By Oscar Redman and Melody Swift

Perverts! Sickos! The Tyagarah nude beach is being portrayed as a hotbed of deviance. Other voices need to be heard in this debate.

We are a local couple who spend a lot of time basking on this glorious stretch of sand and our overall experience has been safe and positive. For us, Tyagarah is a sanctuary for a carefree, simple and natural way of being. It is a place we can feel the pure joy having the elements – Earth (sand), Water (ocean), Fire (sun) and Air (wind) – in direct contact with our whole bodies. It is a sensuous but non-sexual experience; a way to be at one with nature without the barrier of a clingy, wet swim suit.