Sep 18th, 2009
by YarraBUG Admin.
In this news update:
- Latest YarraBUG Radio Podcast
- Merri Creek Path – Clifton Hill Rail Project
- From City of Yarra – Closure: Shared user path adjacent to Burnley Golf course
- News from City of Yarra: Blessing of the Bikes celebrates cycling
- Cycling Tips: Hats Off To Wendy
- The Age: Thieves pedal off with $42,000 bike haul
- Pirate Picnic Ride
- Ladies Who Leisure Bicycle Ride
- Could you teach beginners to ride a bike?
- Bicycle Swap Meet – Hosted by Vintage Cycle Club of Victoria at Abbotsford Cycles
- 3CR walking tours at Melbourne Fringe
- Across the nation for organ donation – Perth to Melbourne by bicycle for organ donation
Posted in: YarraBUG Information.
Aug 11th, 2009
by YarraBUG Admin.
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The next City of Yarra Bicycle Advisory Committee Meeting will be held at 6.30pm, Wednesday 19th August 2009.
Please note the change of venue: the BAC meeting will be held in the Mayors Room, Fitzroy Town Hall, corner of Napier and Moor Street, Fitzroy, not Richmond Town Hall as previously advised.
This meeting will include discussion of the proposed Yarra Bicycle Plan, so this is vitally important for anyone interested in cycling in Yarra attend for briefing and feedback. Please tell everyone you know to attend!
If you wish to attend please RSVP to Mark Kulyk (Mark.Kulyk[AT]yarracity.vic.gov.au) by Monday 17th August. Attendees will also obtain a copy of the Yarra Bicycle Plan at the meeting.
There is bicycle parking on the Napier street side of Fitzroy Town Hall and also at the Napier Hotel opposite the roundabout. See you there!
Posted in: YarraBUG News.
Tagged: City of Yarra · Yarra Bicycle Plan
Jun 10th, 2009
by YarraBUG Admin.
Find more videos like this on Melbourne Cyclist
The Collectors ABC1 TV: Early Bikes 29 May 2009: Paul Farren says he and his wife Charlie probably have 85% of the pre -1900s bicycles in Australia, and all under one roof. Thirty years of hunting them down and collecting has resulted in one of the top 10 early bike collections in the world – it includes 160 pre-1900 bicycles, some post-1900 bikes, tricycles, hobby horses, and penny farthings.
In this months absolutely chockas June newsletter:
- City of Yarra Bicycle Advisory Committee (BAC)
- YarraBUG Advocacy Committee
- BUG Activities Committee
- 3CR Radiothon – People Powered Radio!
- Radio for Kids on 3CR – Kids talk about bike riding
- Police cracking down on bicycle infringements around Melbourne
- Cycling & Transport News
- Rides, Courses and Events
Click here to read the entire June Newsletter
UPDATE: The planned City of Yarra BAC meeting for Wednesday 10 June has been cancelled, the next BAC meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 19 August 2009.
Posted in: YarraBUG News.
