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There is no better way to spend Australia Day (26 Jan), our National Holiday, than to share it with like-minded friends, on a picturesque beach over looking a beautiful part of Sydney Harbour, with a BBQ cooked sausage sandwich resplendent with a good portion of tomato sauce and washed down with the beverage of your choice.
All this and we were undressed for the occasion, just as nature intended!
Cobblers beach was fantastic, the water was clear and refreshing and we were treated to an unusual view when we arrived, just before 11am of a rare sea fog shrouding the harbour that gave a diffused filter to what was a very warm day. As the fog shifted and returned it revealed numerous brightly coloured boats out on the harbour nearly all flying our flag and with other patriotic paraphernalia. We even saw an inflatable boxing kangaroo on the bow of one boat.
The regular boats that moor off Cobblers and enjoy some clothes-free time were there, of course, and their occupants joined us on the beach for lunch.
At a rough count there were about 350 people on the beach and the adjoining grassed area, which is pretty much a full house. What was so great about this sight, once we had secured a spot on the beach, was that a lot of the people we did not recognise as regulars. There were quite a few families with young children all enjoying the day and as always the general feeling was laid back, accepting and friendly.
We hope that we see those that visited for the first time back as I am sure that they had a most enjoyable day.
It would have been great to take a photograph of the beach filled with people having such a great time and to send it to the detractors who like to describe clothes-optional beaches in negative, anti-family terms to a gullible public.
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