Splosh Against Warming

A Report of the Brisbane Walk Against Warming

by Senator Andrew Bartlett
from the The Bartlett Diaries

Brisbane got some much-needed heavy rain today, which was a positive thing. It happened at the time of a well-planned major rally and march calling for action to address the dangers of climate change, which was a negative thing. However, at least 1500 people still turned out in driving rain and marched from Queen’s Park in the city across the Victoria Bridge to Musgrave Park at South Brisbane. I was astonished at the turnout in such miserable weather and feel it was more positive than getting 5000 people on a dry day. The conditions were so miserable I fully expected I would turn up to find the rally and march had been cancelled. Indeed according to this report on The Australian website, the march was cancelled – in which case I’m not sure who that long crowd of people who I walked over to Musgrave Park with in the pouring ran were, or why the police were so kind to stop the traffic for us for the half an hour it took us all to splosh our way there.

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