| Event |
Date |
Month |
Year |
| Jon Woodlands makes video of platypus at proposed development site |
5 |
9 |
2003 |
| Placards are made and displayed at the site |
7 |
10 |
2003 |
| Rally For Platypus held in Maleny - the first of many, was well attended |
25 |
10 |
2003 |
| Save Our Platypus Trolley March was held in Maleny |
30 |
10 |
2003 |
| Protest held outside the Maroochydore EPA offices |
20 |
11 |
2003 |
| Protest held outside Woolworths Supermarket in Currumundi |
20 |
11 |
2003 |
| Rally held in Maleny |
30 |
11 |
2003 |
| Maleny Street Carnival - trolley parade and dresses made of plastic shopping bags |
5 |
12 |
2003 |
| Large protest held outside Maleny High School where developers were meeting locals |
15 |
12 |
2003 |
| Channel 9 TV Today Show - live interview with protest contingent present |
22 |
12 |
2003 |
| Traffic Chaos Rally - highlighting inappropriate location for major supermarket |
14 |
1 |
2004 |
| Maleny livestock Sale Yards demolished - clearing the site for the development |
18 |
2 |
2004 |
| Heavy rain caused local flooding and flood marks & burrow entrances on site were obvious |
22 |
3 |
2004 |
| Local Govt Election Day - banners and flyers handed out |
27 |
3 |
2004 |
| Site is cleared of most trees by Deen Bros contractors - major demonstration by locals |
14 |
4 |
2004 |
| Following day - very large police contingent, much media, hundreds of locals protest |
15 |
4 |
2004 |
| Public Meeting held in Maleny to discuss situation |
17 |
4 |
2004 |
| Initial siltation traps installed by contractors at site |
17 |
4 |
2004 |
| Local indigenous Gubbi-Gubbi people show their support for the campaign against development |
19 |
4 |
2004 |
| Woolworths offers to sell the site to Council - even though they don't actully own it… |
19 |
4 |
2004 |
| Bunya Tree Sit-in by Daniel Jones becomes a news story as the word gets around |
20 |
4 |
2004 |
| Protesters arrested on 14 April appear in court |
21 |
4 |
2004 |
| Trees knocked down on 14 April are salvaged from the site by local wood workers |
22 |
4 |
2004 |
| Public Meeting held in Maleny to discuss strategies - many committees and working groups formed |
24 |
4 |
2004 |
| Anzac Day - protest site closed down for the day as a mark of respect |
25 |
4 |
2004 |
| Protesters arrested on 14 April appear in court again |
28 |
4 |
2004 |
| Protesters arrested on 14 April appear in court again |
29 |
4 |
2004 |
| Cornerstone (the developers) announce they want $1.9M from Council for the site |
29 |
4 |
2004 |
| Caloundra City Council announces it will consider site purchase |
29 |
4 |
2004 |
| Call For Boycott of Woolworths Nationally - campaign is launched in maleny |
1 |
5 |
2004 |
| Today Show (Channel 9 TV) holds national live interview with Daniel up the tree |
5 |
5 |
2004 |
| Public Meeting held in Maleny |
8 |
5 |
2004 |
| Penelope Swayles (nationally known folk singer) holds fundraiser concert at Crystal Waters |
8 |
5 |
2004 |
| Developers threaten to evict Daniel from the tree - this does not eventuate |
13 |
5 |
2004 |
| Protest held at Caloundra City Council Chambers - trying to get Council to buy the site |
13 |
5 |
2004 |
| Protest vigil continues at the site - even though it is very cold and wet |
1 |
6 |
2004 |
| Residents announce they are raising funds to purchase the site, in conjunction with Council funds |
3 |
6 |
2004 |
| Protest held at Caloundra City Council Chambers - trying to get Council to buy the site |
10 |
6 |
2004 |
| Pantastic Fundraiser concert outside Community Centre in Maleny |
11 |
6 |
2004 |
| Maleny Campaign team attends World Environment Day event at Maroochydore |
13 |
6 |
2004 |
| Daniel Jones falls out of the bunya tree - end of the tree sit-in protest |
14 |
6 |
2004 |
| Fence attempt by contractors fails as large numbers of protesters attend site |
16 |
6 |
2004 |
| Public Meeting held in Maleny to discuss situation |
19 |
6 |
2004 |
| Council announces it will not buy the development site - delcare it is too expensive |
24 |
6 |
2004 |
| Alternative site purchase proposal announced by another local developer - does not eventuate |
14 |
7 |
2004 |
| Continuous vigil and tent at site since 14 April is ended - winter weather too cold |
1 |
8 |
2004 |
| Strategy Meeting held in Maleny |
2 |
8 |
2004 |
| Environment Court announces pro-development ruling - trees can be cleared right to waterline |
14 |
9 |
2004 |
| Vote With Our Feet Rally held in Maleny |
26 |
9 |
2004 |
| Perimeter fence around the site is decorated with autumn hues tree branches |
9 |
11 |
2004 |
| Campaign to return all junk mail from Woolworths received by Maleny commences |
18 |
11 |
2004 |
| Campaign team members travel to Sydney to protest at the Woolworths AGM |
26 |
11 |
2004 |
| Woolworths responds with a full page national advert - this is ceremonially burnt at the Maleny site |
29 |
11 |
2004 |
