Here they are. Olympic (climate) torch relay passing the Waterworks quarry on a very cold wintry August 13th.

The torch is being relayed around Australia during the Olympic games - as part of a climate action campaign co-ordinated by ‘Get Up!’.

We wish to thank Margaret at Sustainable Living Tasmania for organising this leg of the tour.

One of the group’s most successful and delightful achievements has been the implementation of the ‘walking school bus.’Many families having young children live along Waterworks Road and they attend the local primary school, Princes Street Primary. There being no bus service down the valley, as a community, we were well aware of the environmental and social impact of our children being driven to and from school:

• pollution from vehicle exhausts
• usage of fossil fuels
• potential danger of more traffic on our narrow, windy and often slippery road
• less exercise for our children
• and the cost of fuel.

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