Field Trip Vickery Forest: 6–7th August

By now many of you are aware that Vickery Forest, between Boggabri and Gunnedah, is next in Whitehaven Coal’s targets, if not read this article: Whitehaven Coal proposes to ramp up mining and increase mine foot print near the Namoi River for its Vickery coal...

Excessive Noise Levels at Whitehaven’s Maules Creek Mine

Recently Paul Flynn, CEO of Whitehaven Coal, appeared on nationwide ABCTV “Australian Story” and also ABC radio attempting to persuade the public that the controversial noise impacts of the Maules Creek coal mine are of less concern than birdsong, or the noise of a...

Rammed earth wall keeping the top end cool

Composed of 230m of simple, natural materials, this earthen structure may look unassuming, yet it is actually the longest rammed earth wall in Australia. Built to accommodate cattle workers during mustering season in the scorching Western Australia outback, the...