Vulnerable plant communities of James Price Point

The Gubinge tree usually stands, when fully grown, up to 6 to 7 metres in height. The Gubinge that grow on the cliff line at James Price Point are ancient trees, some as old as 300 years, but would stand no higher than one metre. In the misty season, when big blankets of mist cover this cliff face, very special and rare carnivorous plants can be found. Some of these carnivorous plants have not been formally identified or officially named.

Pixie, Daisy and Diver Go To James Prices Point

This video is to encourage all people to act in a peaceful, non-violent way. Everyone can be involved in hands on activism., It can take all forms, whether its environmental art, pointing out special areas, hanging banners, driving, using IT or just enjoying country.
This is a video of two young girls who spent their weekend exploring James Price Point , the proposed location for an LNG gas processing precinct on the Kimberley coast and standing up for the planet.


Filmed on the 4th and 5th January 2009.

Hands off country

Picturesque Price's Point

The storm clouds of concern and protest are gathering like the wet season clouds with rain and thunder. You can offer your support to:

wecansavethekimberley@ymail.com

Photos Australia Day weekend at James Price Point.

Hands off country

Broome International Airport Environmental Vandalism

In 2008, the Broome International Airport built helicopter hangers on the salt marsh as you enter Broome. At the time of construction concerns were raised with the EPA about the pindan and the amount that had been dumped over the delicate and vital salt marsh, in order to lay foundations for this construction. This video clearly demonstrates the pindan erosion and the subsequent bleeding of the pindan over the salt marsh and into the mangrove eco-communities. Broome at its highest point is only 7 metres above sea level. This construction is on sea level and subsequently is incredibly vulnerable to the rising sea levels, because the mangrove community, (which they are killing) is the only barrier that is currently keeping the sea at bay. This is the beginning of the gas industry invasion into the Kimberley coast. Hands Off Country Stand up for the Planet

It's ridiculous that no study was done to determine if there would be damage done to the mangroves. The mangrove forests around Broome are vibrant ecological communities which form part of an ecotone between the land and the bay. Of all tropical mudflats studied Roebuck Bay has the greatest diversity and abundance of invertebrate life. Roebuck Bay is home to a variety of marine turtles, dugong, dolphins and a great diversity of fish. It is also a key location on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway for migratory shorebirds - visited by 100s of thousands of birds every year. It's a global treasure and cries out for respect and conservation. Given the thoughtless damage to the mangroves, can anyone be trusted with a major development like a LNG hub in the same locality and environment? Comment from Save the Kimberley

Conserving Dampier Peninsula’s Vulnerable vine thickets

This is a photograph of a fully laden Gubinge (Terminalia ferdinandiana) taken at James Price Point last weekend. This fruit is one of the richest natural sources of vitamin C in the world - 50 times that of the oranges. The Dampier Peninsula, located between Broome and Derby in the Kimberley region of WA, contains significant communities of native vine thickets, remnant of monsoonal rainforests more often restricted to the wetter parts of northern Australia.

Many species in the Peninsula’s thickets are located at the southern limits of their range. The vine thickets are renowned for their high biodiversity value and provide important habitat for native fauna and valuable food sources and cultural significance for Aboriginal people.

About 90% of the total 1,000 ha of thickets occurs on Aboriginal reserves and grazing leases, and over the past 10 - 15 years Indigenous communities have been engaged in the protection, harvesting and conservation of these vine thickets.

The vine thickets occur as discrete and discontinuous patches of dense semi-deciduous vegetation situated on the leeward slopes of coastal sand dunes. The patches increase in species diversity and structural composition progressively towards the northern end of the Peninsula and can range in size from a stand of several trees to a patch greater than 60ha. The network of patches ensures species migration and gene flow, and the loss and degradation of a single patch can leave isolated patches vulnerable to local species extinction.

These Vine thickets are already increasingly threatened by the combined effects of frequent hot wildfires, weed infestation, impacts of off-road driving, camping, and damage from cattle. The development of a proposed LNG Gas Hub at James Prices Point will definitely add to these pressures.

Dampier Peninsula’s vine thickets are recognised as Threatened Ecological Communities under State legislation, and are listed as ‘Vulnerable’, facing a high risk of total destruction in the medium to long term.

In 2005, the WA TEC Scientific Committee reassessed the plight of the vine thickets and recommended that the communities be upgraded to ‘Endangered’, which means that they face a very high risk of total destruction in the near future.

