AS THE truck carting the drilling rig rolled out the property gate and onto the public road, Kerry landholder Rod Anderson pulled his Akubra from his head and threw it in front of the vehicle's wheels.
"Drive over that," he yelled.
A flurry of hats followed, as well as an Australian flag.
As a crowd of protesters and police watched on, the truck continued along its path, grinding the pile into the dust before disappearing down the road.
Locals believe it is symbolic of the Scenic Rim community's treatment from Arrow Energy.
"I've been standing over by that strainer post for the past bloody 10 days quietly behaving, like all of us locals have," Mr Anderson told the gathering of more than 100 protesters shortly afterwards.
"I've got a little place up the top there - it's only small, might be insignificant to some, but it's my house and it's my home. There are plenty of farmers around here, and no one's listening to us - treating us like there's no one underneath these hats. They don't give a shit. We've had a gutful."
"It's just absolutely mind-boggling that good citizens and good farmers and good people with no criminal history, just blokes off the street who are trying to do the right thing for this country, are forced to come down here and bark at cars like mongrel dogs."
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