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Date: Sunday 15 March 2009
Time: 12 noon
Location: South West Corner of Sydney Park, St Peters

Ride location and how to get there

The assembly place for the ride is the South West Corner of Sydney Park, St Peters. The closest intersection is the corner of Barwon Park Road and Campbell Road.

Location Map

Google map of location

Getting there by rail

The assembly location is about 600m due South of St Peters Railway Station which is on the Bankstown Line. Time tables for the Bankstown Line on weekends for trains from Town Hall and all stops to St Peters and Liverpool or Strathfiled via Lidcombe to St Peters are available on the CityRail website.

The CityRail network services many suburbs and towns in the network. Many services converge on Sydney. Please refer to the CityRail Timetables.

• Newcastle to Central Weekends.

Ride details

It has been decided that the WNBR Sydney ride assembly place will also be the body painting place so there is no ride between two separate locations as there was in 2008. Clothing is optional in the World Naked Bike Ride. Riders can keep a minimum amount of clothing until after the ride proper has riden some distance form the assembly/painting place. This is called: A Rolling Start. In 2008 it became obvious that the presence of the press and public would have saved the riders from harrasment from ill-informed and overzealous authorities (see: The Age, 9 Mar 2008: "Naked cyclists cop grief from security".

Newcastle rides on Saturday the 14th of March 2009. Newcastle is within commuting distance of Sydney so keen participants can ride in both of these places.

Photos

2009

• Getty Images, 15 Mar 09, World Naked Bike Ride Takes Place In Sydney.
• Zimbio, 15 Mar 2009, World Naked Bike Ride Takes Place In Sydney
• AOL News Australia, 15 Mar 2009, Sydney Naked Bike Ride
• Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar 2009, World Naked Bike Ride in Sydney
• Rex Features, 15 Mar 2009,The 'Naked Bike Ride', Sydney, Australia
• Sydney Cyclist, 15 Mar 2009, end of ride celebration

2008

• Pictures on the main website by Brian Alexander, P.O. Box 865 Lismore 2480. Email the photographer Brian Alexander © These images are copyright Brian Alexander. Reproduction of any of these images without crediting the copyright owner will lead to court action for damages.
• About.com by Buck Wolf, "World Naked Bike Ride". Pictures by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images.
• ZimbioWorld Naked Bike Ride Comes To Sydney. Photos by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images AsiaPac

Media enquiries

Marte, Sydney Naked Bike Ride organiser: [email protected]

• Sydney press release

Critical Mass

All riders interested in participating in the Sydney WNBR should consider participating in Sydney Critical Mass. Marte will be attending some Sydney Critical Mass rides in the lead up to the Sydney WNBR to promote participation, encourage people to help organise and holding organising meetings after the CM ride. We meet at the Archibald Fountain at the Northern end of Hyde Park, on the last Friday of every month at 5:30pm for a 6:00pm departure. You can find a map and pictures of the location on the Sydney Critical Mass wiki page.

Legality

The laws that are relevant to public nudity in New South Wales are applicable throughout the state. For discussion of this topic, please refer to the separate page about New South Wales Laws.

Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc

These are the current: flyer and poster and BIG POSTER to be used for the WNBR Sydney and Newcastle 2009 to help promote participation. Please print these and stick them up where people will see them. Why not colour one in and stick it to your refrigerator?

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  BIG POSTER

History

Some people confuse WNBR with the Sydney Body Art Ride but they are two different and separate bike events.

Sydney 2008

Date: Saturday 8 March 2008
Time: 12 noon
Location: the Archibald Fountain, Hyde Park
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Sydney 2008 page.

Media coverage

• Sydney Morning Herald, 16 Mar 2009, Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured written by Ellie Harvey.
• Same as above also appears in The Herald, 16 Mar 2009, Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured written by Ellie Harvey.
• Same as above also appears in The Canberra Times, 16 Mar 2009, Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured written by Ellie Harvey.
• Same as above also appears in WA Today, 16 Mar 2009, Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured written by Ellie Harvey.
• Same as above also appears in Armidale Express, 16 Mar 2009, Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured written by Ellie Harvey.
• Same as above also appears in Brisbane Times, 16 Mar 2009, Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured written by Ellie Harvey.
• Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Mar 2009, Letters to the editor, Easily shocked by Elek Pafka of Surry Hills.
• Getty Images, 15 Mar 09, World Naked Bike Ride Takes Place In Sydney.
• The Age, 9 Mar 2008: "Naked cyclists cop grief from security"
• About.com by Buck Wolf, "World Naked Bike Ride". Pictures by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images.
• Sydney Indymedia March 6th 2008, 2008 by fungi World Naked Bike Ride, Sydney 2008
• ZimbioWorld Naked Bike Ride Comes To Sydney. Photos by Sergio Dionisio/Getty Images AsiaPac
• the wire: independent current affairs on community radio around Australia, 10 Mar 2008,
  • MP3 of 2:19 extract of the 2SER radio interview

Future

In August 2007, Marte volunteered to help organise WNBR in Sydney. Marte seeks help from as many people as possible to make WNBR Sydney 2010 a big success. Marte welcomes the contribution of ideas and practical help. People interested in participating or helping Marte organise a WNBR in Sydney should at least try to come to Sydney Critical Mass rides (see above) and the WNBR meetings that follow, join the discussion group, try to make contact with others with similar views and demonstrate some initiative. Regardless of the level of help that is offered to help organise WNBR Sydney, Marte will pressing ahead and making the ride happen! Please refer to the Organizing a ride page for more information about how to help organise a WNBR.

Links

Website/s

• WNBR Australia (official site)

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Sydney Yahoo! Group
• WNBR Sydney Facebook Group

Endorsements

• Critical Mass Sydney website and Critical Mass Sydney Wiki and Critical Mass Sydney mailing list

Location information

• Wikipedia: Sydney
• Wikipedia: New South Wales