While I was up in The Kimberley, I was assigned to take some photos of the anti-gas protest concert for the newspaper. The concert took place on the deck of the Karma IV, which was used as a stage due to the approval not being granted for a concert on Cable Beach.
The Pigrams, Stephen ‘Baamba’ Albert and Rob Hurst were some of the many musicians who performed that day in support of the Broome community.
It was a surreal day; seeing thousands of people walk down the beach like an army, swimming out and dancing in the water. Pearl luggers floated by in the sunset, until it got dark and we shared a dingy ride with Rob and some local ladies who told me when I was walking in the shallows, “don’t lift your feet silly, you’ll step on a ray, shuffle your feet on the bottom”, thanks for the tip! 🙂
Here is Baamba performing Bran Nue Dae: