No CSG for this farmer.

Mention CSG here and you are 98.9% certain of speaking to a non supporter. No farmer sees any good to come from it and many have made huge signs from grain bins water tanks and other items.

Just about every gate is locked and displays a warning sign to trespassers. The concern is the risk of compromising the integrity of the Great Artesian Basin. This resource is essential to the inability of the many farms in the area.

Coal Seam Gas involves a process that uses toxic chemicals to fracture the rock strata and release the gas. Trouble is this toxic chemical can leech into the artesian system and the resultant outcome can not be predicted.

The only information from existing CSG projects suggest there is likely to be contamination or even breaking up and release of the subterranean water trapped in the aquifers.

Many people feel it is not worth the risks of long term losses for a short term profit.Read more