Nimbin 2011

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Nimbin 2011

Date: Saturday 5 March 2011
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Peace Park, Nimbin, NSW

2011 ride details

The ride will occur on Saturday the 5th of March 2011. Assemble at 10:30am in Peace Park, Nimbin, NSW. Here are some pictures of Peace Park to help you find it.

Organisers will lead the riders to a secret place for de-briefing and body painting. The ride is clothing optional so you can choose how much or how little you want to wear. After body painting, the actual riding part of the event (in glorious technicolor) will begin around 1pm or a bit later.

Some bikes may be available to borrow for the ride if you are a backpacker or out-of-town visitor but the number of bikes is limited. Bring your own bike if you are a local to guarantee you can join the ride. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee that a suitable bike will be available for you.

Body painting

We will endeavour to protect the environment as much as we can. To further this, please consider bringing local river ochres for use as body paint if you can.

After ride party

There is an after ride get-together being organised for participants who have completed the ride. After the ride, we will return to the starting location to get cleaned up.

We expect to have some musicians to entertain us, and some food and drink. It will be easier if we bring our own goodies. We could possibly also get 'notdogs' or the like as well. The food will then be bought in town and taken to the party site. Beer consortiums could also be formed at this time, and a similar methods used. A little bit of planning here can make it a much nicer day.

The owners of our venue have agreed that the after-party can continue with the clothes-optional theme.

Yay !

Warnings

We are not supplying alcohol - you are. Please keep the drinking etc until after the ride for a better time for all. Cycling while under the influence of alcohol can certainly get you arrested, and your driving license may be at risk.

What to bring

• A bike in working order. If you have a bike in need of repair or do not have a bike please visit the Bicycle Recycling Network. A limited number of bikes will be available to borrow for the ride so it is best to avoid disappointment and bring your own. You can ride a scooter or skates if you want to because any form of human powered transport is OK.
• You MUST have a proper bike helmet.
• Bring your friends.
• You need to arrive clothed. Seriously, some people have not done this.
• You need decent shoes for cycling because you may hurt your feet otherwise.
• You need somewhere to put your clothes while you are riding. A luggage rack on your bike, or panniers or a basket that you can put your bag with your clothes. Clothing is optional on the ride and you are perfectly welcome to ride clothed or naked or somewhere in between.
• Apply sunscreen before the event.
• River ochres for body painting to save the environment.
• Bring a bottle of water.
• Bring some money for the after party or bring your own food and drink.

What not to bring

• Alcohol or drugs. Ride in control and safe. Save your alcohol consumption for the after party.

Photography / Video Recording

The organisers have developed some guidelines around the taking of photos and video during this event. In developing these guidelines, our main consideration is the comfort and confidence of riders, as we want them to participate every year. No considerations shall be seen to be higher than this.

Preparation

During the paint up stage before the ride itself, riders like to take pictures of each other. Before you take a photo or video of someone though we ask that you:

• check with the person (or people) that it is okay to record their image
• show them the photo / video after you have taken it to check they are happy with it.

If you are planning to put the pictures / video on the Web or in another publication, please do the right thing and tell your subject/s your intentions.

During The Ride

Open photography of the actual ride event with rider arrayed in their final glorious painted form should, in our opinion, be the chief vehicle for public consumption.

Obviously, when we are riding around town, there is no control over what images are taken.

By respecting each others levels of comfort with exposing our bodies and having our image recorded, everyone who comes on the ride can feel safe and have a great day.

Byron Bay

Byron Bay is not expected to have a ride in 2011. Byron Bay is within commuting distance of Nimbin so keen participants are very welcome to ride in Nimbin.

Organiser

Media enquiries for Nimbin: please contact Jacmul the WNBR Nimbin Organiser.

Media coverage

2011

• The Northern Rivers Echo, 3 Mar 2011, Get your gear off for Gaia by Terra Sword

Videos

2009 to 2011

• 2009 to 2011 World Naked Bike Rides Nimbin compilation uploaded 19 Mar 2011 to YouTube by mijimberi

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Legality

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

Future

In July 2008 an Organiser volunteered to help make a WNBR happen in Nimbin on Saturday the 7th of March 2009. The Organiser has several associates who are helping and there is strong commitment to make the 2011 event even bigger. People interested in participating or helping organise the 2011 WNBR in Nimbin should join the discussion group, try to make contact with others with similar views and demonstrate some initiative. It will happen if you help make it happen! Please refer to the Organizing a ride page for more information about starting or restarting a ride.

Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc

Nimbin

These are the current Colour Poster and Black and White Poster to be used for the WNBR Nimbin 2011 to help promote participation. Please print these and stick them up where people will see them. Why not stick one on your refrigerator?

2011 Colour Poster

2011 Black and White Poster