They used to be very conservative in Australia but things became more liberal over the last 30 years. You can go topless on any beach here in Australia but most beaches the gals cover up. On Bondi, Manly and Coogee the tourists feel free to do what they like. Many from Germany and Scandinavia don't feel inhibited so go topless. Maybe it helps to be away from home on the other side of the world.
Some guys have gone on the beach and taken photos of topless girls and got arrested for it in Sydney last year. However, I doubt anyone can do anything about tourists and anyone else snapping photos of the beach from the sidewalks near the beach. If a gal is topless there then so what? The gals at Tamarama Beach during the sculpture show would have seen the thousands of people passing by up on the hill and many of them were pointing cameras at the beach. With small digital cameras you don't have to hold the camera at eye level and so no one knows what the photographer is shooting.
To be frank, most nude bodies are not exciting at all. I think it is the idea that some are partly nude that is exciting. I am sure almost all men look. So a photo is really a record of particular glances. If women believe it is bad to show flesh they shouldn't go to public beaches and expose themselves. Heck, America is still hung up on nudity. I waited and waited for things to change there but they never did. That is partly because you elect too many officials who then clean up on things like nudity and prostitution. There is a lusty core in humans that survive all revolutions but the politicians always bend to pressure groups and impose restrictions on the freedom of individuals.
