Newcastle (Australia)

WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE - NUDECASTLE

The next WORLD NAKED BIKE RIDE - NUDECASTLE will be held on Sunday the 12th of March 2006.

Following is a report on the 2005 Newcastle ride: NAKED RIDERS PROTEST AGAINST OIL AND WAR IN NEWCASTLE

In conjunction with cities in New Zealand and Florida, Newcastle bike and scooter riders took to the streets and cycle ways to protest in their first World Naked Bike Ride on Sunday the 13th of February.

The event in Newcastle was titled as World Naked Bike Ride - NUDECASTLE and was endorsed by Critical Mass and Newcastle Nudists for Peace. The protest themes were against oil dependency and war; and for peace, environment, sustainability, human rights, personal freedom, harmony, love and to save Newcastle’s trains. The event was free.

5 men (3 of whom were completely naked) braved an unseasonable chill wind and pre-dawn start for the 7 km ride from Tighes Hill TAFE to the end of Nobbys Breakwater.

All the riders had their bodies painted with peace signs and a combination of slogans (including SAVE NEWIE TRAINS and NO WAR), love hearts, flowers or reggae stripes. Drawings of bowsers with a bar through them represented the rides antipathy to oil dependency and likewise for cars.

Many people who were out for their morning walk or run (some with their dogs) and other cyclists, Sunday drivers, locomotive engineers and fisher-folk had a good laugh and cheered their approval. The most fun belonged to the participants who will remember the day for a long time.

The riders rated their World Naked Bike Ride a great success!

It was terrific and hilarious!!!

Despite a huge amount of publicity inviting participation prior to the event the Police did not show up. Perhaps they had their bikes stolen?

There were no injuries, damage or pollution.

On completion of the ride, one of the newd riders pronounced; “One small streak for Man, ONE GIANT STREAK FOR MANKIND!”

You can find our Yahoo! Group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WNBR_Newcastle/

You can find the Australian WNBR Website here: http://www.worldnakedbikeride.org/australia/

A picture of the WNBR Nudecastle 2005:[[1]]