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James Price Point Exhibition opening this Friday the 30th of March

March 28th, 2012 at 9:17am

The Power and The Passion exhibition comes to Perth after a successful showing in Broome. It features the images of renowned photographers such as Australian and West Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year Christian Fletcher, Adam Monk, Nigel Gaunt,Ingetje Tadros, Rod Hartvigsen, David Bettini, Fleming Bo Jensen, Jim Delios and featuring audio and visual by Jeff Skinner.

Come along and see why it is worth fighting for. Bring your friends and family. Be inspired and plan your own trip to see this “remarkable” piece of the Kimberley. I’ll be there to talk to people along with lots of the other photographers involved with the exhibition. It is going to be a great night.

Kicks off at 6.30 pm at the Perth Town Hall, Corner Barrack and Hay Street.

See you there.

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Bike to Broome

August 8th, 2011 at 1:02pm

It isn’t too late to join us on the Bike to Broome. Do the Kimberley a favour and your body too! Great way to loose weight and your mind! Let me know if you’re interested in coming along.

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Nice work Woodside!

July 11th, 2011 at 9:25pm

Goes to show with lots of money and enough greed anything is possible. As Flemming said, how far would he be allowed to go with a bulldozer if he wanted to carve up some wilderness.

I’m not having a go at anyone who works for Woodside just those who make the decisions, and most of all our glorious leader Barnett. You must be so proud right now. Thanks to you our economy is going to prosper, the indigenous will be housed, educated and happy (just like what the mining industry have done for the peoples of the Pilbara) and a whole new industrial scar will cover one of our last wilderness areas! Brilliant.

Right now I could drive a bulldozer right through parliament house, but I wouldn’t. I have too much respect for peoples property and the law!!!!

p.s. I’m not having a go at the police either, they are doing a job like the rest of us.

 

 

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Police arrest Protestors in the Kimberley

July 5th, 2011 at 7:34pm

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/9783889/police-break-up-gas-hub-protest/

There goes the Kimberley! Why????  MONEY is the only reason! More destruction of our wilderness by a bunch of greedy individuals. There are alternatives, and yes we can still get the gas and all be rich. Best of all the Kimberley will be spared from this monstrosity.

Woodside chooses Montara oil spill company as joint venture partner for Browse Basin drilling program

As Woodside’s PR campaign to win local confidence over its plans to develop the Browse Basin hits top gear, they may have hit an obstacle in choosing the company responsible for the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Kimberley as their joint venture partner for a proposed drilling program in the Basin. Now that is a good move! Way to go, I wonder who thought that was a good idea?

Bike to Broome

Paul Thesiera is doing a great job of mustering up people to come on the Bike to Broome awareness ride starting on the 21st of August. We are needing more people to join in to either ride or offer support to the riders. I will be riding, hopefully shedding some kilos and would love to see more people who care about the Kimberley. Paul also needs donations of money to help fund the ride so any pledges should be made to him via his website. Let us know if you can be involved, it is going to be fun and the cause is very worthy.



 

 

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John Butler Facebook Page

January 27th, 2011 at 9:43am

went riding with John Butlers Manager the other week, yes that is right we are both M.A.M.I.L’s (middle aged men in lycra). A really nice bloke and we got talking about James Price Point. As you would probably know JB is right behind saving the Kimberley so I thought I would send him some photos to use for any purpose regarding JPP. Philip posted them on JB’s facebook page. Awesome, would love to meet him one day, good to see people willing to put their names behind such important issues. You can check it out here http://www.facebook.com/JohnButlerTrio?v=wall and add your own comment.

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James Price Point Back in the Spotlight

December 11th, 2010 at 3:16pm

This is taken from thewest.com.au

In its major environmental assessment of the impact of the $30 billion James Price Point gas precinct, the State Government has revealed there could be detrimental impacts for the surrounding marine ecosystem.

To be publicly released on Monday, the six-volume 1500 page draft Strategic Assessment Report details the potential for whale deaths from vessel strikes and physiological impacts on dugongs from blasting works, marine discharge and removal of foraging habitat.

Two years in the making, the report also formally recommends building the project at James Price Point, identifying it as the most commercially viable location.

It’s all about MONEY, as if we didn’t already know.

Does anyone know if the money being given to the aboriginals, $1.5 billion, is being distributed amongst all of them residing in the Kimberley? If so from my research of the Department of Education website, there are about 11,500 aboriginals currently in the area. Now that means they will each get $83 per week for the next 30 years to give up their land. Hmmm I don’t know if that is such a good deal. I think the government thinks it is a good deal!

Can someone please check my figures, I must be wrong, in fact I want to be wrong.

I wonder what $83 will be worth in the year 2040?

Hope you like the shot of the our precious ocean, sorry there is a speck in it I should have cloned out! Shot on the lovely Phase One, when you zoom in to 100% you can see the whales rocking to the beat. Seismic sound sensation! I believe they like metal too! Bring on the Bauxite Rock!!!

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Aerial Compilation

October 15th, 2010 at 9:12am

Some photos taken in and around James Price Point on our Heli flight last week. There are some beautiful creeks and inlets up there all pristine and subject to the huge tides.

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Save the Kimberley

October 13th, 2010 at 7:58am

Hows this for a beautiful sky. We wait for years down south to get a sky like this. In the Kimberley they get one every week. Another reason it is so special. This was taken across the road from Matso’s Brewery. I seem to do my best work when I have a beer in hand. Nigel had to speed home because he didn’t bring his camera, Doh!. Dave was snapping away and we were all just gobsmacked by the beauty. Did we get munched by sandflies? You betcha! but it was worth it.

