NAIDOC Rebel Ride from Glebe to St Peters
Start: Saturday, July 10, 2021•11:30 AM
End: Saturday, July 10, 2021• 2:00 PM
The 4-11 June is NAIDOC week and on Saturday July 10 our Rebel Ride from Glebe to St Peters in support of National Aborigines and Islanders Day, which this year has, as its theme - Heal Country! – a call for all Australians to seek greater protections for Indigenous lands, waters, sacred sites and cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction.
From Glebe Markets, we will cycle through Sydney University, onto King Street, through Newtown with a stop at Camperdown Memorial Park to hand out some flyers. We will then proceed to Newtown Square and the Railway Station then back onto King Street for a slow descent to Sydney Park where we may wrap up with some lunch (bring a sandwich).
A safety briefing will begin right on time so aim so arrive just before 11:30am at Minogue Reserve, opposite Badde Manors Cafe and across the road from Glebe Markets. Bring your bike, colourful clothes, flags, horns and anything else.
• Safety precautions will be observed.
• We may slow traffic but will not be majorly disruptive.
Outreach will be happening at Minogue Reserve from 10am onwards and there should be a pop-up stall with someone distributing flyers and engaging with the public from that time until the ride begins, so if you feel like arriving early you are free to park your bike at the reserve and help with outreach, or spend some time at the markets or having some breakfast prior to beginning the ride. Our cause is urgent and serious but there is no reason why a day riding through Sydney shouldn't also be enjoyable.
Bad weather? If you have registered for this event you will receive and email on the day letting you know if the event has to be cancelled due to rain.
If you do not have a bike or want to request other equipment, flags, etc. please email pedal_rebels@protonmail.com
Extinction Rebellion acknowledges that this ride is taking place on the stolen land of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation and that sovereignty over this land was never ceded. We acknowledge Gadigal elders past, present and emerging and the way they have cared for this country for tens of thousands of years.
