Come and see us at the Big Day of Circular Living Ideas and get the bike you know you need.
Five bikes – Five very happy people
Have a look on the page below and get in touch or come and see us at C3 Convention Centre on Saturday 22nd by 12:45
Author: markpa
Programmer, Integrator, Scrum Leader, Enthusiast, Cyclist, Tas Leaders Program
The Big Day of Circular Living Ideas
We’re excited to be a part of the Big Day of Circular Living Ideas being put on by our friends at Sustainable Living Tasmania.
It’s Saturday 22nd March 2025 at 10am – 3pm at the C3 Convention Centre, South Hobart.
You can see the full plan at https://slt.org.au/the-big-day-of-circular-living-ideas/
“Exhibitors, speakers, community groups, chefs, entertainers, artists and sustainability enthusiasts will all converge to showcase initiatives, share their experiences and knowledge, participate in panel discussions and facilitate workshops lead by our special guest ABC’s War on Waste host, Craig Reucassel.“
But the news you’ve really been waiting to hear is that we’ll be holding our famous bike auction again.
It will be a quick-fire round of five bikes with something for everyone.
The details of the auction bikes will be up next week, so keep your eyes peeled and get your bids ready.
We’re Back!!
I couldn’t put it any better than Phineas and Ferb because we’re back.
We loved our time with the Tasmanian Wilderness Society, and can’t thank them enough for 10 great years.
However, the time has come for a new location and we’re thrilled to be able to move to share the Old Tip Shop site thanks to Resource Work Collective (RWC).
We will be opening on 16th February, with sessions running from 12-3pm.
This will be a major step forward for HBK. The great support from RWC means we have more shed space and storage, better conditions for working on bikes and better access for the public.
There will also be options to expand bike racking, add workstations, and to eventually open on more days of the week.
The space can be whatever you, the community, wants it to be.
We hope the new site, and greater visibility for what we do, will encourage more volunteers to join us in getting more bikes recycled, more skills shared and ultimately more people on bikes.
Please be sure to check the Upcoming Sessions information once we’re running again as we have to ensure that appropriately qualified chefs are available.
If you have any questions please contact us at hobartbikekitchen@gmail.com
The Big Bike Film Night is back
Brett from the Big Bike Film Night here; hey, I just wanted to contact you about our upcoming film festival screening in the Stanley Burbury Lecture Theatre, at the Uni of Tasmania on Thursday 10th August, with this year’s collection of the world’s best cycling short movies.
(The Hobart Uni Bar (350 metres away from our venue) will be open on the night until 6:30pm if you are looking to get together as a group for an informal catch-up/ pre-event drinks before our screening; much thanks to Justin McMullen and the team at Hobart Wheelers Dirt Devils Cycling Club for organising this).
Background Information
Our stellar 2023 collection is absolutely geared to inspire, with a breathtaking range of short cycling films that celebrate the fun, adventure, and inspiration that cycling enables, whatever your ride is; it has 10 films and plays for just over 2.5 hours (AND… has a bikepacking film set in Tasmania in the mix). ATTENDEE COMMENTS:-
- “The most inspiring set of short films you’re ever likely to see!”
- “Anyone into bikes will love these events… they are always brilliant – 11/10!!”
- “The BBFN is always a wonderful, eclectic, wacky mix of films and I love it!”
Our attached Summary details the array of inspiring tales/ films that is being showcased.
Every ticket purchased to attend a screening of The Big Bike Film Night Australia goes in the draw to WIN A TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND for you and a mate, including return flights for two, a self-guided tour of the wonderful West Coast Wilderness Trail Great Ride, thanks to our prize sponsors Ngā Haerenga Great Rides of New Zealand, Kiwi Journeys, and Great Journeys New Zealand.
