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Farm Struggles To Stop People From Stripping In Sunflower Fields
Scooter Rider's Boat-towing Strategy Goes Viral
By Ben Hooper
Nov. 9 (UPI) -- An Australian teenager is being praised for his ingenuity after a viral video showed him using an electric scoot- er and a belt to tow his small boat down a sidewalk.
The video, recorded by a bystander, shows the youngster using an electric scooter to tow the alu- minum boat down a side- walk in Deception Bay, Queensland.
The boat's small trailer was attached to the teenager via a belt wrapped around his body.
The 14-year-old scooter rider later explained he had been taking the boat from his Rothwell home to the Deception Bay Mud Flats.
He said the scooter still had half of its battery power left after the round trip.
"When it goes uphill, it has some problems, but down- hill and flat, it pulls it fine," he told 7News.
The Queensland does not have any specific rules about what can be used to tow a vehicle, but guidance on the government's web- site recommends a "suit- able vehicle" be used.
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By Kate Nicholson
A family farm in the UK have had to go to new lengths to deter visitors from strip- ping off in their sunflower fields.
Yep, Stoke Fruit Farm now has a few new signs which read: “No Public Nudity.”
Considering the UK’s weather con ditions, nudity is not very common in public places here. But, Sam’s Sunflowers – part of Stoke Fruit Farms on Hayling Island, near Portsmouth coast – just seems to bring out a more extraverted side to people.
When they’re not partaking in the activity the fields are actually meant for (sun- flower picking), it seems visitors often strip off and pose in the fields for the perfect
photo, usually for Instagram.
The farm owners do encourage photos in general, of course, and even offer an array of props including a grand piano, a bathtub and a tractor scattered among the two million sunflowers.
But this year, there was nudity – a lot of nudity.
According to the BBC, one visitor said her son saw a woman wearing “just a thong” and “didn’t
know where to look”.
Farm owner Sam Wilson told the BBC there were reports of four naked photo- shoots since July 28 and August 17 – three of which were on the same day.
So, he decided to put up stern signs around the farm.
And, the farm posted on Facebook in August, writing: “Reminder to all we are a family area and please keep your clothes on in the sunflow- ers!
“We are having an increase of reports of naked photography tak- ing place and this must not happen during our public sessions please!”
Surprisingly, this plan did actually work, Wilson
told the New York Times.
’We have had a busy week and people have been very respectful of our plea for no public nudity,” he said.
He did say there’s been an uptick in people requesting private photo shoots (where they are allowed to be naked) though....
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