A spectacular demonstration which showed 80 people with their heads buried in the sand on The Strand in Townsville on People's Climate March Day in September , attended by 300,000 in New York , went viral and then some. Now it has inspired a similar event which will be staged at Sydney's Bondi Beach to drive home the message at the G20 meeting in Brisbane. The initial event was organised by the North Queensland Environment Council and filmed by the Cranky Curlew Productions team -Penelope Sheridan and her husband George Hirst , of Magnetic Island .
Hirst, former editor of the Magnetic Island Times , has sent out a message in which he said the original Townsville Salutes image had been uploaded to the world wide web
and spread like wildfire, seen by millions . It was widely seen as an hilarious and depressingly
accurate interpretation of our government's approach to climate change - perhaps
the most challenging issue ever to face humanity.
On the eve of the G20, a group of Sydneysiders , he said, have decided to follow Townsville' s lead. They're upping the ante and descending on Bondi Beach to set a catchy new world record - The Most Heads Stuck in the Sand!
If you happen to be in the vicinity you are invited to participate , the resulting images making it impossible for the world's media to ignore. Hirst went on to say : "Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have your bum plastered across every one of the world's newspapers the weekend after this. Help send a ridiculous message of support to our PM - for his attitude towards renewable energy, for his decision to take the "cluttering" topic of climate change off the G20 agenda, and for his steadfast resolve against all those leaders in the international community who choose to believe the science. "
On the eve of the G20, a group of Sydneysiders , he said, have decided to follow Townsville' s lead. They're upping the ante and descending on Bondi Beach to set a catchy new world record - The Most Heads Stuck in the Sand!
If you happen to be in the vicinity you are invited to participate , the resulting images making it impossible for the world's media to ignore. Hirst went on to say : "Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have your bum plastered across every one of the world's newspapers the weekend after this. Help send a ridiculous message of support to our PM - for his attitude towards renewable energy, for his decision to take the "cluttering" topic of climate change off the G20 agenda, and for his steadfast resolve against all those leaders in the international community who choose to believe the science. "
Please sign up at facebook.com/BondiSalutesG20 and spread the word ASAP - to your friends, colleagues and networks . Also see crankycurlew.com.au
Things are hotting up for Abbot - soon it will be the Victorian state election expected massacre , followed by Queensland where the LNP Newman carbuncle is about to burst . Polls continue to show Malcolm Turnbull is far more popular than the Mad Monk and the hypnotist , Julie Bishop . Ms Bishop got hot under the collar when the media reported she attended the Melbourne Cup with a " boyfriend "- property developer David Panton . She and her office reportedly dashed out like helmeted members of the CFS and "hosed" down the claim. The tip is that after the Victorian election and the growing siege mentality in the federal government , the blowtorch will be applied to the PM and he and some of the other front bench deadwood will be given the Joan of Arc treatment , blue gum faggots providing the fuel .
