A GREEN Eureka flag flew over the small rural township of Putty in another show of defiance to plans for coal seam gas mining in the idyllic area as part of a wider national protest.
More than 55 people from the tiny community, 94km north of Windsor, were part of the protest after the recent drilling of an exploration core hole to investigate the area’s coal seam gas potential.
Kathy McKenzie of the Putty Community Association said the core hole is only 500 metres from the World Heritage Wollemi National Park and near a creek which flows into the Colo River, a declared “wild river”, before entering the Hawkesbury.
Ms McKenzie said the small community was determined that the pristine water and environment of their area was not going to be ruined by environmentally questionable coal seam gas mining methods which could cause gas to leak underground into the water catchments.
Hawkesbury Gazette
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