Nude Australian sunbathers who sparked search party during lockdown fined US$1,520
- The men were startled by a deer while tanning and escaped to a park, where they became lost and had to call police for help
- Their rescue involved police aircraft, the State Emergency Service and ambulance officers at a time Sydney is in a Covid-19 lockdown
Australian police have fined two men who had to be rescued from a forest after they were startled by a deer while sunbathing naked on a beach.
The duo called for help at about 6pm on Sunday after they became lost in the Royal National Park, south of Sydney, a police statement said.
“Unbelievably, we saw two men sunbaking naked on a beach on the South Coast,” Police Commissioner Mick Fuller told reporters. “They were startled by a deer, ran into the national … park and got lost.”
Their rescue involved police aircraft, the State Emergency Service and ambulance officers.
The men, aged 30 and 49, were fined A$1,000 (US$760) each for breaching a stay-home pandemic order that restricted them to Sydney, police said on Monday.
The younger man was found “naked and carrying a backpack” while the older man was “partially clothed”, the police statement said.
I think they should be embarrassed
Fuller described the pair as “idiots”.