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World Naked Bike Ride – Nudecastle
Ride in conjunction with Southern hemisphere ride locations (including Golden Bay, Lake Tekapo, Melbourne, Saint Petersburg and Tampa Bay).
Protest against oil dependency, cars and war!
Protest for peace, love, freedom, the environment, public transport and bikes!
Contents
Next ride
Date: Saturday 10 March 2007
Time: ?
Location: ?
Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc
Pre-ride events
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.
Feeling at ease
This icebreaker social event helped inform potential participants of what to expect during the WNBR Nudecastle 2006 and to make friends with everyone there who intended to ride. Riding in any WNBR is daunting for the first time and worse if you turn up alone and don't know anyone. Participants were encouraged to offer each other support and female participants to make an extra effort to bond with their sisters. Any woman that wants to volunteer for the role of Women’s Support Woman for future rides is welcome. All participants are encouraged to welcome and engage with everyone who turns up at the beginning of our rides whether they have attended preliminary events or not. Body painting in preparation for rides can be done in segregated groups and without any media present.
Media
Media enquiries for Australia and Newcastle: please contact Marte Kinder.
Several freelance professional media people attended the WNBR Nudecastle 2006 including a photographer and a video producer. The photographers and the video producer also attended the 2005 event and are vetted by the organisers. The manner in which these people conducted themselves was impeccable and they portrayed the participants respectfully. The WNBR Nudecastle 2006 was photographed and filmed by our vetted media (apart from the undressing and painting). Some participants heavily disguising themselves with body paint and sunglasses etc. The still photographs taken by the photographers are available to be viewed in low definition format on the WNBR Newcastle Yahoo! group and ready for distribution to the press in print-quality format within hours of the ride completion. High definition photos of the 2006 event are available at the WNBR Australia (official website). High definition photos of the 2005 event are also available at the WNBR Australia (official website). The photos are copyright, so permission of the photographer must be sought before they can be reproduced or otherwise used. Credit for the photos must be given.
Newcastle previous ride
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 previous ride 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.
Links
Website/s
- WNBR Australia (official site)
- Photos of Newcastle 2006 on WNBR Australia (official site)
- Photos of Newcastle 2005 on 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
- 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
- Stomp
- The Octapod Association
- Michael Osborne of Newcastle Greens
- Lee Rhiannon of NSW Greens
