Reading time: 5 minutes On Saturday 25 November 2023, I had the pleasure of experiencing my first ever nude boat cruise! Organised by the Queensland Naturist Association (QNA), and the first event of its kind for the club, there were 54 attendees…a great turnout and a sold out event! I had a 50 minute drive from the northern rivers of NSW to the northern end of the Gold Coast…and with some heavy traffic, I was running a little late. After arriving at the marina and getting a little lost, I finally found my friend (and videographer for the day), Eddie and, with the help of Dave (Secretary of Q ..read more

a candid share, from my heart TO COUNCIL, to TRY AND HELP save my local nude beach. On Thursday 22 February, Byron Shire Council will meet to discuss New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Services’ (NSW NPWS) recent and very sudden push to revoke Tyagarah’s clothing-optional status by 8 April 2024. It’s always disheartening to hear about nude beaches being shut down…and even more so when it’s your own. Along with many other Tyagarah beach-goers and naturists in our community…I sent an email to Council to urge them to reconsider a different course of action… And this comes straight fro ..read more

Reading Time: 12 minutes With the recent termination of my YouTube channel, I am at a crossroads within my business here at The Nude Blogger (TNB) and wanted to give you all a candid insight into what it’s really like to be a naturist content creator. So whilst this termination feels like a loss that I am grieving within my business, it has forced me to reevaluate my standards and shift my priorities moving forward. Throughout this whole process, I feel myself moving into a more mature era here at TNB where I will no longer risk it all for inconsistent community guidelines, demanding consumer ..read more

Reading Time: 10 minutes After almost four years of sharing uncensored naturist content that was a true and genuine (and rare!) representation of the naturist lifestyle…a chapter has been closed with the termination of my popular and beloved YouTube channel.  I posted my very first YouTube video in February 2020 (‘Introducing The Nude Blogger - my first ever YouTube video!’) and, over the course of 3.5 years, I had amassed 280,000 subscribers on my channel! Having posted 35 videos, I’d also accumulated a total of over 40 million views across my channel…that’s an average of over 1 million ..read more

10 tips to help you have a more pleasurable period Reading Time: 12 minutes For many of us, periods have previously been, or perhaps still are, something to be ashamed of, something ‘dirty’, something ‘taboo’, a mere inconvenience.   On the other hand, for those of us who have journeyed into the depths of our womb and reclaimed the power that comes with connecting to our cycle, we have experienced the empowerment and liberation that leading a cyclical life has to offer. Periods are now a time of tenderness, pleasure, bliss, magic.  Now I invite you, too, to make your period a time ..read more

Victoria’s most popular nude beach under threat leaves local naturist community fighting for their beloved beach...and they need your help. Reading Time: 10 minutes (please, at the very least, view the action plan) Sadly, Victoria’s most popular clothing-optional beach, Sunnyside Beach, is currently under threat. As the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council undertake to lobby to have the ‘clothing-optional’ (CO) status of the beach revoked, the local naturist community are having to fight to keep their beach.  On 1 November 2021, Councillor Steve Holland of the Briars Ward gave notice of ..read more

tips to help get you started on getting them started. Reading time: 5 minutes Ok, so they’ve agreed to give the nudist lifestyle a go and are looking to you for some guidance…so what now? How do you ensure you’re taking the right approach with guiding your partner into it?  Some people like to dive into things head first, and some like to go at a snail’s pace…read the situation. Ask them what they’re comfortable with. Give them options! Below are some tips to help get you started on getting them started. Most importantly, remember to keep the lines of communication open and consult wit ..read more

Tips to help you have the ‘nudist’ talk with your partner. Practical and wholesome advice from a nudist. Reading time: 10 minutes For those of us who have experienced the liberation that comes with enjoying the nudist lifestyle, it comes as no surprise that many of us may also desire to have our partner join us. Perhaps you’ve been trying to convince your partner with no luck, or maybe you would like to have the conversation with your partner but have no idea where to start… For some, this has been a really easy transition in which their partner has been open to it; and for others, a seemin ..read more

‘I’m worried I might get an erection…’ As a naked yoga instructor and someone who speaks publicly about normalising non-sexual nudity and a nudist-friendly lifestyle…this is one of the most common concerns males express to me when it comes to considering social nudity. Generally speaking, erections is a topic that I feel is not touched on anywhere near enough…even within the nudist community. It is a topic that I feel deserves a whole lot more understanding and a lot less shame…especially when it comes to social nudity. A topic that I feel is just as important for us women to understand as it ..read more

Ever wonder about how nudists navigate attraction when being completely naked around one another? Do those lines seem a little blurry to you? Perhaps you’re interested in getting involved in more social nudity but you’re not sure what to do if you find yourself attracted to others? Is attraction considered inappropriate in the community? All these questions may have you feeling a little overwhelmed and outright confused and curious. Well today I am here to clear up some of that confusion and shed light on what can seem confusing as an outsider looking in. As someone who speaks rather publicly ..read more