Elyse Knowles flaunts her bikini body while hiking in bushland… after she was slammed for going on a caravan holiday amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Elyse Knowles and her boyfriend, Josh Barker, were criticised last week for going on a caravan holiday during the coronavirus pandemic.
But the 27-year-old model brushed off her critics on Friday when she shared two throwback photos to Instagram from their trip to Moreton Island.
In the pictures, she posed in a leopard print bikini with a sarong wrapped around her waist while hiking in bushland near the beach.
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Happier times: Elyse Knowles flaunted her bikini body on Friday in throwback photos from her recent holiday on Moreton Island
She wrote in the caption: ‘I still can’t get over the colour of our land. Bring on the time that we can explore again.’
Last Tuesday, Elyse and Josh, 31, landed themselves in hot water after sharing photos from their camping holiday and calling it a ‘magical’ trip.
‘No earlier ferries so we embraced being near no one. Time to hit the road before the borders close,’ she wrote in the caption.
Throwback: In the pictures, she posed in a leopard print bikini with a sarong wrapped around her waist while hiking in bushland near the beach
‘Tone deaf’: Last Tuesday, Elyse and her boyfriend, Josh Barker, landed themselves in hot water after sharing photos from their camping holiday and calling it a ‘magical’ trip
Her post prompted many followers to call her out, accusing the couple of being ‘insensitive’, ‘moronic’ and ‘tone deaf’.
A fired-up Josh responded to critics in a lengthy comment on Elyse’s post, accusing them of ‘bullying and harassment’.
‘So for all you morons that don’t know our circumstances, our ferry to Moreton [was] booked in January,’ he said.
‘There wasn’t a camping ban when we left the mainland a week ago otherwise they wouldn’t have let us go, and then when we actually tried to change our ferry to get home earlier “like everyone else on the island” they were fully booked.’
Explanation: The next day, Elyse explained that she hadn’t been aware of the severity of the coronavirus pandemic when she and Josh set out on their holiday
The next day, Elyse explained that she hadn’t been aware of the severity of the pandemic when she and Josh set out on their holiday.
She said as soon as they realised what was happening, they made every effort to return to Byron Bay.
‘As things started to change, we started to know that we needed to be home, and tried to get on earlier ferries, but because we were on an island, we couldn’t,’ she said in a video shared to Instagram.
‘So, we isolated as much as we could, we didn’t see anyone, and came back on the ferry when we could.’
As of Friday afternoon, there are 5,315 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including 27 deaths.
Pandemic: As of Friday afternoon, there are 5,315 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Australia, including 27 deaths