Newcastle earlier promotional activities
More earlier events where Newcastle WNBR was represented
This page has space for earlier events where the upcoming 2009 WNBR Nudecastle was promoted and/or the Newcastle WNBR team took part in bike activities or supported in some way.
This Is Not Art
Independent, emerging & experimental arts festival
02-06 October 2008, Newcastle, Australia
What is This Is Not Art about?
Bike Library
So, you want an easy way to get around town while you are enjoying the festival? You want to have fun, want to be engaged with your surroundings, you want it cheap, and you like it pollution free? BIKES. BIKES. BIKES. And BIKES!
You can pick up a push bike to ride from the Bike Library which will be operating during This Is Not Art courtesy of the Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre. The Bike Library will be set up in Civic Park from 11am - 4pm every day of the festival. A fully refundable deposit is required for bike hire plus deposits for helmet and lock. Deposit prices are usually around $30 but may be less or more depending on the condition of the bike.
Pre-register now - For a ready to ride bike
If you would like to have the use of a bike during the festival, the best thing to do is to pre-register with Dan the Bike Man. Email newcastlecriticalmass[at]yahoo.com.au or phone (02) 4961 6582.
Let him know you want a bike and include any specifications you might require, such as bike size. Pre-registration BEFORE 19 SEPTEMBER is essential if you want to ensure there is a bike built and ready for you during the festival.
DIY bike repair workshops - Fix your own bike during the festival
Dan the Bike Man is mad keen for bikes. Mad keen for fixing bikes which have been discarded as junk. He reckons reclaiming and fixing up your own bike - and using it - is the best thing you can do to counter consumer-culture and its symptomatic social disaffection, as well as our dependence on petroleum, pollution and car culture. And the easiest - he'll show you how! With a little know-how and the courage to try, you can fix most bike maladies - the only new thing you need is wet cement for punctures. Come to the Bike Library in Civic Park any time 11am - 4pm for a workshop on fixing up a bike.
Bike Library & DIY Bike Repair Workshops
- Civic Park, Newcastle
- Thursday 02, Friday 03, Saturday 04, Sunday 05 & Monday 06 October
- 11.00 - 16.00 (i.e. 11am to 4pm)
Fix your own bike before the festival
Alternatively, if you live locally, drop into the centre prior to the festival and build your own bike for FREE with the help of bike inspired volunteers. 106 Roberts St, Islington. Saturday's 9am - 1pm.
Cultural Stomp 2008
Newcastle’s annual Multicultural and Community Festival, Cultural STOMP, to be held in Civic Park on Saturday May 17 from 9am to 9pm, will this year take the theme of Water. WNBR will participate by supporting and helping the Bike Corral at The STOMP Festival.
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