The infamous Budgie Nine have urged travelling Australians to respect other cultures after learning their own harsh lesson in Malaysia.
Locked up for four days in Kuala Lumpur for stripping down to their Malaysian flag-themed "budgie smugglers" at the country's Formula One grand prix, eight of the nine men arrived back in Australia on Friday with a warning.
"We urge all Australians travelling overseas in future to be very aware of cultural differences and sensitivities that exist in other nations," Nick Kelly told the waiting media pack at Sydney International Airport.
Accompanied by other Budgie Nine members, Timothy Yates, Thomas Laslett and Edward Leaney, Mr Kelly gave a brief statement and took no questions before the group was whisked away wearing smart casual clothes.
The men, all aged in their 20s, spent four days in police custody and walked free without a conviction from Sepang Magistrates Court on Thursday after pleading guilty to being a public nuisance and apologising for their "folly".
Other members of the group - Branden Stobbs, Adam Pasfield, Thomas Whitworth and James Paver - also arrived back in Australia on Friday morning while Jack Walker remains in Kuala Lumpur.
Mr Walker, a policy advisor to Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne, has been rebuked by prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Mr Turnbull said Malaysian authorities had been "very lenient" and urged Mr Walker to consider his future.
"He needs to have a very hard look at himself and I'm sure will be considering his future carefully," he told Adelaide's 5AA radio station.
The PM and Mr Pyne will discuss the scandal when the minister returns from overseas.
After nearly baring all in a deeply conservative country, Mr Kelly pleaded for media to respect the group's privacy.
Back in Malaysia, the well-to-do professionals said they had failed to appreciate "cultural differences" between the two nations.
Their lawyer Shafee Abdullah told the court the men - some of them volunteer lifesavers - didn't "blink an eye" when baring the swimming briefs and were ignorant of how offensive this would be deemed.
