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World Naked Bike Ride – Nudecastle

Ride in conjunction with Southern hemisphere ride locations (including Golden Bay, Melbourne, Brisbane, Lima, and Pretoria).

Protest for: Naturism, the Environment, Renewable Energy, Peace & Safe Bicycling!
Protest against: Cars & Climate Change Chaos!

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Date: Saturday 8 March 2008
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How to participate

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_previous_ride) 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 2008 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.

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.

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 generic flyer and poster to promote the WNBR Nudecastle 2008. Why not colour one in and stick it to your refrigerator for fun? New versions of the 2008 flyer and poster will uploaded here as soon as the details (such as assembly place and start time) are known.

Flyer
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.

Other Upcoming Events where WNBR Newcastle will participate

TINA

Newcastle Community Bike Library at This Is Not Art and Working Bee!

With many interstate people arriving in Newcastle via train or bus, the bike library is a great way for visitors to travel around the Festival sites.

In Civic Park there will be a “bike library” and "bike repair workshops" over three days of the This Is Not Art festival.

1. NBEC provides a number of bikes which are ready to ride for people to borrow: $20 refundable deposit (helmet and lock possibly included)
2. NBEC to bring a supply of bikes which are easily fixable, our bring your own.
3. NBEC to set up stall with bike info, CM, WNBR, NBEC, and NCM info as well.

Times: 11am – 5pm on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, at Civic Park (and to 7pm on Sunday for late returns). To pre-register for a bike (there will be some spare if you don't pre-register)
1. Contact (02)49616582 or [email protected]
2. What kind of bike you want (working or non-working) / size / gears / lock / helmet
3. Leave contact details and where you are from
4. Availability will then be confirmed.

Dates: This Is Not Art runs Thurs 28 Sept - Mon 01 Oct. This Is Not Art for more information.

This Is Not Art Bike Library working bee!

Help NBEC fix library bikes so that other greeny, enviro hugging peeps will ride them. September at NBEC is This Is Not Art focused : 1st, 8th, and 22nd Sept. 9am - 5pm at Newcastle Bike Ecology Centre, Islington. Stay for an hour or so or the whole day! Previous bike fixing experience not required, bring old clothes.

This Is Not Art is an annual festival of independent, emerging & experimental arts & media.

Featuring Electrofringe, National Young Writers' Festival, Sound Summit & Critical Animals.

27 September - 01 October 2007 Newcastle, Australia

www.thisisnotart.org

This Is Not Art is supported by Newcastle City Council Tourism NSW - Regional Flagship Events Arts NSW and The Octapod Association (www.octapod.org)


NCM president helps promote the library: http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~magsb/ And NCC CLean & Green Newsletter jumped on the bandwagon too!

Mattara

Mattara- a celebration of the city! 29th of September to 7th of October.
GRAND PARADE
Sunday 7th October
12PM TO Completion

Special Attractions

  • Dora the Explorer and Boots
  • Marching Bands
  • Dance studio displays
  • Car clubs (boooo!)
  • Bike clubs (Yeeeah!)
  • Kavon Theatre
  • Local Businesses
  • Sporting Clubs
  • Religious Groups

Peats Ridge Festival

Peats Ridge Festival Glenworth Valley 2007,
Sustainable Arts & Music Festival,
29th Dec to 1st Jan, half way between Sydney and Newcastle.
World Naked Bike Ride plan to hold a promotional naked bike ride (with emphasis on the upcoming Sydney and Newcastle rides to be held on Sat 8 Mar 2008) followed by skinny dipping in the river. Tickets to the festival are expected to sell out quickly so get in fast. If you are prepared to do volunteer work at the festival you can get a free ticket with some meals included. Lots of other biketivism and environmental groups are represented at the festival which has a very groovy relaxed vibe. If you want to be part of a contingent of WNBR folk who attend there may be opportunities to set up as a group in the camping area or share transport. For those who want to pushbike to the festival, there may be a bike taxi service from Gosford station as there was last year.

Earlier Events where WNBR Newcastle was represented

Cultural Stomp 2007

Push bike fun at CULTURAL STOMP Festival at Civic Park Saturday 19th May.

The Bike Corral is where lotsa FREE STOMP bike fun happens!:
1. Start point (every hour) for All Day Bike Ride
2. Bike Library Pickup point ($20 deposit applies)
3. Bring your bike to get fixed / checked
4. Bike fixing workshops, learn how to fix your bike
5. Bike skills workshops to stop getting annoyed by cars
6. Bike information:

CM World Wide wiki

7. Workshop to set up your community Bike co-op
8. Film Premier: Along for the Ride by Yasmin Bright (a doco of World Naked Bike Ride in Newcastle 2007) plus other Biketivism Films. Venue: Ground Floor TPI House, corner of Auckland and King Streets. Screening times: 12:30pm and 4:30pm.

The STOMP Festival Bike-Train is a bike ride from Wallsend, going past the Uni and arriving at Civic park at 10am on Sat 19th May.
Start at Wallsend Plaza 8am.

Pick up points along the way:
Cameron St Jesmond Mall 8:20am,
Rankin Drive Uni 8:30am,
Waratah shopping centre 9am,
Clyde St to Tighes Hill TAFE 9:20am,
Hamilton Train Station 9:40am,
Parry St, King St to Civic Park, 10am!

Bike Fun at Stomp 2007 Poster


Cultural Stomp 2007 Poster


Newcastle previous ride

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 previous ride 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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