Australian nudists are barely able to conceal their excitement at the news that a chartered nude cruise will visit Australia for the first time ever in February next year.

A US-based company , which has chartered nude cruises around the world since 1991, has just exposed plans for a 15-day cruise along the east coast of Australia.

The cruise ship, the Clipper Odyssey, a 100-metre long motor vessel, will carry 128 sun-worshipping nudists from the US, Canada, Hawaii and Central America.

The vessel belongs to The Bare Necessities Tour and Travel Company. Its founder Nancy Tiemann last week unveiled one reason, among others, why Australia was chosen as a destination: Because it is regarded internationally as being naturist friendly.

“We chose Australia for its natural beauty, and how that lent itself so much to what we are all about — nature and the beauty of the unadorned in nature,” she said, laying bare her rationale for cruising Down Under.

Displaying not the slightest coyness, Les Rootsey, publisher of Australian Naturist magazine, said nude holidays are more intimate.

He uncovered his belief that “When people are nude, they are a lot more friendly. You meet a lot of people, and when you are together on a boat and everyone is nude, you become friendly with them almost
straightaway.”

Stripping nudism of all cant and hypocrisy, Nudist Association of Victoria president, Werner Jacob, agrees.

“You are what you are and you cannot hide anything. And what you are talking about, well, that becomes more important than what you are wearing or what you look like,” Jacob said, uncovering his perception of the virtues of nudism.

Nancy Tiemann exhibited the joys of nude cruising. “Cruises are the perfect vacationing vessels for nudists,” she gushed. “It gives us the privacy to do what we do and enjoy the sun and the sea and all of that without imposing on people who are not nudists.”

Despite the stiff prices, Australian nudists have demonstrated unconcealed, almost orgiastic, ecstasy over the cruise’s coming. The bank balance of each passenger-in-the-buff will be denuded by Aus $ 7000  for the fortnight long sun-and-surf airing.
Ms Tiemann admits the rates are probably too elevated for first-time nudists.

“My advice for anybody thinking about taking the plunge into social nude recreation is to visit a local club or beach that caters for clothing optional use.”

She said that once you embarked on a cruise, you would never look back.
“The human form is a beautiful thing — no matter what age, no matter what the scar or imperfections. It is comforting to learn that.”
Revealing!