From nude swim loyalists to first-timers, a record 3,000 people drop their kit and take the plunge into the River Derwent in Hobart to mark the winter solstice.
A record 3,000 people have taken the plunge into the River Derwent in Hobart to mark the winter solstice with a nude swim .
In its 11th iteration, this year's annual winter solstice swim saw people gathered on the shore of Hobart's Long Beach as local drummers marked the approaching sun rise at 7:42am. Some swimmers came prepared like Lawrence Watts, who made sure to pack some hot water to ease the chill. "Just being part of this massive all going into the water, it's just something you've never experienced before."
The swim usually marks the end of the two-week midwinter festival, but things have looked a bit different this year with the event mostly cancelled due to "rising costs and changing conditions". "With a festival of reduced scale it was really important to involve as many people as we can," Dark Mofo executive producer Melissa Edwards said.
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