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Stop the wind farm at Chalumbin! Chalumbin borders the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Keep it wild. This land can now never be restored.

Chalumbin is a vast and remote region of untouched wilderness located on the Atherton Tablelands in Far North Queensland. It sits between Tully Gorge National Park and Koomboola National Park and it’s inaccessible location ensures the animals and plants are protected from human interference. 78,000 acres of this land is slated by energy corporation Epuron and the Queensland Government to become the project site of a vast wind farm. Epuron plans to construct up to 100 wind turbines on this unique and untouched habitat – the habitat destruction and impact upon protected species will be devastating. If the wind farm goes ahead:

•Delicate ecosystems will be irreparably damaged and crucial habitat lost to make way for 75m wide roads and massive industrial wind turbines.

• The lives of critically endangered species that live in Chalumbin such as the Red Goshawk will be further jeopardised. Studies have shown raptors and bats are most likely to be killed by wind turbines, placing the Red Goshawk at particular risk as well as native bat species in the area. Greater Gliders, listed as Vulnerable under the EPBC Act, rely on the tree corridors of Chalumbin for survival and the endangered Magnificent Brood frogs numbers will be further strained as their habitat is destroyed.

• Australia has one of the highest rates of animal and plant extinction in the world. Queensland particularly is being deforested at an alarming rate. The threat of climate change calls for us to preserve every last pocket of untouched wilderness left – it is now literally a matter of life and death for the animals, trees and unique ecosystems of our country.

• In Queensland there is a tragic precedent of wilderness being destroyed for Wind Farms – Mount Emerald, once a pristine wilderness has now been razed for a wind farm. Massive concrete foundations will remain embedded in the earth at Emerald Heights for the indefinite future and turbine propellers will go to landfill once used. The ecological cost of a wind farm on the untouched wilderness Chalumbin is simply too high.

01/11/2026

We have heard fantastic news that the Chalumbin site, known as Wooroora Station, is in the process of being protected forever. It's not fully protected yet, and more donations are needed to get it over the line.

We would like to thank Bush Heritage Australia for their incredible foresight in raising significant funds thus far to purchase and protect it forever.

Bush Heritage Australia does remarkable work conserving and managing large protected areas, achieving conservation and biodiversity outcomes using the best science available.

We urge everyone to chip in and get the job done to protect Chalumbin forever.

We at 'Keep Chalumbin Wild' are ecstatic that this is happening and is a dream come true. Thank you to everyone involved.

14/10/2026

Our friends need our support at Mt. Fox.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners are the developers about to destroy a vast chunk of country behind Wallaman Falls. It is this same company that was to finance the Chalumbin project.

Please join us on Saturday, 24 October, to rally against the destruction of cultural values and rich biodiversity of the Seaview Ranges of the Mt. Fox region.

We will stop the Gawara Baya Wind Farm, its network of haulage roads, BESS batteries, substations, vast transmission networks, and 68 wind towers as high as Sydney's Centrepoint Tower, from carving through our sacred forests.

12/10/2026

Keep Mt. Fox Wild!

01/10/2026

Queen Mary flew to Australia in March this year with her husband, King Frederik, to conduct secret talks with Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

She has scammed a deal for taxpayers to underwrite the Gawara Baya Wind project at Mt. Fox in the incredibly biodiverse Seaview Range. She did the dirty work for Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

Queen Mary has no interest in protecting our wilderness and wildlife; she's more interested in dirty deals.

Queen Mary, it is not too late to convince your business friends at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to walk away from this toxic project.

17/05/2026

This is just the start of whole-scale destruction required for 10,000km of new transmission to connect intermittent energy generation.

15/05/2026

09/05/2026

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16/04/2026

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Atherton
Atherton, QLD

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https://stopchalumbinwindfarm.com/

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