Make sure you check out and bookmark the Save the Kimberley website. The people behind it are doing fantastic work and they are all volunteers.

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Quandong Point

October 11th, 2010 at 8:07pm

Take a good look at this beautiful beach. It may well not be so pristine in the near future. When we pulled into this bay I thought I was in Esperance. This is a spot the locals love and the tourists don’t even know about.

I was talking to my mum and dad today, they are becoming environmentalists too! Mum was telling me how her family would go swimming and fishing at Kwinana. She said it was pristine and they loved going there. We all know what happened there and that bit of coast has been lost forever to industry. The social impacts from the industry at Kwinana are huge. Don’t let the Kimberley coast go down the same path.

Oh and to any surfers out there there was a stonking right hander coming off this point, albeit a foot high!! But on a cyclone swell??? Who knows!

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First images from James Price Point

October 5th, 2010 at 10:42am

This is a classic North West scene taken on a beautiful sunny day at JPP. What you don’t see behind me is a magnificent lagoon that we swam in everyday. The kids collected Hermit Crabs and built sandcastles whilst I photographed the landscape. There were other visitors to the point including fishermen who drove up the beach to launch their boats and others just pulling in for a dip and a look at what all the fuss is about. We all just loved our stay and had a great bush camp set up under some trees just back from the red cliffs. The beaches are white soft sand and the water is blue. The red adding the awesome contrast that makes the Kimberley unique. There are amazing rocks everywhere of different types. The sandstone was particularly beautiful and all around were large pavements of cracked rock that resembled a crocodile skin. I didn’t see any of the dinosaur prints that are there as you need to know where to look. Brent you would love this place for night seascapes. The best thing is at night it is still 20 degrees or more.

If I was to put an order in for a place to have a holiday, a shoot and a tourism venture this would have to fit the bill. A gas Plant??? No way! You have to see it for yourself to be convinced this is NOT AN UNREMARKABLE LANDSCAPE.

On another note the Landscape 500 website was down for a few days but is working fine now. Make sure you get your entries in it closes at the end of this month.

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Ok back on my Soapbox! Check this out

September 15th, 2010 at 9:30pm

Barnett has said not one bit of the environment  or wildlife will be affected by the gas plant. He must be right hey, he is our illustrious leader. Well I went fishing around the net and found this from the Department of the Environment website. The Australian Governments own website.

“An increase in shipping and port expansion associated with the growth of the resources sector in the north-west has potential implications for the marine environment. Potential threats include: loss or contamination of marine habitat as a result of dredging and sea dumping, oil spills, interactions between vessels and protected species, and the introduction of marine pests through ballast water exchange and biofouling of ship hulls.”

Hang on, did he say no effect on the environment or the wildlife that live in it? Is the government contradicting itself? See here http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/827267/battle-for-the-kimberley

hmmm. I must be reading something into it.

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Michaels New Kimberley Edit being Shown to Bob Brown

September 14th, 2010 at 11:07am

I just also wanted to say a big thank you to the crew at Clever Starfish web design.They have given me the best service since having them create my two sites. I have made subtle changes over the past months and it has never been a problem. That is what I call service and that is why I recommend them so highly. They are the best in the game and you should be using them for your next project. Rock on guys!

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Photo Trip to James Price Point

September 13th, 2010 at 7:58pm

Ok, it is official. My family and I are heading to James Price Point to photograph what is there and what is nearby. So far there will be four other photogs heading up to meet us and have a shoot. It is going to be our little protest but it could bring big exposure. One of the Photogs coming, Paul, has contacts with the ABC news and they have expressed interest in running a story on what we will be doing up there. That would make it worth the trip, the exposure could be huge!

I am putting this post out to invite other likeminded people to head north and meet us there. Doesn’t matter if your a shooter or just love the Kimberley and want to do something about it. Your all invited to join in and enjoy the landscape and the company. I want to get some kick a55 images to bring back to show what is at stake.

We will be there on the 1st of October and be in the area for a few days to try and capture some good light. There is a lot of great country to be explored around James Price Point and I would like to shoot a lot of it. As for where to meet, I would say at the main car park, have a look at google maps for the location, seems you go in from the Willie Creek track. I will get all the details from Nigel Gaunt, a pro shooter from Broome, who knows the area back to front including where is a great place to camp. I will be bringing up my projector to run some slideshows and movies at night and probably some impromptu photoshop tutorials. My good mate and environmentalist Dave Bettini will be there shooting wildlife also. He knows so much about the flora and fauna of the area and is passionate about saving the Kimberley. We will also meet up with the traditional owners and here what they have to say and offer our support.

Let me know who can make it.Time to get out from behind that desk and get some Kimberley sunshine into ya! Also think about this. It isn’t that much further from each Eastern States capitals than it is from Perth and even though it is in WA it belongs to all Australians least of all the traditional owners. The Kimberley is probably the most photographic landscape in Australia and the most untouched. If you haven’t been there yet do it now, see it, and tell Barnett and his cronies what you want to see happen to the Kimberley. James Price Point is the E on the map.

p.s. one of Michaels re edited videos of the Kimberley is being presented to Bob Brown on Wednesday to show him what is at stake. That is pretty cool. Kevin Blatchford from Save The Kimberley will be taking it.