Thanks Gyan from Tyagarah for your wonderfully written but factually incorrect letter.
The beachgoers who enjoy Tyagarah clothing-optional beach also dream of the days when they could swim at Tyagarah Beach without enduring negative energy from a few irate locals, the mayor, and assorted greedy landowners and developers.
If you had managed to do some research regarding the ‘safety of women and children’ and not regurgitate previous sensationalist claims you would have realised there have not been any such incidents reported to the police in the last three years. We recently made a GIPA request for statistics on reports to police about ‘offensive behaviour’ at Tyagarah clothing-optional beach during the 2018-2024 period.
The results were: 2018 – 10; 2019 – 4; 2020 – 3; 2021 – 2; 2022 – 0; 2023 – 0; 2024 – 0.
Total 19.
You also asserted that Tyagarah Beach is on ‘their (National Parks and Wildlife Service –NPWS) land’! I believe the land belongs to all Australians and NPWS have the task of managing that land for the benefit of the fauna and flora that inhabit it.
Gyan, there are many bigger issues in the Byron Shire than a small (mostly older) beach community who just happen to enjoy some time at the beach as nature intended.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
