An environmental activist is protesting in Newcastle this morning, blocking off trains at a vital rail bottleneck.
The Blockade Australia protestor is suspended from a tri-pod above the trainline, blocking access to the Kooragang Island terminals at the Port of Newcastle.
Zelda Grimshaw from Blockade Australia, says the organisation believes the entire network of systems Australia has in place to exploit and extract, including, but not limited to, coal, is a problem for the climate.
"We're hoping to build a resistance movement that will continue to disrupt the destructive machine that is Australia, until we get a system in place that can sustain life," she said.
Ms. Grimshaw says it's part of a coordinated action, aimed at ending climate destruction.
"Our young person will be up there as long as she possibly can. She's in a very inaccessible position where she is, so I think it will take them a while to get her down."
The protest has been reported to Newcastle police, and it's believed they are on the scene.