This is not the scrubby bush our Premier would want people to believe. To some, the vegetation on the Peninsular may appear dull and uninteresting, but to those who take the time to understand its complexities, it reveals a wealth of fascinating plant communities.

Can't build a footpath, how about a gas hub?

......"Redhand is currently at the corner of Clementson (Street) and Port Drive in Broome. What we would like to illustrate to you today is how pindan reacts when a slab of concrete is placed on top of it. Now this pathway is only 3 months old and already you can see huge damage in regards to erosion. Now, pindan is a very difficult sand to work with and James Price Point is basically all pindan. Redhand questions, do we have the technology and the ability to put huge amounts, slabs of concrete over pindan and believe that it is stable? Now this is a very simple illustration, but a very clear illustration of how pindan reacts when it has got concrete placed on top, ......and we have rain."

Hands off country

Environmental damage at Woodside's base in Broome

........"Redhand is currently down at the Woodside site near the Broome Port. What Redhand would like to show you today is that this simple compensation basin which has really only seen one 'wet' has completely and totally eroded away. They've currently got a generator on at the moment, a pump to try and pump the water out and as we pan around this very small compensation basin you'll see that the workers are frantically trying to fill in the hole. Redhand questions that if this Company does not have the engineering ability or understanding of how to look after and work with the environment and pindan then how can they honestly be entrusted to put an LNG gas hub on the Kimberley coast if they cannot make

a simple compensation basin without this type of wanton environmental damage?"

Urgent repairs to the compensation basin at the Woodside site at the Port of Broome following rain from Cyclone Billy. This is a new compensation basin and Broome has not had significant rains this wet.

Imagine a 7 kilometre jetty at James Price Point

........ "This is James Price Point. Can you imagine a seven kilometre jetty out here? Can you iimagine all the dredging and all the cement they are going to have to mix? Guys, this is gorgeous how it is. Hands off country. Hands off."


People have to understand that the proposed gas hub at James Price Point, on the Kimberley coast will not only decimate James Price Point's environment but will lock people out of country with it's thirty kilometres exclusion zone. Willie Creek, if we are lucky, will be the furthermost northern point people will be able to travel up the western coastline of Dampier Peninsula. This exclusion zone will also be extended out to sea effectively locking out recreational fishing. How can one industry be allowed to come in and take away the livelihoods and recreation of many families?

Why introduce industry that is so destructive when we already have environmentally friendly and sustainable industries like tourism, fishing, pearling, charter tours, eco tourism, whales and bird watching etc? These have worked very hard over the years to build up this branding both for Broome and Dampier Peninsula and employ countless numbers of people.

Hands off country...Stand up for the planet

Barnett's first 2009 response to Environmental Concerns

at James Priceless Point 4 January 2009

Below is a news release from the ABC. We are pleased to see that Barnett has responded to the major environmental concerns that conservationists, such as Richard Costin and others have been shouting about for some time now, by promising a full environmental study of the James Prices Point area.

However, in the same interview Barnett states that he "thinks that there will be no conflict between shipping and whales".With what information and studies can he claim such a thing? Why does Barnett continue to make these "off-the-cuff" remarks, especially after promising a full environmental study.

Right from the day he was elected eyesoncountry feels like Barnett is "like a bull in a china shop" as his greed to make his mark on the state outstrips his ability to deal with proper protocols, laws that are set up to protect our environment.

We will have faith in our laws because everybody in the Broome region is very aware of how the Humpback Whales pass so very close to Priceless Point, and when they are migrating north to calf we must remember that some of the mothers are fully laden with their new offspring and just before they arrive in the first safety zone of Pender Bay, where early births no doubt occur, they may have to navigate through massive gas tankers and veer out to sea to avoid the hub's jetties. Even the "layman" such as myself can see the conflict and impact that would happen.

Please wipe that dust away Barnett.
p.s does this mean that his 3 month threat is out the door since it would have to be June and beyond 2009 to be able to properly study the whales??? Even then, only 3-5 year studies could properly and scientifically give the EPA the proper data that is needed to make such a decision.

Government promises full assessment for gas hub
ABC News
Posted 8 hours 52 minutes ago
Updated 8 hours 47 minutes ago


The Premier Colin Barnett says there will be a full environmental assessment of the site which has been named for a gas processing precinct in the Kimberley.

