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Date: Sunday 7 March 2010
Time: 2pm
Location: The Rails Car Park

Ride Details

The ride on Sunday the 7th of March 2010. Assemble at the Rails Car Park at 2pm.

2010 Ride Report

We attended the Byron ride, which has police sanction. They arrived to the event, and we learnt that headquarters in Sydney had some demands. The first that blatant nudity was not allowed, but that body paint was adequate to get the green light. We also must have helmets, ride on the correct side of the road, not circle the roundabouts again and again, and not get off our bikes and wave our 'rude bits' at the public.

This last bit is apocryphal, as World Naked Bike Ride explicitly is not a sexual display in the first place.

Unlike last year, when police photographed many of us like mug shots, they were much more subdued this year. They even blocked some intersections for us.

We rode first through the markets, and then up to the beach, south for a bit, and back into town, thence to the railway station for 'high fives' and clean up.

Congratulations go to the Byron Bay Organiser, as he got two more riders than the Nimbin ride. Hey that is the same as last year ! And two of us went from Nimbin : but he brought about five or so to our ride, so that works for us.

(Report by Jacmul, one of the 2 Nimbin Organisers who visited Byron Bay for the ride.)

Nimbin

Nimbin is within commuting distance of Byron Bay and keen riders could participate in both rides. Nimbin rides on the previous day, Saturday the 6th of March 2010, and riders assemble at 10:30am at Peace Park.

2009 Ride Details

• Saturday 14 March 2009
• Time: 2pm
• Location: The Rails Car Park

The ride will occur Saturday the 14th of March 2009. Assemble clothed with your bike, suitable shoes and helmet (compulsory) at 2pm The Rails Car Park (outside the Travel Centre at the old Railway Station). If you are visiting Byron Bay and want to participate in the event you are more than welcome. See the Borrow a bike section below.

Nimbin rides on Saturday the 7th of March 2009 and Brisbane rides on Saturday the 21st of March 2009. Nimbin and Brisbane are within commuting distance of Byron Bay so keen participants can ride in all 3 of these places.

After a great first ride by 15 participants in 2008, Byron Bay rides again in 2009 . Be there and continue the history ! Byron Bike Rider, is the initial point of contact. To make WNBR Byron Bay 2009 a success, if you can offer help or ideas, please contact them. People interested in participating or helping Byron Bike Rider organise a WNBR in Byron Bay should join the WNBR Australia Yahoo! group and WNBR Byron Bay Facebook discussion groups, try to make contact with others with similar views and demonstrate some initiative. It will happen again, and you can be a part of it !

The ride is `bare as you dare' --- we suggest body paint, but you are free to wear as much or as little as you want. Fancy dress, self-decoration and other attention-grabbers are all very much encouraged. See The Art of WNBR for ideas on decorating yourself and your bike as well as lots of other background information. Knowledge is power !

Want to ride naked but aren't sure ? Get down to the local clothes-optional beach and get used to the idea of being nude outdoors and in public. But remember --- it's bare as you dare. You don't have to ride naked if you don't want to.

Make sure your bike is reliable. There will be no back-up team. If your bike lets you down, you're out of the event ! Sorry. Consider getting the fancy puncture-resistant tyres; they're expensive, but might save you on the day. Don't just dig that old boneshaker out of the shed two days before the event and hope it will be alright. It won't. If you don't ride regularly, start now; get to know your machine so that you're not worrying about it during the ride.

Borrow a bike

Are you visiting Byron Bay or do not have a bike for other reasons to participate in the WNBR? The owner of Byron Bay Bicycles kindly agreed to lend us any bikes we needed for the 2008 ride for free. Byron Bay Bicycles, The Plaza Jonson Street, Telephone (02) 6685 8561. This arrangement may also apply this year too. Stay posted for updates.

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.

Byron Bay 2008

• Date: Saturday 8 March 2008
• Time: 2pm
• Location: Outside the Travel Centre at the old Railway Station.

We had a blast and everyone enjoyed themselves. The townsfolk hooted and hollered and generally totally approved. The police (an inspector, no less) came at the start to warn us, but was very fair and we had quite a laugh. No problems there. 15 riders ranging from teenagers to one who was 89 years old enjoyed the ride. There was an even split between guys and gals, one lady was very memorable dressed only in a long string of pearls and a full length red chiffon cloak.
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Byron Bay 2008 page.

Media report

Cycleway issue gets exposure by Mary Mann Northern Star Newspaper 10 Mar 2008

Byron Bay 2008 reported in Northern Star Newspaper

Photos

2010

Photos of WNBR Byron Bay 2010 on offmyfacebook By law every cyclist is required to wear a helmet? photos by Jeff Dawson.

2009

• Photos of WNBR Byron Bay 2009 on WNBR Australia (official website).
• Byron Bay World Naked Bike Ride on flickr by IMPRINT Photography.

2008

• Photos on this website at Byron Bay 2008 ©
• Photos of WNBR Byron Bay 2008 on WNBR Australia (official website).

Media enquiries

Contact Byron Bike Rider, the WNBR Byron Bay Organiser.

Press release

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Media coverage

2010

• The Byron Shire Echo, 9 Mar 2010, The naked and the well read p.9
• CSN CycleSportNews.com,7 Mar 2010, Bulging Buddhas No Draw Back in Byron Bay written by Peter Ford.

2009

• The Byron Shire Echo, 17 March 2009 , "Naked riders promote the power of pedalling"

written by The Byron Shire Echo.

• CSN CycleSportNews.com, 14 March 2009 : "Editor Takes On The Nudist Challenge " written by Peter Ford.
• CSN CycleSportNews.com, 08 March 2009 : "Byron Bay To Dare and Bare" written by Peter Ford.

Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc

Byron Bay 2010

This is the the current BIG POSTER for Byron Bay and combined Nimbin and Byron Bay Flyer/Poster to be used for the WNBR Byron Bay 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?

BIG POSTER

Flyer/Poster

Byron Bay 2009

This is the superceded flyer, poster and BIG POSTER to be used for the WNBR 2009 (the Brisilian Triangle) Nimbin, Byron Bay and Brisbane to help promote participation. Please print these, pass them out and stick them up where people will see them. Why not colour one in and stick it to your refrigerator?

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Australia

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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Links

Website/s

• WNBR Australia (on main website)

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Australia Yahoo! group
• WNBR Byron Bay Facebook Group

Endorsement

The following organisations support and/or endorse the WNBR in Byron Bay:

• Byron Bay Bicycles

Location information

• Wikipedia: Byron Bay
• Wikipedia: New South Wales