Coal Culture in the Land Down Under
This time last year I was boarding a plane to the great land down under; Australia. Fresh faced and keen I was moving a long, long way from home, off to cuddle some koalas and hide from deadly spiders. But I would soon be surprised to find that the drawbacks of OZ are not the number of creatures trying to kill you, but rather the overly consumerist society obsessed with material things and guided by the need for fuel. I aim to show you my highs and lows from the land down-under, as well as highlight how OZ is ‘fuelled’ by it’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry. Sunshine and Shopping Bussleton Pier I loved Australia. You go to the beach whenever you want. You know it’s going to be blisteringly hot so everything is air conditioned. People take their time, they have fun. Perhaps my most quintessential Aussie memory was in visiting Bussleton Jetty, in Western Australia. It was early springtime, the water hadn’t quite hit summer scorcher levels, and yet children were