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Date: Saturday 5 March 2011
Time: 10:30am
Location: Peace Park, Nimbin, NSW
Ride details
The ride will occur on Saturday the 5th of March 2011. Assemble at 10:30am in Peace Park, Nimbin, NSW. Here are some pictures of Peace Park to help you find it.
Organisers will lead the riders to a secret place for de-briefing and body painting. The ride is clothing optional so you can choose how much or how little you want to wear. After body painting, the actual riding part of the event (in glorious technicolor) will begin around noon or a bit later.
Some bikes will be available to borrow for the ride if you are a backpacker or out-of-town visitor but the number of bikes is limited. Bring your own bike if you are a local to guarantee you can join the ride.
A nurse will be coming on the ride who will perform first aid if anyone suffers a mishap.
Body painting
We will endeavour to protect the environment as much as we can. To further this, please consider bringing local river ochres for use as body paint if you can.
After ride party
There is an after ride party being organised for participants who have completed the ride. After the ride, we will return to the starting location to get cleaned up.
We expect to have some musicians to entertain us, and some food and drink. It will be easier if we bring our own goodies, but we will sell 'tickets' at Peace Park for sausage sandwiches for those so inclined. We could possibly also get 'notdogs' or the like as well. The food will then be bought in town and taken to the party site. Beer consortiums could also be formed at this time, and a similar methods used. A little bit of planning here can make it a much nicer day.
The owners of our venue have agreed that the after-party can continue with the clothes-optional theme.
The venue has a swimming pool that will be available for our enjoyment, but users will have to first have cleaned off their body paint. Showers will also be available.
Yay !
Warnings
We are not supplying alcohol - you are. Please keep the drinking etc until after the ride for a better time for all. Cycling while under the influence of alcohol can certainly get you arrested, and your driving license may be at risk.
What to bring
- A bike in working order. If you have a bike in need of repair or do not have a bike please visit the Bicycle Recycling Network. A limited number of bikes will be available to borrow for the ride so it is best to avoid disappointment and bring your own. You can ride a scooter or skates if you want to because any form of human powered transport is OK.
- You MUST have a proper bike helmet.
- Bring your friends.
- You need to arrive clothed. Seriously, some people have not done this.
- You need decent shoes for cycling because you may hurt your feet otherwise.
- You need somewhere to put your clothes while you are riding. A luggage rack on your bike, or panniers or a basket that you can put your bag with your clothes. Clothing is optional on the ride and you are perfectly welcome to ride clothed or naked or somewhere in between.
- Apply sunscreen before the event.
- River ochres for body painting to save the environment.
- Bring a bottle of water.
- Bring some money for the after party or bring your own food and drink.
What not to bring
- Alcohol or drugs. Ride in control and safe. Save your alcohol consumption for the after party.
Photography / Video Recording
The organisers have developed some guidelines around the taking of photos and video during this event. In developing these guidelines, our main consideration is the comfort and confidence of riders, as we want them to participate every year. No considerations shall be seen to be higher than this.
Preparation
During the paint up stage before the ride itself, riders like to take pictures of each other. Before you take a photo or video of someone though we ask that you:
- check with the person (or people) that it is okay to record their image
- show them the photo / video after you have taken it to check they are happy with it.
If you are planning to put the pictures / video on the Web or in another publication, please do the right thing and tell your subject/s your intentions.
During The Ride
Open photography of the actual ride event with rider arrayed in their final glorious painted form should, in our opinion, be the chief vehicle for public consumption.
Obviously, when we are riding around town, there is no control over what images are taken.
By respecting each others levels of comfort with exposing our bodies and having our image recorded, everyone who comes on the ride can feel safe and have a great day.
Byron Bay
Byron Bay is not expected to have a ride in 2011. Byron Bay is within commuting distance of Nimbin so keen participants are very welcome to ride in Nimbin.
Organiser
Media enquiries for Nimbin: please contact Jacmul the WNBR Nimbin Organiser.
Women’s Support Woman
A local woman has volunteered for the role of Women’s Support Woman for WNBR Nimbin. 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 the local woman in this role or would like to ask any relevant questions, please email the Women’s Support Woman.
Earlier promotional activities
Media coverage
2010
- CSN CycleSportNews.com, 7 Mar 2010, Naked in Nimbin and a Three-Legged Dog written by Peter Ford.
- CSN CycleSportNews.com, 6 Mar 2010, Editor May Need to Close Shutter written by Peter Ford.
- The Northern Rivers Echo, 4 Mar 2010, A nude awakening
- The Nimbin Good Times, March 2010 - Peanut Tree Edition, World Naked Bike Ride by Mijimberi, co-co-ordinator.
- CSN CycleSportNews.com, 13 Feb 2010, CSN Returns To Nimbin written by Peter Ford.
- SafeGrowth, 31 Jan 2010, Nimbin the beautiful - The War on Drugs includes mention of WNBR Nimbin
2009
- CSN CycleSportNews.com, 08 March 2009 : "Nimbin Nakedness Scores Convert" written by Peter Ford.
- CSN CycleSportNews.com, 04 March 2009 : "Editor To Tackle No Clothes Ride" written by Peter Ford.
- The Northern Rivers Echo, 12 Mar 2009, Get on your bike
- The Northern Rivers Echo, 5 Mar 2009, Helmets on and pants off please
- ABC North Coast NSW, 6 Mar 2009, Nude ain't (necessarily) rude
- Nimbin Good Times, April 2009, Easy Riders put their points across at Nimbin's WNBR page 3
Photos
2009
Videos
2010
- 2010 Naked Bike Ride, Nimbin ,NSW, Australia on YouTube.
History
Nimbin 2010
Date: Saturday 6 March 2010
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Peace Park, central Nimbin
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Nimbin 2010 page.
Nimbin 2009
Date: Saturday 7 March 2009
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Peace Park, central Nimbin
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Nimbin 2009 page.
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.
Future
In July 2008 an Organiser volunteered to help make a WNBR happen in Nimbin on Saturday the 7th of March 2009. The Organiser has several associates who are helping and there is strong commitment to make the 2010 event even bigger. People interested in participating or helping organise the 2010 WNBR in Nimbin should join the discussion group, 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 page for more information about starting or restarting a ride.
Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc
Nimbin
Poster expected soon. Watch this space!
Australia
This is the current poster / flyer, to be used for the WNBR Australia 2011 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?
Links
Website/s
- WNBR Australia (on main website)
Discussion group/s
- WNBR Nimbin Yahoo! Group
- WNBR Nimbin Facebook group
- WNBR Nimbin Facebook event
