Warrnambool 22nd October

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by Beck Pearse

Below is the article Alex Johnson, reporter from the The Standard in Warrnambool ran on the campaign. Photo by Glen Watson.

CANC in Warrnambool photo by Glen Watson

Wheels in motion to reject a nuclear fuel cycle

PEDAL power will be mustered today in Warrnambool as part of a push to reject nuclear power across the country.

A team of four anti-nuclear campaigners rolled into town yesterday as part of a 4900-kilometre trek from Rockhampton to Adelaide to raise awareness about the risks associated with the nuclear fuel cycle.

The group, calling itself Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle, has called on south-west residents to join them for a ride around Warrnambool today to demonstrate their opposition to nuclear power.

Spokeswoman Rebecca Pearse, 26, of Sydney, braved soggy conditions with her three fellow cyclists to cover the 63 kilometres from Lake Elingamite near Cobden to Warrnambool yesterday.

She said the response from communities along the route had been "absolutely amazing''.

"Every community that we have stopped at has sent us a clear message and that's that they don't want a nuclear future,'' she said.

A report by the left-leaning Australia Institute identified a number of possible reactor sites around the country, including Portland.

"Portland would certainly be at risk for being a nuclear reactor site (if the Coalition was re-elected).''

The riders will meet other concerned cyclists at the Civic Centre today at 9am for a ride around the city.