The State Government has chosen James Price Point north of Broome as the site for the L-N-G hub.

Environmental groups say the development will be an disaster for marine life particularly for humpback whales which migrate to the area each year.

Mr Barnett says that is a legitimate issue and the site will be assessed for any environmental impact before the development goes ahead.

"I think there will be no conflict between shipping and whales, and by moving the plant well away from the major calving area, I don't believe there will be any impact," he said.

"But yes there will be a full environmental assessment of any development of any site on any area of WA."

Conservationist fights to preserve Kimberley Whale song.

From the West.3rd January 2009

More than half a century ago, in a cold, wet and mountainous corner of Australia, Alec Costin was known as the real Man from Snowy River.
Considered the father of alpine ecology in Australia, Dr Costin’s efforts to conserve and manage Mount Kosciuszko in the Snowy Mountains were legendary.
Today, thousands of kilometres across the country in Broome, his son Richard is fighting on a new conservation frontier.
As The West Australian accompanied the khaki-clad whale researcher to James Price Point this week, his partner Annabelle Sandes suggested he might be a cross between Steve Irwin and Les Hiddins, aka the Bush Tucker Man.
That comparison might not sit well with Mr Costin but it is an easy one to make.
He regularly embarks on three-week treks through the rugged terrain of the Kimberley, taking nothing more than a fishing line and a box of matches.
But it is his knowledge of the endangered humpback whale — gathered while studying their migratory activities along the Kimberley coast for the past 15 years — that he hopes will change the course of the Broome gas hub debate.
Mr Costin says a gas precinct at James Price Point would put a brick wall in the migratory path of the humpback.
A recent Environmental Protection Authority report found North Head, 125km north of Broome, was a humpback whale breeding ground. This was enough to deter Colin Barnett from naming North Head as his favoured site, opting for James Price Point instead.
But Mr Costin says the same detailed research that formed the basis of the EPA’s advice has not been done at James Price Point.
In September, Mr Costin and Ms Sandes began a spot survey of humpbacks between the Maret Islands and Broome.
They saw an average of 11.2 humpbacks per hour at James Price Point — a figure only behind the 22 spotted at Camden Sound, one of the Kimberley’s largest bays.
While Mr Costin believes there would be ship strikes of whales if a gas hub were built at James Price Point, his biggest concern is interference to the communication between mothers and their calves.
His research has revealed an “acoustic curtain” whereby humpbacks communicated with others in calving areas hundreds of kilometres up the Dampier Peninsula.
“Each boat would have its own sound signature and that would basically drown out the whale song.”
Mr Costin says it is the deep waters off the point — one of the requirements for building a gas precinct — that attracts the whales.
Recognising that a gas processing plant will be built, he advocates a floating plant off the coast.
With Woodside focusing on a plant in either the Kimberley or the Pilbara, that option appears unlikely.
Ben Spencer

Compulsory Acquisition what does it mean?

Or NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE.
Gail McGowan the Assistant Director General of the Department for Industry and Resources and executive officer for the Northern Development Taskforce (NDT) stated at the Broome public meeting this week that the State Government would make a decision on one of the four sites by the end of the year. This is clearly outside the NDT process. Many questions have been raised with both the NDT and the Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnett about the possibility of compulsorily taking the land for a LNG gas hub. The Premier has said publicly he will take the land.
For Native Title claimants and holders there is a procedure under the Native Title Act. How this works is dependent on whether a claim has been determined – then an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) would be negotiated; or where a claim is yet to be determined and a claimant group is properly registered – the Future Acts process would take place.
Otherwise, for other land holders/owners/tenants/residents on the Dampier Peninsula the State legislation would be followed.

The Minister for Land (currently Brendan Grylls) has responsibility for the Land Administration Act 1997 and under S.11 go to (www.slp.wa.gov.au and then to index acts in force).
11. Minister may acquire land in public interest
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may, in the name and on behalf of the State, acquire an estate, interest or other right in or to land in the public interest from any person —
(a) by purchase;
(b) by exchange, and may make or receive any payment that is necessary because of any difference in value between the pieces of land exchanged;
(c) by accepting the surrender of land held in fee simple or a less estate or interest;
(d) by taking it in the manner provided by Part 9;
(e) by forfeiture to the State under section 35; or
(f) by acquiring it in any other manner provided for by this Act.

