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Cycling excitement at Bre


Kirk Eyre - on right - learning bicycle maintenance from Hayden Nosatti of Tune Cycles at Brewarrina’s first Bike Kitchen workshop. Photo contributed

After a youth workshop at Brewarrina Local Aboriginal Land Council where keen young cyclists got their own wheels, the weekly Bike Kitchen is now open for business.

The Bike Kitchen workshop is open every Thursday at the Brewarrina Local Aboriginal Land Council for kids to access help to maintain the new bikes.

Brewarrina’s Bike Kitchen opened for business last week and it’s got a big thumbs up from the inaugural intake of young cyclists.

The Bike Kitchen has been funded for 12 months and aims to teach kids how to cycle safely and maintain their bikes. They will also have more opportunities to have fun with friends while staying fit and healthy.

It’s a concept that makes a lot of sense to Brewarrina Local Aboriginal Lands Council acting CEO Urayne Warraweena.

“As a remote isolated community, cycling should be an integral part of our active transport infrastructure, but we have no facilities to support bike repairs which means the first mechanical issue sees the bike up against a fence to rust away,” Ms Warraweena said.

“Our Bike Kitchen will upskill a local person to provide repair services. We hope this leads to other exciting developments in physical activity like walk and run groups. […]


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