It's two degrees on this typically icy Hobart morning, but that didn't stop just over 1000 people from stripping off their clothes and running wilfully into the cold Tassie waters.
The Nude Solstice Swim marks the winter solstice and the end of the Dark Mofo festival.
HuffPost Australia was down by Long Beach, Sandy Bay to film the swim (cheeky, we know) and we asked a few of the punters what on earth lured them in.
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