A swimmer says she has been given an official warning letter for being naked in a changing room. Nada Pantle was told she had breached a "no nudity" clause in a club's child-safe policy.
Nada said a new rule was introduced banning nudity in the changing room at Terrigal Surf Lifesaving Club earlier this year.
"Probably three months ago, a sign went up on the change room doors saying no nudity, and we all just went 'what?' and kind of sort of ignored it because it seemed crazy," she told the BBC.
"We're not strutting around naked, we're just having a shower and putting our clothes or having a chat."
"I've been swimming for seven years and I'm 59, I feel more comfortable in my skin than I've ever felt. [When] you're in the change room, you see all sorts of bodies, all ages… no one cares. This feels really prudish and horrible."
The signs advise swimmers to "shower in your swimming costume and change with your towel around you".
Nada has been told she will be disciplined and asked to leave if she does it again.
Nada said: "At some point, you've got to take your clothes off to get your other clothes on. That's why we have change rooms."
Surf Life Saving New South Wales CEO Steve Pearce said: "[The club] received complaints from some junior members about being intimidated and uncomfortable.
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"Instead of just putting a blanket "no nudity", if the signs explained why people should refrain from being nude while children were in the change room, it would have been better received, and we wouldn't be having this conversation.
"We will be suggesting a better form of signage, but the whole thing was done with the best intent to ensure the psychological well being of the members. It was never intended to be fracturing or divisive.
