Stephen Wyatt – Rainforest Warriors
The Hippies Were Right
In conversation with Marian Wilkinson and Lorrie Graham
Wednesday 17th July starting 6:00 pm for 6:30 pm
“Naked, immersed in nature and ready to fight for the forests, the hippies, the ‘back to earthers’ and the Bundjalung mobilised, took on the government and loggers and beat them. This was the first ever blockade in Australia – a momentous event.”
This is a story of extraordinary cultural change in the Byron hinterland in the 1970s and how that led to Australia’s first ever fight against environmental destruction – a fight that resulted in undreamt of success – the creation of national parks down the spine of the state. It set the scene for environmental action for decades thereafter: at the Franklin in Tasmania, in the Daintree, coal seam gas blockades and internationally.
FREE EVENT – RSVP HERE – ESSENTIAL
