The blockade as it stood on Tuesday morning about 7.30am. Amenities tents have now been erected in the nearby paddock.
A PUBLIC meeting at Gloucester on Wednesday night has unanimously endorsed a blockade against coal seam gas drilling.
The meeting, attended by between 40 and 50 people, endorsed the blockade which began on Monday to stop AGL from drilling a further four pilot wells on a local dairy farm.
It also called on the NSW government to immediately implement a moratorium on all coal seam gas exploration until an independent scientific investigation into the environmental, economic and social impacts of coal seam gas is completed.
Barrington-Glo ucester-Stroud Preservation Alliance spokesman, Graeme Healy described the meeting as enthusiastic. "People were clamouring to add their names to the blockade roster."
Mr Healy said he acknowledged there may be people in the Gloucester area who wanted the gas but there were no dissenting voices at Wednesday night's meeting at the CWA Rooms, which was advertised and open to anyone.
"Expressions of support and offers of assistance are coming from far and wide. Many communities are now facing the prospect of having a coal seam gas field developed in their midst and they are watching events here in Gloucester with great interest."
Manning River Times
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