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Date: 12 Mar 2011
Time: 11 am
Location: Roma Street Parklands, near the ampitheatre
Ride details
Saturday 3rd May 2014 is the Brisbane leg of the World Naked Bike Ride.
The World Naked Bike Ride is a great way in which we can peacefully expose the vulnerability of cyclists, humanity and nature in the face of cars, aggression, consumerism and non-renewable energy.
Please join us for the ride starting from the bicycle rack outside the New Globe Theatre in Fortitude Valley to the end of Brunswick Street in New Farm and around New Farm Park.
We will be meeting outside the New Globe Theatre at 10am and commencing the ride at 11am. There will be an after-ride party at one of the local hotels for drinks, and then a bbq dinner party at organizer Dario Western's place in the southside in Bethania from 5pm to 9pm for the Brisbane Naturists group if you wish to join that as well.
The WNBR is a clothing optional event, so you don't have to be naked. You can wear as little or as much clothing as you feel comfortable. You MUST, however, wear a helmet. Because of the 'willful exposure' laws in Queensland, it is illegal for males to ride fully naked. If you do not wish to risk being arrested, you must wear at least a C-string or a G-string. Female may ride fully nude as long as they do not display their vagina outdoors. Feel free to express your yourself (see the WNBR mission statement) with slogans, flags, body painting, even songs. We will have a couple of professional photographers present to photograph the riders as well as some body painters. The general public are also allowed to take photographs and footage of this event if they so desire. There is no registration for this event, everyone is invited. If you do not wish for somebody to photograph you individually, then approach them and let them know.
At the end of the ride there will also be some small prizes given out for the best painted body and best decorated bike.
WNBR Mission Statement:
"We face automobile traffic with our naked bodies as the best way of defending our dignity and exposing the unique dangers faced by cyclists and pedestrians plus all the negative effects of oil, cars, war, consumerism and non-renewable energy."
Check out http://wiki.worldnakedbikeride.org/wiki/Australia for more info about WNBR generally, and past rides.
Please pass this on and invite and tell everyone you know whether it be your family, your relatives, your friends, your workmates, your church-people (hey, public nudity was okay in Biblical times too, you know!) :)
Any public, police or media enquiries need to be directed to organizer Dario Western at brisbanenaturists [a] live.com or 0437 428 859.
Media enquiries
Please contact Dario the WNBR Brisbane Organiser by email: brisbanenaturists(at)live(dot)com or 0437 428 859.
History
Brisbane 2009
Date: Saturday 21 March 2009
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Boondall Wetlands, North Boondall.
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Brisbane 2009 page.
Brisbane 2008
Date: Saturday 8 March 2008
Time: 3.15pm
Location: North Wynnum Esplanade, Elanora Park, Wynnum.
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Brisbane 2008 page.
Brisbane 2007
Date: Saturday 10 March 2007
Time: 4pm
Location: ABC Studios, 600 Coronation Drive, Toowong.
For more information about the pre-ride planning, events and media see Brisbane 2007 page.
Photos
2007
- Photos at WNBR Australia (official site) © Tony Robertson
- Flickr: Photos by Tony Robertson Note: all the flickr photos are on the WNBR Australia (official site) and you need to sign in to flickr to view the flickr photos.
Media coverage
- News.com.au, 12 Feb 2007: "Nude cyclists to ride Brisbane streets"
- Sunday Mail, 13 Feb 2007: "Riders told to cover up"
- ABC Brisbane, 15 Feb 2007: "Nude bike ride divides Brisbane"
- H&E Naturist, Apr 2007: "Socks appeal" (p44, in Nudes, Prudes and Attitudes section)
- CCN Online, 28 Mar 2007 Nudists take Brisbane for a ride
- 4ZZZ 102.1fm Brisbane, 21 Mar 2009, World Naked Bike Ride
Publicity: flyers, posters, images etc
This is the current colour in flyer/poster to be used for the WNBR Brisbane 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
Discussion group/s
- WNBR Brisbane Yahoo! group
- WNBR Brisbane Facebook Group
Endorsement
The following organisations support and/or endorse the WNBR in Brisbane:
