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If you’re wondering what all the fuss is about, check out or video of last year’s World Naked Bike Ride in Byron Bay.

 

World Naked Bike Ride returns on March 9 and 10 to Nimbin, The Channon and Byron Bay

It’s that time of year again when you can strip off, paint peace slogans all over ya bod and ride down the street as free as a bird to the adulation of thousands of cheering onlookers.

Yes, the Naked Bike Ride is back – reminding us all of the vulnerability of pedestrians and cyclists on our roads; of how silly clothes really are; of the beauty of our skin and of how much it craves to be caressed by the breeze, kissed by the sun; and that as just one species in this vast web of Gaia we tend to use up far more than our fair share of planetary resources.

 

Ride for a CSG-free Northern Rivers

WNBR pedals a message of peace for the planet and for us to experience deep peace it reminds us to care for the home planet. We cannot have peace without a healthy planet with intact natural ecosystems and this includes the subterranean waters that slake our thirst as well as those waters of the rivers and creeks that run through this beautiful place we call home.

To achieve deep peace in our lives we need to care for the deep places in our Earth.

A special focus this year for our ride is supporting the message that coal-seam gas represents a risk to the natural world on which we, and the flora and fauna we share this region with, depend for our health.

Although the ride carries important messages, it is also outrageous fun. One rider, a backpacker from the UK, commented on her first nude ride around Byron Bay, ‘This is so good. I’m never wearing clothes again!’

 

Rides Information

Nimbin: Saturday March 9 – meet at Peace Park at 10am (Facebook: World Naked Bike Ride – Nimbin)

The Channon Craft Market: Sunday March 10 – details will appear on Facebook (World Naked Bike Ride – Nimbin)

Byron Bay: Sunday March 10 – meet at the old Railway Station at 2.30pm (Facebook: World Naked Bike Ride – Byron Bay)

Or contact Mijimberi at [email protected]


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