This also requires a procedure to be adhered to. The Minister will be required to lodge a Notice of Intention To Take (NOITT) S.170 with the Lands Registrar and this is to be open for 12 months, objections must be received within 60 days of that date of registration of a NOITT.

170. Notice of intention to take interest in land
(1) Subject to this section, if it is proposed to take interests in land without agreement under this Part, the Minister must issue a notice of intention to take the interests, in accordance with this section.


In relation to the meetings held on the Peninsula this week Redhand questions if the correct procedure has been followed? There was talk of a request to drill holes for the purposes of obtaining geological data for the hub and was explained by NDT representative Ms McGowan at the Broome public meeting. S.182 of the Land Administration Act 1997:

182. Land may be entered for a feasibility study
(1) If it appears to the Minister that it may be necessary to use any land for a proposed public work for which the Minister is authorised to take interests in land, the Minister may authorise a
person —
(a) to enter on that land; and
(b) to do anything necessary in order to study the feasibility of the proposed public work.
(2) The Minister or person authorised must, before entering on any land under this section, give to the principal proprietor, the occupier, and to the holders of any native title rights and interests, not less than 30 days notice in writing, giving a description of the area of the land to be entered upon, a description of what is proposed to be done for the feasibility study, and the time that it is expected to take.

If this was a precursor to a NOITT were the correct notices in writing provided?

The Land Administration Act 1997 also provides for procedures where there are Native Title rights and interests.

The Department of Planning and Infrastructure’s Crown Land and Administration and Regulation Practice Manual Chapter 09 Compulsory Acquisition of Interests in Land provides further information on how compulsory acquisition should be undertaken. Check out www.dpi.wa.gov.au for further information on Compulsory Acquisition from the Department of Planning and Infrastructure.

Leaseholders on the Dampier Peninsula are those people who have leases via the Aboriginal Lands Trust.

The Minister for Indigenous Affairs (currently Deputy Premier Kim Hames) has responsibility for the Aboriginal Affairs Planning Authority Act 1972 (www.slp.wa.gov.au and then to index acts in force). It is this Act in S.20 which provides for the establishment of the body corporate, the Aboriginal Lands Trust (ALT). There are 7 members of the Trust, all appointed by the Minister. (for details on members go to http://www.dia.wa.gov.au/Land/Aboriginal-Lands-Trust/Members/)

S.23 describes the Functions of the ALT
23. Functions of the Aboriginal Lands Trust
Subject to this Act, the functions of the Aboriginal Lands Trust
are —
(a) to carry out such of the functions of the Authority as may be delegated to the Trust under section 24, or as the Minister may direct
(b) to acquire and hold land, whether in fee simple or otherwise, and to use and manage that land for the benefit of persons of Aboriginal descent;
(c) to ensure that the use and management of the land held by the Trust, or for which the Trust is in any manner responsible, shall accord with the wish of the Aboriginal inhabitants of the area so far as that can be ascertained and is practicable;
(d) to consult, negotiate, enter into financial arrangements, contract, and to undertake or administer projects, either directly or in association with other persons or bodies, as may be necessary or desirable for the development of the land for which the Trust is responsible;
(e) generally, on behalf of and as the corporate entity representing the interests of the Aboriginal inhabitants
of the area to which the matter relates, to take, instigate or support any action that may be required to ensure the most beneficial use of the land.

The reserve lands can be changed by proclamation by the Governor on recommendation to the Minister from the ALT and must be presented to Parliament S.25 New lands may be reserved.

Redhand queries whether the ALT is representing the interests of Aboriginal people, the leaseholders on the Dampier Peninsula?
And how will the Minister for Indigenous Affairs represent the interests of Aboriginal people on the issue of compulsory acquisition of home and lands? On this issue Redhand will raise further queries about the Aboriginal Heritage Act’s responsibilities on this subject, in a future post.
First posted 16 November, 2008

Broome Community does not support LNG development on the Kimberley coast.

The rally of about 300 people held in Broome today made it clear that the development of an LNG gas hub or precinct is not welcome here.



Yes, we love the Kimberley.

The Premier Mr Barnett must understand Kimberley people will not support his proposal without proper engagement with the community, protection of Aboriginal heritage, advancement of the environment and encouragement of enterprise that is entirely conducive with the needs of our community and the special wilderness that we all currently enjoy.





Speakers included Neil McKenzie, Albert Wiggan, Marty Sibosado and hosted by Kevin Blatchford, Save the Kimberley. (videos soon).

