Limestone Coast participates in Australia’s National Highway Action
Lock the Gate Media Release
World’s Longest Highway Protest, All Australian States and Territories
Communities across Australia will take to our highways on June 25, 2016, as part of the world’s longest highway protest, to raise awareness about the risks of coal and unconventional gas mining to water resources in the lead-up to the Federal election.
What: People, colourful banner sand signs along 5,800km of Australia’s highways
When: Saturday 25th June 2016, starting mostly at 10am
Why: To raise awareness of the risks to water and food-producing land, and to encourage motorists to ‘Vote Water Not Gas’, as part of the Water4Life campaign.
People will be stretched across 21 of the nation’s major roads and highways, and will also be active in Mount Gambier, Beachport, Naracoorte, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Darwin, Hobart, Cairns, Alice Springs and Canberra.
They will encompass numerous key seats including the electorates of Page (NSW), Petrie (Qld), New England (NSW), Barker (SA), Corangamite (Vic), Longman (Qld), Richmond (NSW), and Cowper (NSW).
| HIGHWAY | DISTANCE (km) |
| New South Wales | |
| Pacific Highway | 694 |
| Newell Highway | 478 |
| New England Highway | 360 |
| Thunderbolts Way | 291 |
| Hume Highway | 105 |
| Bruxner Highway | 194 |
| Queensland | |
| Bruce Highway | 518 |
| Bruce Hwy FNQ | 328 |
| Warrego Hwy (1 location) | |
| Cunningham Hwy | 500 |
| South Australia | |
| Mt Gambier – Penola – Naracoorte (Riddoch Hwy) Millicent – Beachport – Robe – Kingston (Princess Hwy) Mt Gambier – Port MacDonnell (Bay Rd) Eastern entrance to Mt Gambier & western entrance to Mt Gambier (Princess Hwy). |
250 |
| Claywells Rd | |
| Princes Highway, the Southern Ports Highway, the Millicent-Beachport Rd, the Robe-Penola Rd., the Adelaide Rd, Millicent, and the Beachport-Penola Rd | 10 |
| Victoria | |
| Hamilton Hwy | 357 |
| Princes Hwy | 267 |
| Western Australia | |
| Forrest Hwy | 204 |
| Bussell Hwy | |
| Brand Hwy | 755 |
| Great Northern Hwy | |
| Northern Territory | |
| Stuart Hwy | 422 |
| Stuart Hwy, Alice Springs | 100 |
| Tasmania | |
| Ridgeley Hwy (1 location) | |
| TOTAL | 5,833 |
