Ladies' Bay

 

 

Ladies' Bay is a small inner city beach in Auckland which is nevertheless isolated by steep access.  As kids we used to climb down the cliffs to try to watch the nudists that were said to go swimming there.  At that time it was all pretty tame – not like Gentleman's' Bay round the Achilles Point corner which was more of a gay hang out.

Of course those were the days when groups of kids were free to roam around so long as they came home for tea.

They've built a fancy new wide walkway down to the beach from the top of the cliff – this may have had the result of making this beach less secluded.