Celebrating rural lifestyles,land and water.
come along from April 29th to May 4th 2011 at the Tara showgrounds for:
Bring light-weight camping gear. Showgrounds available for set-up Fri 29 April. Festivities get underway Sat 30 April.
National get-together for music, workshops, community-building and protest actions around the issues of irresponsible coal seam gas and coal mining developments around the country but especially here in the low socio-economic rural residential estate at Tara. It's home to 2 000 people including many children but the gas companies have already begun pock-marking the estate with 100s of gas wells.
Clean up and departures 4 May
WILDERNESS INFO ON THE EVENT:
Coal Seam Gas companies are carrying out an uncontrolled experiment on the Queensland environment. There are potentially catastrophic consequences for water supplies, communities and the environment.
The coal seam gas industry has plans to move into many, many parts of Australia, including the Hunter Valley and northern NSW. While this is happening on the Western Downs today, it could be happening in your area tomorrow.
The Wilderness Society Newcastle invites you to join environmentalists, farmers and coal community groups from around NSW on a bus trip to the Tara Convergence, in southern Queensland.
The Tara four-day event includes forums, workshops, entertainment and direct action for the national movement against the Coal and Coal Seam Gas mining.
Local organisers The Western Downs Alliance are engaged in a stand-off with the British Gas-owned QGC. QGC intend to establish a gas field early in 2011 on the Tara rural residential estates, home to more than 2,000 people.
Details
When: A bus will be leaving from Newcastle on Friday 29th of April from the car park on the ticket office side of Hamilton station. Please arrive at 6:00am for a 6:30am start. We will arrive at Tara 5:00pm to set up camp and enjoy some entertainment!
The bus will be returning on Wednesday the 4th of May at 6:00am and arriving back in Newcastle by 5:00pm. If you are coming from Sydney please let us know and we can arrange accommodation in Newcastle for the night of Thursday the 28th of April.
The bus will be travelling up through Muswellbrook-Gunnedah-Narrabri-Moree-Goondawindi on the way to Tara so let us know if you would like to be picked up along the way.
Cost: The bus and driver are kindly being donated. We ask that you donate to cover petrol costs.
Location: The Tara Showgrounds are located in Tara, a 10hr drive from Newcastle and 4hrs West of Brisbane. Please Bring lightweight camping gear as the showground has basic camp sites along with toilets, showers etc. Cheap, basic meals will also be provided.
Program: Workshops will run on the Saturday and Sunday. An optional direct action is planned for Monday and Tuesday will be a day of planning for the national movement against coal and coal seam gas. If you are interested in presenting a workshop please let us know the name and nature of the workshop and anything you might need from us for its presentation. A detailed itinerary will be circulated shortly.
Contact: To book a seat on the bus please contact Prue (02) 4929 5940 or prue.bodsworth@wilderness.org.au Please RSVP by Sunday April 24th
Hope you can make it to the frontline to STOP COAL AND COAL SEAM GAS!