Pamphlets promoted:

LNG in the Kimberley is NOT "inevitable".
There ARE alternatives to a gas precinct in the Kimberley!
The Kimberley is one of the last unspoilt wilderness areas in the world - lets keep it that way!

Protests will continue.

Hands off country. Stand up for the planet.

Interviews transcribed

As promised the interviews with

Kevin George ( Kevin George speaking at Djarindjin 13 November 2008),

Mary Kitchener, Jackie McKenzie (The Tower Story 13 November 2008) ,

Elsta Foy, Phillip Sibosado, David Dureau and Kathleen Cox (Summary of the Northern Development Taskforce meetings 12 November 2008)

have been transcribed and now included at each post. Thanks HJ for your help, Redhand.

Hands off country and speak out for the Kimberley and the Planet.

Ancient Ones

Please click on this old page to view image in full size.
Eyesoncountry was walking along a remote dirt track when this page fluttered around on the track ahead.Curious and always alert to the interconnectedness of things I picked it up and had a read.
What has it got to do with a Gas Hub one might ask but really we can draw so many parallels with this snippet of a story.
For those amongst us who do believe that the Songs of the Country are more than a careless custom, this page can hopefully give some comfort to our cause."You are not without allies even if you know them not".
And on a Global Outlook the "little life of Men is now endangered"(global warming crisis)and therefore the life of those things that many may believe are but "matters of legend" are also endangered.
This leads eyesoncountry to think about the ancient ones,seen or unseen, and how significant their health is to that of the planets.
Stay tuned as we delve into the deep over the next days as this blog brings you the most up to date research on our ancient allies the megaptera novaeangliae the Humpback Whales.

'By Order of the Broome Shire Clerk'

'By Order of the Broome Shire Clerk', for more than twenty years, there have been signs plastered all along the Dampier Peninsular encouraging and informing locals and visitors alike to.

Shoot only cameras
Take only Memories
Leave only footprints

The majority of people who have visited the Dampier Peninsular have understood, respected, protected and implemented these conservation initiatives over the years. There are also signs thanking all of us helping the Shire keep the country clean.


Colin Barnett and Carol Martin are openly and publicly inviting the development of a Gas Processing Hub within Dampier Peninsular that will:

Shoot Indigenous Human Rights back forty years
Take everything and more
Leave huge scares from environmental disasters

Therefore, Red hand queries, what will be the new “Orders of the Broome Shire Clerk” for the Dampier Peninsular?

Northern Development Taskforce meeting at Middle Lagoon.

Gail McGowan and Duncan Ord representing the Northern Development Taskforce met with community people and visitors at Middle Lagoon, on the Dampier Peninsula on Tuesday 11th November, 2008.

Marty Sibosado spoke about law, heritage, the KLC and about the need for informed decision making.

The video is about 10 minutes long and split into two parts.
Part 1

Middle Lagoon part 2

Historic Beagle Bay divided over gas hub 17th November 2008, 6:00 WST

The West Australian
17th November 2008, 6:00 WST

The exquisite Sacred Heart chapel at the Beagle Bay community, with its intricate pearl shell decoration, is the most obvious link between past and present.

It represents Beagle Bay’s religious foundation and is much loved today by the Catholic Church, local schoolchildren, their families and tourists making their way along the Dampier Peninsula to One-Arm Point.

When the chapel’s belltower collapsed in 2000 an Australia-wide appeal produced the money to rebuild it. Emily Charles, whose grandmother collected shells for the chapel when it was originally built by missionaries and Aboriginals in 1917, is reported to have wept with joy when she heard the bells ring again two years later: “I thought ‘bugger going fishing with my nephew, I’m going to church’.”

Beagle Bay finds itself in the news again as the closest community to North Head, Colin Barnett’s preferred site for an LNG processing plant.

Some residents have no objection to it and believe that the project could provide the much-needed employment for Aboriginals.

Others are vehemently and vocally opposed and fear that the 1000ha site will be a blot on a one of the world’s most remarkable and pristine coastlines. Their protest led to a blockade of the road into the community last week when members of the Northern Development Taskforce were due to visit.

But there are other complications at Beagle Bay, intertwined with debate over the LNG site and connected with the community’s history.

