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Cry, My Beloved Country

We drove through the Sunshine Coast Hinterland after the first winter rains — calves streaking up green slopes, cows resting under shade. But the 'tree' casting that shade stood ninety storeys high, smooth and leafless. The sure way to break beauty is to exploit it.

Warning sign nailed to a eucalyptus tree trunk reading "Attention Powerlink" with a message about access to private rural land.A large-scale solar farm featuring rows of photovoltaic panels installed across a sloping green landscape, bordered by a dense forest under a clear blue sky.A wide landscape view of a massive solar farm transitioning into green fields, with forested mountains in the distance.Large red industrial cable spools in the foreground of a solar farm site, with a prominent forested hill in the background.Two large wind turbines and a transmission tower rise above a grassy, tree-dotted hill under a clear blue sky.A line of tall steel lattice transmission towers carries power lines across a grassy field next to a rural road under a streaky blue sky.Cry My Beloved Country logo featuring a sunrise over green hills beside a wind turbine silhouette.Two children gaze at a dystopian landscape choked with wind turbines, transmission towers, tangled power lines, and solar panels under a brooding grey sky — the girl clutches a teddy bearNumerous wind turbines situated on a forested ridge, with power lines in the foreground and cattle grazing in a green pasture below.Cattle grazing on a green hillside beside the base of a wind turbine tower, its shadow stretching across the paddock under a clear blue sky.Cry My Beloved Country logo featuring a sunrise over green hills beside a wind turbine silhouetteCattle grazing on a green hillside beside the base of a wind turbine tower, its shadow stretching across the paddock under a clear blue sky.A vast field of solar panels stretching across rolling green hills under a clear blue sky, with a small building and power lines visible in the background.Rural landowner's sign nailed to a gum tree warning Powerlink that gates are locked and opposing high voltage transmission lines on their property.Multiple white wind turbines stand on a grassy hill alongside tall transmission towers and power lines under a bright blue sky.A cluster of five white wind turbines stands prominently on a tree-covered ridge against a clear blue sky.Large power transmission poles and lines span a grassy field, with a wind turbine and forested hills in the background.