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Nude Beach at Tyagarah offs Grays Lane. Marc Stapelberg Where clothes are optional Local authorities are making it clear where those boundaries lie, and warn they will attract police attention if those boundaries are ignored. The Tweed Byron Police District with the assistance of Byron Shire Council, and National Parks and Wildlife have been proactively patrolling Greys Lane, Tyagarah Beach, Tyagarah Nature Reserve and surrounding areas to ensure public safety because of serious sexual offences and offensive behaviour in and around those areas. A statement from the Tweed Byron Police District said:

Catch a few waves, stroll by the water, build sandcastles with the kids or throw your line into the water for a spot of fishing — all within easy reach of Byron Bay township, yet peacefully away from the crowds. In spring, eager whale-watchers gather on the beach, hoping to catch sight of the humpback whale mums and their new calves passing by on their way home from the Great Barrier Reef to Antarctica. There are bushwalking tracks behind the dunes that self-reliant bushwalkers will enjoy exploring. Or, you can just kick back and relax in the picnic area.

In fact, it's becoming downright sinister. While NSW National Parks promotes it as a place to swim, fish, birdwatch, eat at the picnic area or sunbathe au natural at the nudist beach area, Tyagarah is rapidly gaining a sinister reputation with women regularly reporting they feel intimidated there. A report in The Northern Star of a sexual assault on a woman on the weekend at the Belongil area of Tyagarah beach, has seen dozens of women come forward on social media to report their discomfort and often fear, after being approached by what they have said are predatory males on the sand and in the dunes of the coastline. Detective Chief Inspector Brendon Cullen said the seriousness of the sex assault allegation meant officers from the serious crimes division were now on the ground, assisting local police with the investigation.