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World Naked Bike Ride Australia 2011

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

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Photos of previous World Naked Bike Rides in Australia

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LATE BREAKING NEWS
Melbourne joins in the Northern hemisphere leg of the WNBR for a winter ride.
Winter WonderLand Melbourne Naked Bike Ride 2011
(A clothed or clothes free protest: riding with a message of peace & sustainability for planet earth.)

Friday 10 Jun,
Meet 7pm at the Lord Newry Hotel - 543 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy North
See the Melbourne page for more details.

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At least 9 Australian towns and cities will participate in the next southern hemisphere leg of the World Naked Bike Ride in March 2011. 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 12 March 2011. Some cities and towns may ride on a date within a week of the official date due to local circumstances such as holidays and festivals.

The confirmed dates and locations are:

• Adelaide, SA: 12 Mar 2011
• Brisbane, QLD: 12 Mar 2011
• Canberra, ACT: 20 Mar 2011
• Daylesford, VIC: 12 Mar 2011
• Melbourne, VIC: 6 Mar 2011
• Melrose, SA: 19 Mar 2011
• Newcastle, NSW: 12 Mar 2011
• Nimbin, NSW: 5 Mar 2011
• Sydney, NSW: 19 Mar 2011

Other potential Australia ride locations: Alice Springs, Broome, Byron Bay, Cairns, Hobart, Perth and Tweed Heads.

Other Australian cities and towns could have a WNBRide in 2011. 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.

Ride locations

See List of rides in Australia or browse the Australia category

Photos

Photos of previous World Naked Bike Rides in Australia

Media

Media enquiries

Media enquiry contacts:

• Adelaide: please contact Isaac Astill, the WNBR Adelaide Organiser by email: isaac(dot)astill(at)live(dot)com(dot)au Mobile: 0428849332
• Brisbane please contact Tom the WNBR Brisbane Organiser by email: tomrossignuolo(at)hotmail(dot)com
• Canberra: please contact WNBR Canberra Organiser.
• Daylesford: please contact Mechandy, the WNBR Daylesford Organiser by email: mechandy61(at)gmail(dot)com
• Melbourne: please contact Heidi the WNBR Melbourne Organiser.
• Melrose: please contact Over The Edge Sports the WNBR Melrose Organisers.
• Nimbin: please contact Jacmul the WNBR Nimbin 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

• Rapid Ascent, 13 Mar 2010, Bike Buller MTB Festival 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

Posters and flyers from previous WNBRs in Australia can be viewed in the Australia Publicity Archive.

Links

Website/s

• WNBR Australia (official site)

Discussion group/s

• WNBR Australia Yahoo! group
• WNBR Australia Facebook group
• Starr and Letitia World Naked Bike Ride Australia Poster Colouring In Contest, Facebook event

Endorsements

See : Australia endorsements