Two Protesters locked in to a 44 gallon drum

26th August, 2011 – At 2:00am this morning, a community roadblock stopped the progress of a large convoy of Woodside’s vehicles, including land-clearing and drilling machinery as they tried to return to James Price Point.

Woodside are at present unable to move forwards nor backwards due to 4 lock ons.

Two are on the Manari Corner and two girls further up the road, are locked into a 44 gallon drum filled with cement.

Hostile Environmental Services are blockading the Walmadan Camp. So far, one person has been arrested for refusing bail conditions.

28th August, 2011 – Attention has been drawn to the similar plight of residents in County Mayo Ireland and the movie “The Pipe”. Communication between our 2 communities has begun and on Friday, three campaigners staged a lock-on in solidarity.

One of those occupying the road said, “I’m doing this in support of a similar protest that took place in Broome Community, Australia last night. This is a powerful way to show that struggles from Ogoniland in Nigeria, to the Tar Sands in Canada, Australia, to Erris, Mayo and now to Australia are linked in common cause.”