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World Naked Bike Ride Australia 2010

Peacefully expose the vulnerability of cyclists, humanity and nature in the face of cars, aggression, consumerism and non-renewable energy.

At least 7 Australian towns and cities will participate in the next southern hemisphere leg of the World Naked Bike Ride in March 2010. More cities may be added to the list if volunteers are found to organise the ride in new towns and cities. The official southern hemisphere ride date is Saturday the 13th of March 2010.
The dates and locations are:

• Saturday the 6th of March 2010: Nimbin.
• Sunday the 7th of March 2010: Byron Bay.
• Saturday the 13th of March 2010: Sydney and Adelaide.
• Date to be advised: Canberra.
• Sunday the 14th of March 2010: Newcastle.
• Sunday the 21st of March 2010: Melbourne.

A ride was held in Canberra in 2009. Local volunteer Organisers are expected to decide the ride details (exact date, time and assembly location) before February 2010. The date will be determined by local Organisers but within a week either side of Saturday the 13th of March 2010.

Ballarat has a WNBR Organiser who has volunteered in late 2009. They plan to hold the first WNBR in Ballarat in 2010 to do justice to the planning, organisation and pubicity.

Other Australian cities and towns could have a WNBRide in 2010 althought the practicality of beginning organising a successful ride from scratch after the 1st of February 2010 is very slim and not recommended. Please refer to the Organizing a ride in Australia for more information about how to volunteer as an Organiser for your city or town if it is not listed above.

Check website for details: http://australia.worldnakedbikeride.org/ or follow the links to the towns cities webpage on this wiki website.

Australia National Convention

WNBR Australia National Convention Easter 2010
See the WNBR Australia National Convention page for details.

Media

Media enquiries

Media enquiries for Adelaide: please contact diddyKay, the WNBR Adelaide Organiser, Mobile 0402182389.

Media enquiries for Byron Bay: please contact Byron Bike Rider,the WNBR Byron Bay Organiser.

Media enquires for Canberra: please contact WNBR Canberra Organiser.

Media enquiries for Melbourne: please contact Heidi the WNBR Melbourne Organiser.

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

Media enquiries for Sydney: please contact Marte Kinder the WNBR Sydney Organiser.

Media enquiries for the rest of Australia and Newcastle: please contact Marte Kinder the WNBR Newcastle Organiser, WNBR Australia Coordinator and Media Liaison.

Press releases

• WNBR Australia press release
• Melbourne press release
• Sydney press release

Media coverage

2010

• Virgin Blue Voyeur, July 2009, On Your Bike by Kayte Nunn. Article begins on page 44 and WNBR Australia 2010 is listed in a calendar of future bike events on page 46. Direct link to Virgin Blue Voyeur, July 2009

2009

• Sydney Morning Herald, 16 Mar 2009: "Cyclists' naked ambitions punctured", by Ellie Harvey
• the village VOICE (New York), 16 Mar 2009, Naked Bike Rides Kick Off, Head to NYC by Roy Edroso
• New York Post, 10 Mar 2009, NAKED BIKE BUFFS, by Jeremy Olshan
• Australian Cyclist, 1 Mar 2009: "Bare It", by Australian Cyclist
• Yes But No But Yes, 2009, Top Ten Naked Sporting Events, by Jellio

2008

• Aduki Independent Press, 4 Mar 2008: "World Naked Bike Ride"

2007

• Mei Qi Tan (freelance journalist), 10 Dec 2007: "Stripping for society’s sake - Exposing nudity in social protests"
• BBC News, 22 Jan 2007: "Australians embrace pedal power"

History

Australia has participated in the World Naked Bike Ride since 2004. Check local ride location pages for further information.

Future

Organisers are planning rides for several cities in Australia. All the cities with media contacts have future rides planned. Where rides have not occurred or not occurred in the last 12 months, it is often the case that there is no one who has volunteered to organise the next ride in that location. People interested in participating or organising a WNBR in Australia should join the discussion group appropriate to their location (or the WNBR Australia Yahoo! group if none of the existing discussion groups are appropriate), 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 in Australia page for more information about starting or restarting a ride.

Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc

These are the current flyer, poster and BIG POSTER to be used for the WNBR Australia 2010 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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Superseded flyer and posters

These are the superseded flyer, poster and BIG POSTER used for the WNBR Australia 2009 to help promote participation.

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Links

Website/s

• WNBR Australia (official site)

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Australia Yahoo! group
• WNBR Australia Facebook group

Endorsements

The following organisations support and/or endorse WNBR Australia:

• Critical Mass Australia, see Critical Mass Wiki also Michael Bluejay's Critical-Mass.Info
• Bicycle Institute of South Australia Inc.
• Rising Tide Australia Grassroots Climate Action
• The Biking Revolution
• ClimateMovement
• www.futureenergy.org Futureenergy has great information pages on climate change, clean energy, polluting energy, energy efficient homes and transport solutions.
• The Rainforest Information Centre
• Envirowiki
• South East Queensland Naturists A Forum for SE Queensland naturists. Regular group bushwalks and social activities are held around SE Queensland.
• Byron Bay - Rainbow Region Community Noticeboard
• blueorange natural health, sprituality + social activism
• Free Beaches Australia Inc.
• Australian Sun and Health
• The Otesha Project (Australia): Cycling for Sustainability
• The Grove Creating a space for people with an interest in alternative lifestyles.
• Mechanarchy - Equity Through Knowledge and Creativity