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World Naked Bike Ride – Nudecastle

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Date: Saturday 14 March 2009
Time: 2pm
Location: The little park on the South side of Hamilton Railway Station

Ride location and how to get there

Assemble with clothes ON in the little park on the Southern side of Hamilton Railway Station. Please do not drive to the event because it will create greenhouse gases and contradicts the purpose of the event. Please ride your bike to the assembly place or take the train if it is too far for you to ride. CityRail allows passengers to take their bikes on the train.

CityRail Timetables

Hunter Line
Newcastle & Central Coast Line

How to participate

Sydney rides on Sunday the 15th of March 2009. Sydney is within commuting distance of Newcastle so keen participants can ride in both of these places.

Planning the WNBR Newcastle 2009 is underway. Please participate in planning decisions by joining the WNBR Newcastle Yahoo! Group. The ride will assemble at 2pm on Saturday the 14th of March 2009 in the little park on the Southern side of Hamilton Railway Station. Visitors from out-of-town will be helped with the loan of a bike. Body painting is optional (though encouraged) so you can write slogans and protest messages that tell the public what the ride is about. Body painting will take place at a secret private location. The ride will lead participants to the WNBR Newcastle after party which will feature music, BBQ and vegan food and beer.

Please 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_2008) 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 2009 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.

Get a bike

Do you need a bike? Are you broke? Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre has going bikes from $5 to $50 or you can fix an old bike for yourself for FREE! Volunteers & bike/part donations welcome. Open most Saturdays 9 to 5, 106 Robert St Islington, phone 49616582.

Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre poster


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 2008 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.

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.

Women’s Support Woman

Christabel has volunteered for the role of Women’s Support Woman for WNBR Nudecastle. The Women’s Support Woman (WSW) role is to offer special support to women who have any concerns about their participation or potential participation in the event. The WSW will be attending the whole of the event and will be available to help all women participants. The WSW will be making a special effort to ensure that female participants feel comfortable while being a mentor. If you wish to assist Christabel in this role or would like to ask any relevant questions, please email Christabel.

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.

Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc

These are the current: flyer and poster and BIG POSTER to be used for the WNBR Newcastle and Sydney 2009 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?

Flyer


  • Flyer

  • Poster

  • BIG POSTER

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 on newcastlecriticalmass{at}yahoo.com.au

Other Upcoming Events where WNBR Newcastle will participate

Watch this space.

Earlier Events where WNBR Newcastle was represented

More earlier events

For more events held since the previous WNBR in Newcastle, please follow the link to the Newcastle earlier promotional activities page.

Newcastle 2008

  • Date: Sunday 9 March 2008
  • Time: 2:00PM
  • Location: Next to Warabrook Station in Rosegum Road Reserve, Warabrook

For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Newcastle 2008 page.

Newcastle 2007

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 2007 page.

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:

Photos

2007

2006

2005

Links

Website/s

Discussion group/s

Endorsement

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

Location information

Categories

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