Breaker Bay
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Wellington's own nudist beach. But don't get too excited, you can't see anything, and besides Wellington is so cold there would be nothing to see anyway. This camera also gives a great marine view of the entrance to the harbour.
Breaker Bay is a suburb on the south east coast of Wellington City in New Zealand, on the Miramar Peninsula. The suburb contains a 600 m wide bay of the same name, and is part of the western shore of the Wellington Harbour entrance. The Eastern Walkway runs along the top of the Bay and has views of the area.
It is mostly well known for being the location of Wellington's only clothing optional beach, which is shared by naturists and clothed people alike. Families tend to congregate at the end nearest to the road and pass the hole in the rock (to the middle of the beach), while the far end is a popular meeting point for Wellington's gay community.
Wellington Harbour is an arm of Cook Strait, covering 70 kmē, with a two-km wide entrance at its southern end between Pencarrow Head and the Miramar Peninsula.
The entrance to the harbour can be quite dangerous, especially since Cook Strait to the south is notoriously rough. Close to the harbour entrance lies Barrett Reef, its rocks breaking the water's surface at low tide. It was here in 1968 that the inter-island passenger ferry Wahine grounded during a storm, with the loss of 53 lives.
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