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Sandra BourkeAuthor of To Save a Beach - The Story of Reckless Renewables

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The places, the people,
the rallies

Photographs from To Save a Beach, chapter by chapter. From Hawks Nest to Parliament House and back to the beach.

Hawks Nest beach

Australian pelican, Hawks Nest

Sandra on Hawks Nest beach

Gould's petrel

The announcement of the Hunter offshore wind zone

Save the Myall Coast rally, Hawks Nest Beach, 18 November 2023

Jimmys Beach, Hawks Nest

Frank Future at the helm of Imagine, Port Stephens

Bruce and Big John at the Martin Place rally, Sydney

At the rally

Bill Stinson, Volunteer Secretary of the National Rational Energy Network

Sandra at the national rally, Parliament House, Canberra

The national rally, Parliament House, Canberra

Outside Parliament House, Canberra

No farmer, no food

Speakers at the national rally

At the national rally

Reckless Renewables, Parliament House lawns

The ADVANCE campaign

The National Electricity Market, mapped

Professor Stephen Wilson, energy economist and engineer

Wedge-tailed eagle

Steven Nowakowski on the road, Far North Queensland

Sandra with Steven Nowakowski

The Creed children on horseback, Smoky Creek, Central Queensland

Pumped hydro

Katy McCallum on the hustings, Queensland

The Liverpool Ranges

Grant Piper on the farm at Uarbry, near Coolah, NSW

Flagstaff Hill rally, Illawarra

Amanda De Lore giving evidence, Illawarra, NSW

Amanda De Lore with the Coalition Against Offshore Wind, Illawarra

Tractor wars

Nathan Lidgett, fifth generation farmer, Myrniong, Victoria

The Goyder giants, South Australia

Mary Morris, Eudunda, Mid North, South Australia

Dr Adi Paterson presenting

Dr Adi Paterson AO speaking at the East Maitland forum

A celebration of volunteers

Sharon Kuperholz and a fellow volunteer, Prahran, Victoria

Corflutes up: election day

Back to the beach

Bruce Murray and Sandra Bourke heading north, Hawks Nest beach

Keep going

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Use of images

Photographs by Sandra Bourke and local photographers, used with permission. For media use, request the media kit on the Book Sandra page.