Fight for the Bight Paddle Out Event, Victor Harbor, South Australia. March 3rd 2019

On Sunday the 3rd March 2019, up to 2000 people in Victor Harbor joined in the Paddle Out for the Bight event. Protesting Norwegian oil giant Equinor’s plans to carry out deepwater oil-drilling in the Great Australian Bight. Protests took place across South Australia, in Perth, at Sydney’s iconic Manly Beach, in Byron Bay and Wollongong in NSW, in Torquay and Warrnambool in Victoria, and at Alexandra Headland on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The Great Australian Bight is a unique, pristine wilderness mari