2005 Nude Olympics – Images by Jamie McDonald

I’m not sure how to greet my google analytics and photoshelter statistics every week when it is revealed my most popular photos are of the 2005 Nude Olympics. I’ve checked the incoming keywords, and there are literally thousands of you out there week in-week out searching for images of the ‘nude olympics.’ My gallery of the 2005 Nude Olympics is almost twice as popular as my second most popular, which is of Tiger Leaping Gorge in China.

So, some information about the Nude Olympics seems in order. It is typically held annually at Maslin Beach, about a 30 minute drive south of Adelaide. In 1975 Maslins was declared Australia’s first ‘clothing-optional’ beach, and the good residents of South Australia chose a stunning spot for it with cliffs providing a stunning backdrop to the golden sand and crystal clear water.

As a definite non-nudist it certainly takes some adjusting to heading to the beach to shoot images for an agency of naked people – everywhere! As an Aussie I have spent a good deal of most summers at the beach with a pair of boardies on, but both times I’ve gone south to Maslin Beach I’ve always maintained a strict level of jeans and sleeves (just trying to not fit in I guess!)

It is a pretty amusing few hours of naked marathon (a run up the beach a few hundred metres), tug of war, best bum, etc. I read in the news in Australia that the Olympics had been cancelled again this month for the third year in a row. Typically held late January on a Sunday it is claimed that the organisers can no longer get enough volunteers to stage the event, so perhaps if you’re in Adelaide January 2011 you can let the organisers know you’ll help!?

There is a link to the facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98194732424 and the Southern Naturists site is here http://www.southernunitednaturists.org.au/