Waking up in Geelong

The sun goes down on Sunshine.

Grasslands.

Cricket grounds.

Smashed beer and wine bottles.

Discarded nangs.

Dumped shopping trolleys.

Filled with rubbish.

But the graffiti has a message.

Fighting for a Free West Papua.

A footnote on the silos

The Sunshine Barley terminal was completed between 1965 and 1977, with a total capacity 64,000 tonnes – 28,000 tonnes across 20 concrete silos, 20,000 tonnes across the ten steel silos, and 16,000 tonnes in the Ascom shed.

The silos were last served by trains back in 2014.

And are now up for sale.

And a forgotten message with meaning

Remember the ‘No jobs on a dead planet’ message on the chimney at the since demolished Spencer Street Power Station?

It was painted by a logging protester in September 2003, who was arrested for criminal damage.

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