Nudey Beach was ranked No. 1 in Australia's Best Beaches Award for 2018 and is a
small stretch of pristine, white sand that slopes gently into the calm, clear Coral Sea and surrounded by rainforest and granite
boulders.
The fence marked a severe boundary: on the road side there was a verge of still greenish grass and weeds, decorated with the occasional white styrofoam cup and silver - glinting beer can, the wildflowers of civilization; beyond the fence a swath of
small boulders gave way to a field of beige dirt and stone that seemed to
stretch forever.