The first Catholic school in the Kimberley was established by the Trappist fathers at Beagle Bay mission in 1892 and handed over to the German Pallottines in 1901. In 1907, the St John of God sisters arrived and stayed at the mission until the 1975 when Beagle Bay became a self-governing community. The community asked the Catholic Church to continue to operate the Sacred Heart School, next to the church and the Pallottines left in 2002.

In 2005, however, the community was found to be dysfunctional, riven by feuds and rumours of abuse and missing money, and was placed into administration. And there it remains, the administrator now referred to as a “place manager” with the task of managing day-to-day affairs but with no right to speak for the community.

The community is, in fact, voiceless.

During last week’s roadblock, resident and protester Albert Wiggan referred to the fact that the community has no legitimate governing body. He believes that the community, therefore, is hamstrung in its ability to negotiate over the plant. There are further complications in that the community’s land is held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust.

There is another problem, too. Many, if not most, of the residents of Beagle Bay are not traditional owners. Because the community has grown out of a mission, its inhabitants either are descendants of the stolen generation or moved to the community for other reasons.

Negotiations over finding a place for the LNG hub have been conducted by the Kimberley Land Council with traditional-owner groups from along the Kimberley coast. And so, many of the residents of Beagle Bay feel, rightly or wrongly, that their wishes are not being heard and that they have not been given enough information about the project to form a view.

Everyone seems to agree that it’s a mess, including Beagle Bay-born Kerrianne Cox, a musician and songwriter who was elected chairwoman of the Beagle Bay community in 2004 and was instrumental in having it declared a community in crisis the following year. She continues to be involved in the long process of uniting the disparate groups and helping build a local economy and does not see a gas hub as being helpful.

A Joint Government Action Plan for Beagle Bay was adopted when the community failed, with one of its aims the creation of a governance plan. It is, she agrees, a painfully slow process.

But, she says, she’s focused on the vision, not the negativity — as the religious orders which have been part of the community for more than a century have done.

PAM CASELLAS
The West Australian

Broome Pearls. Pressure on the pearling industry.

The environmental damage to the crystal clear waters along the Kimberley coast where pearling leases are located will be devastating. The turbidity created by drilling and dredging will ruin the nutrient flow required to maintain and grow healthy oysters. Take a look at a previous post on this blog ‘Why Gourdon Bay? ‘ this is what could happen if a gas hub is located on land adjacent to pearling waters.

Redhand noted the recent notices for new pearl farm leases at Sandy Point, Paspaley Pearling Company Pty Ltd, Roebuck Pearl Producers Pty Ltd, Pearls Pty Ltd and the Australian South Sea Pearling Company Pty Ltd and at Vansittart Bay – Seaflower Bay B, Paspaley Pearling Company Pty Ltd; applications for a pearl oyster farm lease Port Smith, Clipper Holdings Pty Ltd and Prices Point, Clipper Holdings Pty Ltd and an application for a pearl oyster farm lease trial site Shenton Bluff, Cygnet Bay Pearls. Each are within close proximity to one of the four sites selected by the Northern Development Taskforce Site Evaluation Reports for an LNG gas hub. Redhand hopes these applications are supported; pearling is an industry that nestles comfortably with a wilderness coast.

Quite apart from the environmental damage that raises the question, will the pearling industry survive, the damage to the heritage, the history and retail value of the pearling industry will be immense and forever. The images of pearls around Broome are many.

Pearls, their history and industry in Broome are one of the major attractions that encourage tourists to visit Broome. Anyone who has been to a Broome Cup knows that that’s ‘show day’ for pearls.

Redhand looks forward to the publication of the sequel to Port of Pearls by Hugh Edwards which is expected to be released later this month during the celebrations for the 125th anniversary of the gazettal of the town of Broome. However, that’s history, what of the future for Pearls in Broome?

Beagle Bay Blockade 3 and 4

These are the final two videos of the conversation held at the blockade on the road into Beagle Bay on Monday 10th November, 2008. The group included, secretariat, Gail McGowan and Duncan Ord from the Northern Development Taskforce, Beagle Bay community people, leaseholders, visitors and was witnessed by representatives of the Department of Indigenous Affairs.
Videos of other meetings held on the Dampier Peninsula last week will be posted soon.
Beagle Bay Blockade 3



Beagle Bay Blockade 4

SOME NEW FRIENDS....

All around Australia with the same opinion

" HANDS OFF COUNTRY, NOW AND FOREVER ! "

Here are some of our friends,