay in Hostels now. There were people way older than me staying there, but I paid a ridiculous amount of money to get a private room but still had to walk down stairs, across the courtyard and around the corner to go to the shower and bathroom. Not good.
Swimming in all those beautiful waterholes was just torture. I really wanted to strip off and swim nude but didn’t think it would go down too well with the others. Oh well. I did visit Darwin’s nude beach twice but it’s a massive beach and hardly has anyone on it. Sadly it almost exclusively lived up to the cliché of nude beaches being the domain of old guys.
Today once I got home I got under my first really good shower and did my grooming etc that had been neglected while away.
Tomorrow afternoon my flatmate-to-be and I are inspecting a prospective apartment to live. We have less than three weeks to move and nowhere to move yet. Fingers crossed about this place. I personally don’t have a deadline to move but f-t-b does so that’s what’s pushing the situation. We’ve already looked at a couple of other apartments in this complex and they are really nice and brand new so I hope we get it. It’s the right price and has what we want.
I can’t wait to move. It feels like a really good fresh start.
This week’s “scandal” with photos of Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black having sex being leaked around the internet apparently with the video to soon follow, has got me thinking about the internet and breaking trust and invading privacy.
Dustin made a video and took photos, like thousands of people have in the age of digital cameras, trusting that those images were not going to be shared with any parties not involved. He’s not the first person to have that trust broken and I’m sure he won’t be the last.
On this blog in the past, I had posted images of guys on nude beaches taken clearly without consent. Someone asked me how I would feel if that were to happen to me and I still haven’t worked out the answer. Honestly, I’d probably be a bit pissed off but (in typical libran fashion) I’d also be thinking that well I was out in public. The former would outweigh the latter by a fair way I think.
Those photos from hidden cameras in locker rooms etc are a huge breach of trust and, basically, the law. Sure, the voyeur in all of us loves being able to check out guys when we shouldn’t be able to, but in thinking all this over, I’ll only be posting photos where I can safely assume the photographer was in plain sight of the person being photographed. This brings me to the photo above. I’m not entirely sure that the photographer was in plain sight, or even close, but really, the guy in the photo is stripped off completely in a very public and non-clothing-optional environment. To me, this shot is like doing the San Francisco Bare to Breakers run, or the World Naked Bike Ride. You go out in public where you shouldn’t be nude, then you are fair game.
Winter has really hit here in Sydney. Heaters are on and clothes, unfortunately are staying on as well. What do people who love being nude do with themselves in winter? The scandinavians are renowned for hanging out with friends and family in saunas and rolling in the snow, and I like that idea, but it’s not really feasible here in Sydney. There’s just no sauna culture.
I’m curious. What do YOU do?
