World Naked Bike Ride - Part 81

Melbourne, Australia 2019

Today we look at the World Naked Bike Ride held in Melbourne, Australia on March 16, 2019.  Above, a participant paints himself with tiger stripes, though he seems to be a chartreuse tiger, not an orange one.

Another rider getting painted with a happy face on his back ...

and another happy face on his front (and he seems to have been caught red-handed).

The ride begins.  I like the clever slogan on the rider at right: "pubic transport."

The riders pass the unique Pixel Building in Carlton.

They stop to rest (and for a photo) at the Old Melbourne Gaol.  ("Gaol" is an archaic spelling for "jail".)

In front of the gaol, one rider's slogan "See me now" expresses one of the World Naked Bike Ride's goals: to get drivers to pay attention to bike riders all the time for safety's sake, not just when they're naked.

The rear view of See Me Now.

"Fragile Treat With Care" expresses the same goal: to get drivers to pay attention to bike riders and treat them with care on the road.

This guy expresses the other main goal of the World Naked Bike Ride: to try to get more people to ride bikes instead of driving cars, thus reducing the harmful emissions that cars produce.

Riders pose in front of the Department of Education building at Treasury Place.

Riding past St. Patrick's Cathedral.

WNBR riders pass a wedding party, giving this couple something extra to remember about their wedding day.

Riders stop for a photo at the Melbourne Museum.  The weirdly tilted building in the background is the Children's Museum.

Back on the road.

Passing the North Melbourne Town Hall.

The ride ends where it began, outside The Third Day, next to its street art painted by Australian artist LushSux.