Keri James
Canberra mother Keri James and 7 year old home-educated daughter Clover, on Friday completed a 3 month long trek to Bell Bay, Tasmania, the site of the proposed, and much debated, pulp mill.
Media Release
End of Epic Walk Against Woodchips Event
Canberra to Tasmania’s Bell Bay chipmill
Walking every step of the way
Sunday 7th December 2008
Canberra mother Keri James and 7 year old home-educated daughter Clover, on Friday completed a 3 month long trek to Bell Bay, Tasmania, the site of the proposed, and much debated, pulp mill.
With the support of a local family and their boats, Keri and Clover and accompanying Canberran, Winiata Puru, who held the much travelled Aboriginal Land Rights flag in support of Aboriginal people’s ongoing struggle,all kayaked across the Tamar river and went ashore near the existing chip mill and it’s mountains of woodchips.
Today the Tamar community of concerned residents opposed to the pulpmill held a finale picnic
in celebration of the walk’s completion.
“The end of the journey and the sight of the mill re-emphasizes for me the importance of the walk’s call, not only to stop the pulpmill from going ahead, but also for an immediate end to all logging and woodchipping of Australia’s Native Forests. The vast majority of the trees taken from Australian forests are woodchipped; only a fraction become sawn logs” said walker, Keri James.
The journey took the two through South Eastern NSW and Gippsland en route to Tasmania, through the communities and forests and also barren lands impacted heavily by the affects of Woodchipping.
“The same situation is happening in many areas of rural NSW and Victoria. We all need Wilderness. We need all of Australia’s Native forests protected right now, for Wildlife Habitat; for Water Catchment quality; for Biodiversity; for Climate; and for our Children’s future happiness” pleaded Keri.
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