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Revision as of 15:05, 21 March 2007
List of rides > Australia > Newcastle (Australia)
For rides in Newcastle, UK, please refer to Newcastle upon Tyne
World Naked Bike Ride – Nudecastle
Ride in conjunction with Southern hemisphere ride locations (including Golden Bay, Melbourne, Brisbane, Lima, and Pretoria).
Protest for: Naturism, the Environment, Renewable Energy, Peace & Safe Bicycling!
Protest against: Cars & Climate Change Chaos!
Contents
Next ride
Date: Saturday 8 March 2008
Time: ?
Location: ?
How to participate
Read the following information first. This page is the most important source of information on WNBR Newcastle.
After this page read the other Wiki WNBR Newcastle pages (Newcastle_archive and Newcastle_previous_ride) and have a look at WNBR Australia (official site).
In months before the ride
It may seem like things are quiet between World Naked Bike Rides but the Newcastle organisers are working now to make the WNBR Nudecastle 2008 enjoyable for everyone. In the lead-up to the WNBR there are many other community grassroots events in Newcastle that are of interest to Naturists, Biketivists, Pacifists and Environmentalists. Have a look at the links to organisations that endorse the WNBR in Newcastle (see Newcastle#Endorsement below) and Australia and you will find something that will inspire your passion for expressing yourself for the benefit of the planet. All the organisations that endorse WNBR are friendly though our closest ally is Critical Mass (see Newcastle#Critical_Mass below). WNBR Nudecastle encourages everyone interested in participating in WNBR to also participate in Critical Mass.
Getting email updates before the ride
If you want to have emails sent to you with details of pre-ride events, reminders of the WNBR Nudecastle time and start location, or discuss any apects of the upcoming ride: you need to join the discussion group (see Newcastle#Discussion_group.2Fs below). If you have not got a Yahoo! account, you can set one up for free in about 5 minutes. You can use your existing email account or get a Yahoo! email account for free. You can set the email account up using a nickname if you want to as well. The management of Yahoo! have classified the discussion group as "adults only" but only because they are puritanical prudes who do not know the difference between the human body and pornography. WNBR is nothing to do with pornography so do not worry.
Privacy
You do not have to register, pay money, sign anything or give your personal details to anyone. There are suggestions on the international pages of WNBR websites that say you should complete the on-line registration process. This is NOT mandatory for the WNBR Nudecastle. Vetted media people will attend the WNBR Nudecastle 2007 to photograph and video the event so if you have any concerns about this you should consider painting your face, wearing a novel mask or big dark sunglasses to preserve your anonymity.
Critical Mass
Critical Mass Newcastle and the World Naked Bike Ride endorse and participate in all events held under both names in Newcastle. Critical Mass ride on the first Friday of every month and starts from Civic Park, opposite Newcastle Town Hall. Assemble at 5:45pm for a 6:00pm start. Ride Daily! Celebrate Monthly!
For more information on Critical Mass see: Critical Mass World Information , Critical Mass Australiaor Newcastle Critical Mass Discussion Group or email Daniel.
Media
Media enquiries for Newcastle: please contact Marte Kinder the WNBR Newcastle Organiser.
Please think ahead if you want to have a media presence on the day of the WNBR Nudecastle and contact Marte well ahead of time because your involvement will need vetting.
Newcastle previous ride
Date: Saturday 10 March 2007
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Next to Warabrook Station in Rosegum Road Reserve, Warabrook
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Newcastle previous ride
page.
2007 Photos
2007 Ride Reports
Ride Report from The Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre (NBEC)
Protest ride fun ending at hoon carpark
“On Saturday, 10th of March, the World Naked Bike Ride
was a fantastic success in Newcastle. The police met
us at the start and wanted us to have a safe & fun
ride, but to cover up our natural bottom bits. Not
deterred, the riders rode from Warabrook in towards
Nobby’s beach, and the 26 push-bike riders made it the
largest Southern Hemisphere ride numbers ever.”,
Daniel from the NBEC says.
“People and families of many ages (8 to 60ish) and many lifestyles decorated their bikes and had colourful bodypainting showing protest slogans, peace signs, trees, hearts, and flowers. A large tree branch was in the NBEC trailer to signify sustainable bike culture’s harmony with nature: If you rescue a pre-loved bike from being scrapped, we can save on the whole destructive process of producing a new bike“, Daniel continued.
