Thousands of people have grinned and bared it for an annual nude mid-winter swim in Hobart, on the city's coldest morning of the year.
Towels were dropped when the sun rose at 7.42am on Monday at Long Beach for the dip which marks the winter solstice and end of arts and food festival Dark Mofo.
Lifelong friends Di Webb and Lorette Mansfield made the trek from Sarina in central Queensland.
It was Ms Webb's 60th birthday, while Ms Mansfield had celebrated her 61st on Sunday.
"Lorette lost her husband last year and we said 'let's do it'. It was just a bit of a support for her," Ms Webb said.
"(The water) wasn't as bad as I thought. Just invigorating. We ran straight in."
