Blockade Adani
About 6 weeks ago I received a call from a close mate who was heading to the Adani blockade in central QLD. My partner and I spent about two weeks at the blockade camp, before taking some time off to explore the Daintree rainforest and northern QLD. Here are some images from that time.
The Adani Carmichael coal mine is the first to gain approval in the Galilee basin. The success of the project will pave the way for the another 6 mines within the basin, with proposals from both Waratah Coal (Clive Palmer) and GVK Hancock (part owned by Gina Reinhart). Picture above shows the current Adani workers camp.
The actual mine site is quite remote, about a 4-5 hour drive from Bowen, or 6 hrs from Airlie beach in the Whitsundays Infographic courtesy ABC Australia
In August this year, the QLD government extinguished native title over 1,385 hectares of Wangan and Jagalingou country without any public announcement of the decision. The decision could see traditional owners forcibly removed by police from their traditional lands. “We have been made trespassers on our own country,” W&J Council leader Adrian Burragubba said
On the way to the Adani site
A feral cat walks away from the Adani workers camp
Red Winged Parrot & Diamond Dove
Security around the site is pretty tight. Here a security guard tries to negotiate with protesters to allow traffic to access the workers camp. He wears a vest with a chest camera recording on the front.
Somewhere along the road into the site, maybe 50-60 km from the actual work site, is a security camera monitoring road traffic. The solar powered camera set up is new. I’m not sure who owns or has installed the cameras, but would have to assume Adani has something to do with it. I wonder what the legalities are of a private Indian company having security cameras on public or government owned land.
I saw two of these set up in different locations along the road
People from all walks of life, of all ages have been travelling to central QLD to oppose the project
More cameras at the workers camp
I’m back at the Blockade now for a few more weeks. For more information and to come join us on the front line, contact Frontline Action on Coal