Friday 28 November: Nannas Alex and Gemma do kayak safety training on the beach in preparation for the weekend flotillas!
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Rising Tide Blockade Day 1
Thursday 27 November: Nannas arrive at Rising Tide Blockade, Labor makes a deal with the Greens, watching coal ships coming and going in Newcastle coal port.
Media Release 26 Nov 2025
Gamilaraay woman, Suellyn Tighe will be casting off in a kayak from Horseshoe Beach in Newcastle this weekend with her mates the Knitting Nannas as part of the Rising Tide People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port.
Media Release 27 Nov 2025
SLIP SLOP SLAP with the Knitting Nannas at Rising Tide 2025. Flocks of yellow-breasted Knitting Nanna environmentalists from Nanna ‘loops’ across NSW and Victoria will land in Newcastle for the 2025 Rising Tide Protestival from Thursday 27 November – Tuesday 2 December.
Nanna News 24 Nov 2025
The campaign against Pilliga Narrabri Gas revs up, Labor disappoints Nannas yet again, UN Special Rapporteur steps in, Forest Roadshow in Sydney, Lendlease Chairman hands out a Caramello Koala.
Nanna News 17 Nov 2025
Nannas are following COP30 in Brazil, Murray Watt’s environment bill, the UN intervening in North West Shelf legal challenges and the Disinformation Senate Inquiry – all while practicing singing, dancing and air guitar for the Rising Tide Protestival.
Nanna News 10 Nov 2025
Nannas oppose the push to expand lethal weapons manufacturing, campaign for better environmental laws, recommend watching the Rising Tide film at home.
Knitting Nannas Regional News 6 Nov 2025
Nannas came together for a Regional Zoom meeting on 3 November to discuss what we are doing at the Rising Tide Protestival, and to inform each other about our activities during the last month.
Nanna News 3 Nov 2025
Nannas have been in a spin this week keeping up with Murray Watt’s Environment Protection Reform Bill, the Minns government’s planning laws and Whitehaven’s coal expansion plans. The Silly Season has arrived early so we’re paying close attention.
Santos Darwin LNG and Freedom of Information
On the day Nanna Kathy arrived in Darwin in July 2025 she stumbled across Santos’ office and had a thumbs down photo taken. Knitting Nannas have been campaigning against their Narrabri Gas Project for ten years. The company’s culture and environmental record was bad, but what happened after Nanna Kathy’s Darwin visit is on aContinue reading “Santos Darwin LNG and Freedom of Information”