Walkatjurra Walkabout - Wiluna and Yeelirrie

On this show, I want to take you all out bush, onto Wangkatja Country, in the Northern Goldfields of Western Australia. It’s here that traditional owners have been fighting for over 40 years to protect country and keep uranium in the ground. Every year for the last 7 years, the Walkatjurra Walkabout have taken supporters from across Australia and the world to walk on country with traditional owners on their land, and the talk about the threat of uranium mining to their cultural heritage and sacred sites, water, plants, creatures and the land.The Walk takes about a month, and we were out on country for the whole of August this year. It covers over 270km between Wiluna and Leonora, and over 30 supporters joined the walk. On this show, we’ll join the walk in its first week, to find out more about the proposed uranium mines at Wiluna and Yeelirrie, two of four potential uranium mines companies are trying to get started in WA.