Lachie Carracher has a great website at www.follow-the-river.com and one of his first posts is this short film clip about the expedition that he co-led into the Kimberly region of North Western Australia early in 2010. There have been numerous posts around the internet about their expedition including a full day-to-day break down on their […]
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Broome: Dubai Down Under ; the war of beauty and Oil continues
A good article from the Independent on the ongoing struggles in Broome to preserve heritage and culture in the face industrialisation. Suggested Topics Australia Environmentalism Mergers And Acquisitions Energy Fossil Fuel Western Australia The small, remote town of Broome in Australia’s far north-west is known for its pearl diving history, unique ethnic mix and […]
John Butler Helping Raise Funds For The Kimberley Coast
Image Courtesy of John Butler To raise vital funds and awareness of the growing threat of development on WA’s Kimberley region John Butler has teamed up with his wife Mama Kin (Danielle Caruana) to release a very special new recording of his track “Losing You”. The song was recorded in Butler’s home studio and is […]
John Butler Supports Saving the Kimberley Coast From Industrialisation
Day 27 Today many people joined the Goolaraboloo Family at Millibinyarriat to show support at the beginning of the Lurujarri heritage trail. Everyone was welcome to come together and celebrate Reconciliation. The trail is an annual event which has run for many years as a way of bringing cultures together and sharing the stories of […]
Protest camp at James Price Point – update day3
The lowloader with the Bulldozer on-board remains in one place on the road to Walmadan, campfires light the night sky and the Goolarabooloo people and their supporters remain steadfast. MURRANJI PHOTOGRAPHY 2011 June 9th, 2011 The protest camp at Waldaman near James Price Point is in positive and strong spirit. After holding up the bulldozer’s […]
update day 2 Kimberley protest against James Price Point gas
Sourced from www.savethekimberley.com Latest: 10:14 pm Goolaraboolo family and supporters are currently sitting in front of the bulldozer. They will not move. They expect more police at dawn to move the dozer. Please – lots of people early to support please – Day 3 tomorrow is shaping up as another big one.. 5:32 pm 8th […]
Protests continue at James Price Point
sourced from http://www.savethekimberley.com/wp/2011/06/07/protests-continue-at-james-price-point/ Hero of the Country; Shane, locked on to the Bulldozer to halt it in its tracks! June 7th, protesters met Woodside contractors on the road to James Price Point north of Broome. A small group who got wind of the movement of bulldozers and other equipment formed a human chain across the […]
Hands Off Kimberley Coast Protest songs!
I was in Broome today when members of The Pigram Brothers performed a gig outside the local Woodside office with Wil Thomas, travelling musician Dave Mann and didgeridoo artist Paul Boon. the musicians wanted Woodside to consider other locations for its proposed $30 billion gas processing plant at James Price Point and to not develop […]
A Little Bit of North West Australia
Sitting yet again on a plane, I am surrounded by people speaking in a very familiar fashion; yet with a slightly different stress on nouns and hint of raised tone at the end of words. I look from the window and the of Western Australia lies below me; arid, brown and ongoing. I am […]