Musicians throw support behind Wallum

By Sarah Waters

The Save Wallum campaign continues to intensify with musicians joining the growing number of supporters.

Ocean Alley guitarist Mitchell Galbraith has joined the community action group and taken a great interest in the campaign.

Last week he visited the ‘Wallum Protectors 24/7 Vigil’ and supporters, who were guarding the old-growth trees, at the site marked for development in Brunswick Heads.

Mitch and the band have urged their fans, festival goers and other musicians to get on board to stop the destruction of the precious, Wallum habitat.

“The immediate call to action for all of us, is to communicate with Minister Plibersek, Scully and Sharpe, and let them know that we will not stand by and allow our governments to constantly ignore our community’s voice and disrespect local cultures, values, traditions and country,” he said.

“The Ocean Alley lads and I spend a great deal of our time amongst the natural beauty of so many rare and special landscapes here on the Northern Rivers and around Australia.

“Every time we are out there, we are moved by the beauty and come to realise how important it is to preserve our diverse and unique fora and fauna.

“I’m asking all music fans, festival attendees and artists all around Australia to join with us to end this madness and stand up for country which we are so grateful and lucky to be living on.”

Musician Xavier Rudd has also showed his support for the campaign by sharing stories about the development on his social media accounts. He recently stated:

‘important habitat under threat on Bunjalung country - Australia doing what it does and destroying its special ancient spots without even blinking.’