I listening to ABC Local Radio (837 AM) on June 20th, and Steve Austin was talking to Jim Dowling, who is a peace protestor. To my surprise, Steve mentioned that several people had supposedly entered Shoalwater Bay (a military training base north of Yeppoon). The next time I was on the internet, I searched on Technorati for Shoalwater Bay. Below are a few results that I found.
- http://thetension.blogspot.com/ : Has quite a lot of photographs of Talisman Saber 2007 (a joint military exercise between the US and Australia. Expect more of an ‘official’ view of things.
- http://ablekaneadventures.blogspot.com/ : A blog written by some sort of photographer for the US Army. I like this blog as Joe (the author) writes about his experiences around this area. Nowhere near as official as the previous blog.
- http://www.peaceconvergence.com/ : This website presents the other point of view, that Talisman Saber shouldn’t be taking place at all. Lots of news about issues concerning the enviroment and protestors.
- http://simonreeves.blogspot.com/ : This blog is written by a peace protestor, and I thought it especially interesting because this man was in a group of five who were arrested after they entered Shoalwater Bay and walked to a base.
Anyway, hope the above will keep you interested for a while!
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