Friends of the Earth is hosting the annual Radioactive Exposure Tour from May 19−29, 2011. Since the 1980s, these tours have exposed thousands of people first-hand to the realities of 'radioactive racism' and to the environmental impacts of the nuclear industry.
We’ll travel from Melbourne to Adelaide then head north to the South Australian semi-arid outback. From there we'll visit BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam uranium mine at Roxby Downs, the largest uranium deposit in the world.
We'll watch sunset over Lake Eyre and see the Mound Springs - oases which are fed by the underlying Great Artesian Basin and host unique flora and fauna.
After stopping for a swim at Coward Springs, we'll head east and camp in the beautiful Gammon Ranges and visit the not-so-beautiful Beverley uranium mine.
We'll hear first-hand accounts of the British nuclear bomb tests from Maralinga veterans, as well as speak with Aboriginal Traditional Owners who have been impacted by the nuclear industry from the atomic tests until today.
We'll visit the magnificent Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary and hear about the current struggle to prevent uranium mining there, and we'll camp in the Sanctuary and in one of the beautiful gorges further south. We’ll then make our way back to to Adelaide and Melbourne.
The costs are: concession $450, waged $750
If you're interested in joining in the 2011 Radioactive Exposure Tour, contact Kasey Sparks, writewithya@gmail.com, 0425 862834, or Jessie Boylan, jessie.boylan@gmail.com, 0457 777 504
More information is posted at
www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/oz/radtour
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Re: Radioactive Exposure Tour
Do you people have a job ? how can you afford to take this much time off or am I/we the tax payer shouting your tour of Australia?