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Australia, you bloody legends. You took the Global Climate Strike and you ran with it so hard, it’s shocked us all.
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With cities like Melbs, Sydney, Brissie and Hobart copping some major attention for huuuuge crowds, that doesn’t mean the rest of our Great Southern Land didn’t show the fuck up too. In fact, there are some pretty heartwarming images out there of crowds descending on everywhere from Geelong to Byron Bay.
All up, the numbers right now according to SMH are around 300,000+ and climbing, across eight major cities and over 100 towns. The biggest turnout Australia-wide since the protest against the Iraq War in 2003, which saw 500k.
Huge turn out in Cairns! If you breathe air, you should care.#ClimateStrike #schoolstrike4climate #FridaysForFuture #StopAdani pic.twitter.com/CuNGREXMOv
— Nya (@tanyalcurtis) September 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/ashermoses/status/1174839002085523456
Perth had some mega numbers, by the way.
This is the by far the biggest turnout for the climate that Perth has ever seen! #wapol #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/QVvTz8HK50
— Clean State (@CleanStateWA) September 20, 2019
Some great signs from the #Perth #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/lGYbYS3UXK
— School Strike 4 Climate Australia (@StrikeClimate) September 20, 2019
fuck yeah perth #ClimateStrike #schoolstrike4climate pic.twitter.com/fL7waEyqXk
— chantal caruso (@YehWellGessWat) September 20, 2019
And you Adelaideans (even though you are the cursed city, I will not take it back but also this is an All Aussie Mystery Hour joke) did DAMN GOOD SON.
1000s in Adelaide for #ClimateStrike #sdoh @WePublicHealth pic.twitter.com/Pe33QWXc8s
— Miriam Vandenberg (@MiriamDVDBerg) September 20, 2019
YIEWWWWW NEWY!
Newcastle you beauty #newyschoolstrike #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/s65f6LqNFE
— Georgina Woods (@georgefwoods) September 20, 2019
Canberra! You’re full of the pollies and you totally showed up!!
Proud to join with a global movement in Canberra today calling for greater climate action #ClimateStrike #ClimateEmergency pic.twitter.com/vOlBfj8xcq
— James Connolly (@jamesrobertcon1) September 20, 2019
Here’s some more bangers for you.
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Video from Esther Plummer (13) of the Byron Bay #climatestrike pic.twitter.com/ettK3Ms785
— Naaman Zhou (@naamanzhou) September 20, 2019
Actually more than 500 more like 750 at #wagga #ClimateStrike stretches four blocks of Baylis st politely waits for lights pic.twitter.com/tCdSvCatMy
— Willow A (@WillowA2) September 20, 2019
Solid crowd in Lismore for #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/C7msQpJw5h
— Toms Dad (@chromecastings) September 20, 2019
Good morning #Townsville #ClimateStrike! Big crowd here demanding action on climate🌡! pic.twitter.com/1gFlRMgOpc
— Renee Gruber (@renee_gruber) September 19, 2019
Mudgee #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/2Fyw3gXkqM
— 💧Dr Julia Imrie (@Stonecottages) September 20, 2019
#climatestrike #Ballarat speeches underway. Enormous crowd with hundreds more outside pic.twitter.com/R3cbmIK61g
— Belinda Coates (@BelindaCoates) September 20, 2019
#climatestrike #gosford pic.twitter.com/NHg3Ydha0d
— Fiona MacDonald (@fionajmacdonald) September 20, 2019
Albany WA – its first public gathering of people/kids concerned about climate change #ClimateStrike pic.twitter.com/MZES9sFACN
— Alan Dowsett (@Algus3) September 20, 2019
@Bernie2020FLFAN for you from #Eden & #Bega #ClimateStrike @ProfPCDoherty @p_hannam @PatsKarvelas @Warwick_Long @PhillipAdams_1 @simonahac @JaclynSymes @JoDodds6 @zalisteggall @ProfMarkHowden @aviandelights @bec_colvin @BeckTrudi @cbr_heartdoc pic.twitter.com/HlK2KjnALU
— jo dodds 🔥🔥🔥 (@JoDodds6) September 20, 2019
Bloody gorgeous stuff, Australia. Here’s hoping our united front moves a few of these goddamn mountains, huh.