Sunday, 20 July 2008: A 90-strong flotilla of yachts, tall ships and kayaks greets the Esperanza as it arrives in Airlie Beach, Queensland, to join local community group Save Our Foreshore in their campaign to stop a proposed shale oil mine. The proposed shale oil mine is just 10 kilometres from the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, on the internationally significant Goorganga Wetlands. If approved, the mine will need huge water supplies and cause toxic leaching and air pollution from waste rock and water.
Airlie Beach Australia

Sunday, 20 July 2008: A 90-strong flotilla of yachts, tall ships and kayaks greets the Esperanza as it arrives in Airlie Beach, Queensland, to join local community group Save Our Foreshore in their campaign to stop a proposed shale oil mine. The proposed shale oil mine is just 10 kilometres from the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef, on the internationally significant Goorganga Wetlands. If approved, the mine will need huge water supplies and cause toxic leaching and air pollution from waste rock and water.

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