Support worker recounts run-in with alleged exposed man at Noosa National Park
A support worker’s day out with two young girls turned to horror when they came across a man in a popular national park.
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A support worker told two young girls to run when they came across a man allegedly exposing himself, wearing nothing but a shirt.
The support worker recounted her experience in a Facebook post on Noosa Community Notice Board, saying she visited Noosa National Park with two young girls on July 24.
She said about 11am at Hell’s Gates, a “creepy man appeared out of nowhere”, wearing no pants and exposing himself.
“I immediately told the girls to run, and I yelled that I was calling the police,” she said.
“Luckily, he ran off.”
She described the man to be in his mid-60s with grey hair and wearing a shirt but no pants.
“The girls were really shaken up so we sat by the ocean to calm down and thankfully we saw a pod of dolphins, which became one nice part of the day,” the support worker wrote in the post.
She said she wished she had taken a photo, but all she could think of in the moment was keeping the two girls in her care safe.
The support worker had spoken of the incident to the mother of the girls and made a call to police to make a report.
In the post, she urged anyone who suffers a similar experience to report to Noosa Police.
“And please be careful — there’s no phone reception in parts of the park, and I wouldn’t recommend young girls going alone,” she wrote.
She later said she did not want any young girls to go through that experience.
“I support young women through the NDIS, and an experience like this can be especially traumatic for them,” the support worker said.
“My heart really breaks for the girls — it was deeply upsetting for all of us.”
A Queensland Police spokesman said a report of a man exposing himself on a walking track at Noosa Heads was made via a triple-0 call shortly after 3pm that day.
“Police used this information to inform patrols of the area,” he said.
Community members can contact Policelink using the online suspicious activity form or calling 131 444 in non-life threatening situations.
Reports can be made anonymously via Crime Stoppers online or by calling 1800 333 000.
Triple-0 should be called in life-threatening emergencies.
“The community is urged not to call local police stations as phones may be left unattended at times while officers respond to requests for service,” the spokesman said.
Noosa Heads has a history of nudists, with Alexandria Bay, or A Bay, standing as an unofficial nudist beach for decades.
A police operation targeting nudists at the beach kicked off in 2023, where at least 11 people were fined for wilful exposure.
Public nudity is illegal in Queensland.
A Bay nudist go-er Joshua Seaborn told this publication in 2023 his visits aided a skin condition, improving both physical symptoms and its mental impacts.
“I usually do it once a week just to manage my skin and I have actually learnt to accept myself more in the process, I have seen a massive change,” he said.
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