On Sunday 15 August 2010, while on a whirlwind tour, we were attending a green rally in the centre of Adelaide South Australia.
There were speakers, music, vegetarian food and organisation tents.
It was a good gathering of about 300 people at Darndangyanga : Victoria Square.
We came to the rally with a small painted Green Power sign and were sitting on a stone monument, back from the main stage, when a white Toyota ute (utility truck) jumped the curb, crossed the main pedestrian walkway and rolled straight at us with its driver screaming or shouting some yahoo something.
The Climate Skeptics had arrived.
Fortunately the stone monument we were sitting on would have wrecked the Climate Skeptic armoured vehicle if it had proceeded to charge us.
The Climate skeptic truck also had an empty trailer in tow and carried signage that was critical of "Green Dreams" such as "Who Pays for Green Dreams".
After a few minutes the oafish driver became edgy, perhaps because police were closing in. The oaf then backed up and sped around the main green group area, on top of the grass, that is a public park but NOT a car park, to the other side of the green rally, where there would be less exposure to the police who were coming to check and question the other Climate Skeptics that had just arrived in a panel van, and in greater numbers, with banners, megaphones, etc.
Women and children were among the Green Group at the event.
The truck was a white Toyota utility truck with SA license plate UCB 442, that was only partially visible near the rear bumper. (There was no registration plate visible on the front and had there been a plate, it would have been hidden by the large sign mounted on the very front of the truck.) The pitiful empty trailer towed behind the truck had a Victoria license plate of P31 177. Perhaps it was brought in hopes of carting away some of the Green items or bringing the large banners and other junk the Climate Skeptics were waving about.
We tried passing the numbers and model to a leather-jacketed policeman but he refused to take the details.
After about an hour, the main group of Climate Skeptics probably decided the rally was too well attended, and after being cautioned by police, took off elsewhere.
Good speakers from The Wilderness Society, Australian Conservation Foundation delivered well-polished speeches, and fine singers such as Heather Frahn provided a meaningful meal of tunes.
Some of the food caterers graciously included Zen House and Tibetan Fine Foods.
All in all, a fine day to have a say and have it the green way...
No matter what Climate Skeptics say.