The World Naked Bike Ride is a clothing optional protest ride, and the Nudecastle 2007 protest themes this year were: Protest for: Naturism, the Environment, Renewable Energy, Peace & Safe Bicycling! Protest against: Cars & Climate Change Chaos!
“After the ride had concluded at Nobby’s Head, the riders returned to Nobby’s Beach car park, and to make their way to the Post-ride party elsewhere. The fun ended when a bunch of young car hoons threw a 2L container (filled with petrol possibly) towards an 8 year old and father. Thankfully the hoons didn’t succeed in hospitalising anyone and they raced cowardly away in their car. I later found out that they had waited for us to return after previously projecting other things at the family in the Nobby’s car area. Video footage will be studied to find the license plate number and if any of the public know anything else they should contact the police.“, Daniel said.
“This was the first long ride for this family. They were saying it was a practice to enable the 8 year old to be able to ride to school. After a longer time & distance then expected, at Carrington tiredness set in and the 8 year old’s bike was put in the NBEC trailer (with the tree) and the 8 year old finished by riding dinky with dad. I hope this doesn’t put them off riding to school. Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in Newcastle and walking and cycling to school is a major solution & health benefit for society.”, Daniel said
“These car hoons are at the extreme end of the spectrum for road rage against cyclists. But for the average cyclist, they can be victimised daily by just getting from a to b. So the next time a motorist gets angry for a push-bike rider using “motorists” roads or hogging the road we need to learn: The roads are for everyone, like parks from Tax payer money (not from rego money), and the cyclist is probably riding safely away from the deadly car door lane and to the right of the more deadly “bike picture lanes” in Newcastle. If a motorist gets angry of being safely stuck behind a cyclist for 10 seconds I hope over the years their anger doesn’t build up to what we saw the car hoons do. The council, government and RTA have encouraged this road rage by ignoring requests from the NBEC to educate the public about the “bike picture lanes” in Newcastle.”, Daniel explained.
Some painted slogans on riders were: Save the Walrus (threatened species due to climate change), vote green, safe cycling, end consumerism, I love oil wars [sic], Clean is not necessarily green (clean coal reference). All riders had a bike-tastic time laughing, cycling, singing, and chanting in towards town. When we rode along the Newcastle Foreshore Promenade area many 100’s of pedestrians cheered us on for protesting for a better world“, Daniel concluded.
Daniel Endicott Co-Ordinator of: Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre Your local environmental, not-for-profit, community based, sustainable transport, no green-wash cars, bikefun centre
Push-bike co-op and fix your bike (most Saturdays): We take pre-loved bikes & parts that are then restored by volunteers. Free workshops on how to fix bikes, cycling tips, & traffic skills. If you want a bike or parts, we help you recycle one, for free! Volunteers welcome to help save the world through BIKEFUN!
Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc
These are the current flyer and poster to be used for the WNBR Nudecastle 2007 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?
Save the Walrus
Why is WNBR Nudecastle 2007 also protesting to Save the Walrus?
Newcastle 2006
Date: Sunday 12 March 2006
Time: 7am
Location: Merewether Surf Life Saving Club
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Newcastle 2006 page.
History
See Newcastle archive for:
- WNBR Nudecastle 2006 Ride Report by Marte Kinder.
- WNBR Nudecastle 2006 Ride Report by Daniel.
- WNBR Nudecastle 2005 Ride Report by Marte Kinder.
Photos
2007
2006
2005
Links
Website/s
- WNBR Australia (official site)
Discussion group/s
- WNBR Newcastle Yahoo! Group
Endorsement
The following organisations support and/or endorse the WNBR in Newcastle:
- Critical Mass Newcastle and Critical Mass Newcastle Wiki
- Newcastle Bike-Ecology Centre
- Second Sight Photography photographed the 2005 and 2006 WNBR in Newcastle.
- Purple Spider Studio photographed the 2005 WNBR in Newcastle.
- Rowanmacs - Photography filmed the 2005 and 2006 WNBR in Newcastle.
- Newcastle Nudists for Peace (no link)
- Newcastle University Students' Association (NUSA), see also NUSA Wiki Website
- NUSA Environment Collective
- NUSA Transport Collective
- Opus
- Stomp
- The Octapod Association
- The Royal Exchange
- Michael Osborne of Newcastle Greens
- Lee Rhiannon of NSW Greens