I hope you can share the details of this event with your community, and I’m sure, like last year, local bike enthusiasts will enjoy this year’s biketastic ‘melting pot’ of cycling inspiration.
| Date | Time | TAS Hobart | Ticket Booking Link | Facebook Event page |
| Thursday 10th August | 7pm | Stanley Burbury Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania | https://www.trybooking.com/CHOSN | https://www.facebook.com/events/1627496137756610 |
If you have time, please watch the trailer link below, to get an understanding of some of the enticing films in this year’s line-up.
| The Big Bike Film Night 2023 Promo Trailer | https://bit.ly/Big_Bike_Film_Night_2023_Promo_Trailer |
I really appreciate the time you have taken to help me with this, and I look forward to hearing from you if there is anything else I can do to help.
Pedal on!!!
Brett
BRETT COTTER
CURATOR | FILM PEDLAR | FOUNDER
M: +64 (0)21 748 441 | E: info@bigbikefilmnight.nz
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How much cycling at COP26 you ask?
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Thanks to Carlton Reid and Forbes.com
and don’t try riding there either
My kids see me as a mother riding a bike with a very big smile
While they won’t be able to make a Hobart Bike Kitchen Sunday Session here’s a great story on bikes making a difference to the community.
Donations, yes please
You may have seen the Donations page link. That explains the things we need to maintain the bike kitchen operation. But here’s an update on how we’re going.
We know Tasmania is a very generous community and we have always appreciated what comes our way.
We currently have more bikes than we can store, so we’d love to have more volunteers helping us get them back out there being ridden.
It would be great to be able to donate more bikes to those in need but we can only work with those who come in on a Sunday. So if you have time to donate that would be amazing.
What is a donation we can always use a little more of? Money.
We’ve always got tools, parts, insurance etc… to pay for and we no longer have the wonderful Sustainable Living Expo Bike Auction as a fundraiser, so a donation is a great way to keep HBK around to be helping you in the future.
To that end we’ve now set up a PayPal account that you can easily make a donation to.
Click the button and you’re on the way.
Cake. Yes I’m serious. Come by with a cake or some biscuits you may have baked on a Sunday afternoon and you’ll feel the love from the hard working bike chefs.
It’s as much about being a welcoming community and a place for everyone as it is about hunger.
Whatever you can do. Thank You.
Weather permitting
It’s been great to have HBK running again post COVID.
There have been a couple of Sundays which have been weather affected so it’s always good to check the Upcoming Sessions page, and the Facebook feed just to be sure that we’re open.
But that said we had a great day last Sunday.
We look forward to seeing you at HBK.
If you have a bike to work on bring it in, if you need a bike come and get one.
More bike riders makes Hobart better.
A more connected community, healthier, safer and just more fun.
Bicycles put smiles on faces. Here’s proof from last Sunday.
We’re on the back :-)
Planning and Induction Day
Hi HBK Friends,
This coming Sunday (28th June 2020) will be a planning and induction day.
Please note this is NOT a business as usual Sunday Session.
We’ll be preparing to ensure the processes are in place so we can all socially distance and still provide the same friendly assistance we always do.
We’ll be working on a shed cleanup and generally having the site ready.
We will also be running an induction for any new volunteers who would like to be involved.
You don’t need to be an expert (we’re certainly not). If you have a Sunday free from time to time and want to see more people riding bikes then you’re qualified.
If that’s you we’d love to see you on Sunday. If you’d like to volunteer and can’t make Sunday just let us know at hobartbikekitchen@gmail.com
HBK Reopening with a standard Sunday Session will be 5th July if all goes to plan.
It’s time for a party
Well it’s an immersive cultural experience. A warm and friendly place to connect with people, great music, performance, art being created LIVE! plus bike recycling/repair, organic veggies.
The wonderful people at Kick Start Arts are developing Musiq Garden where you’ll have the opportunity to be part of your community and enjoy live music, art , food, drinks, … and Hobart Bike Kitchen will be there to do some bike recycling/repair (as well as enjoy the music, art, food, drinks, …).
So if you didn’t get enough Dark Mofo, or you want more, or you just a great evening for all the family your Friday nights are
Click Musiq Garden to get the details.
Here’s the July/Aug program.
Launch Party – Friday July 6th 5-8pm
Hobart Bike Kitchen 