Radioactive Exposure Tour 2008
Friends of the Earth

May 9 - 18
 
Join Friends of the Earth for a journey to remote northern South Australia where we will visit the Olympic Dam (Roxby Downs) uranium mine at Roxby Downs, the Beverley uranium mine in the Gammon Ranges, the beautiful Lake Eyre and Mound Springs and meet with Indigenous peoples and local communities campaigning against the nuclear industry. The tour offers a unique opportunity to go out on to country and witness the impacts of the nuclear industry on people and the environment. Indigenous people across the world suffer most directly from the impacts of the nuclear industry and this ‘radioactive racism’ is a major focus of the tour.
 
Cost: $600 per person or $450 concession. Total cost of the tour will include travel, accommodation and organic vegetarian food plus paying the rent to aboriginal communities. Sponsorship request letters are available should you wish to apply for donation from an organisation that you are involved with.
 
Draft itinerary

The final itinerary for the trip may vary subject to availability of people/communities etc.
 
Friday 9th May             Melbourne - Adelaide
Saturday 10th May       Adelaide - Woomera, meet with veteran of the atomic tests Avon Hudson, visit the old tailings at Port Pirie.
Sunday 11th May          Morning at the park with Kokatha representatives. Guided tour of Woomera missile park with Avon Hudson. Travel to Roxby Downs, Roxby workshop and camp in sandhills.
Monday 12th May       Tour of Olympic Dam. Travel to Mound Springs. Camp at Finniss springs.
Tuesday 13th May       Cultural tour with Arabunna around Mound Springs area, Wadma Kadarbu, Coward Springs. Lake Eyre sunset.
Wednesday 14th May  Travel from Finniss Springs to Marree, to Ochre Pits to Nepabunna, meet with Adnyamathanha people in the afternoon/evening around fire.
Thursday 15th May      Tour Beverley Uranium mine in the morning, Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary and Mt Gee mine site.
Friday 16th May           Drive through Wilpena Pound to Hawker. Possible visit site of first uranium mine - Radium Hill.
Saturday 17th May      Visit Honeymoon and Oban proposed uranium mine sites.
Sunday 18th May         Return to Adelaide or Melbourne.
 
For more information and applications please contact:
* Jessie Boylan <jessie.boylan@gmail.com>, 0408 448 493
* Steve Holdsworth 0430 354 887
* or Michaela Stubbs in the FoE Melbourne office (03) 9419 8700.