| Platty Claymation short film is released highlighting the issues at the site |
10 |
1 |
2005 |
| Woolworths Operation Trolly - WOTTING Campaign becomes public knowledge |
15 |
2 |
2005 |
| Protest held outside headquarters of the development company owners in Brisbane |
16 |
2 |
2005 |
| Ribbon Rally held in Maleny |
27 |
2 |
2005 |
| A stronger reinforced fence is errected at the protest site, with concrete barriers to prevent vehicle access |
28 |
2 |
2005 |
| Charges against protesters arrising from 14 April are dropped |
10 |
3 |
2005 |
| An old car painted green with slogans appears at the site - later burnt out by local youths |
21 |
3 |
2005 |
| Protests are held outside Sunshine Coast supermarkets |
13 |
4 |
2005 |
| Tesch Park Rally |
14 |
4 |
2005 |
| Anzac Day - protest site closed down for the day as a mark of respect |
25 |
4 |
2005 |
| Site brushcutting takes place in the rain - hundreds of protesters present - Camp Platypus set up again |
5 |
5 |
2005 |
| Protest when additional fencing erected to fully enclose the development site - including from hotel and creek |
11 |
5 |
2005 |
| Tower of Power erected mysteriously overnight from dozens of fence sections |
22 |
5 |
2005 |
| Wooldozer makes first appearance - a wonderful theatrical campaign prop |
6 |
6 |
2005 |
| Shopping Centre Protest takes place on Sunshine Coast |
10 |
6 |
2005 |
| World Environment Day attended by Obi Obi Campaigners |
12 |
6 |
2005 |
| Platypus Survey conducted on behalf of Obi Obi campaign involving scientists with specialist knowledge |
15 |
6 |
2005 |
| Uniton (New site owners) involved in confrontation with protesters when they attempted site surveying |
23 |
6 |
2005 |
| Police embarrased when their high tech spy cameras were easliy spotted and removed by protesters |
24 |
6 |
2005 |
| Novel twist in campaign - mineral prospecting undertaken at site - legally, developers cound not prevent it |
27 |
6 |
2005 |
| Key protest team members threatened with legal action - writs burned in public |
6 |
7 |
2005 |
| Silent Majority Quilt is unveiled - a wonderful display of craft skills with a message |
7 |
7 |
2005 |
| Eviction Deadline Protest - Uniton frustrated - call on Police to uphold the law |
7 |
7 |
2005 |
| Public Meeting - leaked info advises all that crackdown by Qld Govt imminent |
9 |
7 |
2005 |
| Hundreds of police evict all protesters from site and commence lengthy campaign to guard development site |
12 |
7 |
2005 |
| Auger and Burrows Probing - Uniton (the developers) are careful not to openly kill a platypus |
14 |
7 |
2005 |
| Concrete footings go in - protesters lie in front of trucks, trucks get police escorts from concrete plant |
15 |
7 |
2005 |
| Large public rally held in Maleny |
16 |
7 |
2005 |
| $2M Cheque Presentation - Developers and Woolworths decline despite actual funds being there to buy |
16 |
7 |
2005 |
| Drum Protest at site - call for global synchronised drumming… |
18 |
7 |
2005 |
| Cut and Fill Earthworks underway - burrows are now all completely trashed - platypus either dead or displaced |
18 |
7 |
2005 |
| Tooting Fines - locals are fined for showing support as heavy handed police presence is maintained |
19 |
7 |
2005 |
| Maleny Kids Protest March and Rally |
20 |
7 |
2005 |
| Brisbane Rally - Wooldozer and dozens or protesters campaign in Brisbane |
22 |
7 |
2005 |
| Survey Results Say No - Seven News Poll shows most people oppose the way things are going |
22 |
7 |
2005 |
| Traffic Concerns Car Rally held in Maleny |
23 |
7 |
2005 |
| Full page advert placed in national edition of Weekend Australian newspaper by Maleny campaign team at huge expense - all funds raised locally |
23 |
7 |
2005 |
| Protest activist Jon Woodlands arrested again for going inside 100m exclusion zone from site |
25 |
7 |
2005 |
| Cooke Park to Tesch Park Rally |
30 |
7 |
2005 |
| Rally of locals with many musicians - almost a carnival atmosphere - Jon Woodlands protests from a helicopter |
6 |
8 |
2005 |
| Wooldozer stolen by site construction workers - later returned unscathed |
9 |
8 |
2005 |
| First Slab Pouring - basically point of no return for the site - construction now inevitable… |
10 |
8 |
2005 |
| protesters fined in court for events during site construction work |
12 |
8 |
2005 |
| Cooke Park to Tesch Park Rally |
14 |
8 |
2005 |
| Concert held in Maleny Community Centre to celebrate the community spirit in our town |
14 |
8 |
2005 |
| Obi Mascot confiscated by police when the man wearing it (Daniel Jones) was caught inside the construction site |
14 |
9 |
2005 |
| Rally held in Maleny - end of the large scale protest actions, smaller numbers at the site thereafter |
1 |
10 |
2005 |
| Supermarket building nears completion externally, protest action now largly concluded at site |
2 |
11 |
2005 |
| Woodford Folk Festival Fire Event seen by 20,000 - theme of corporate greed - giant platypus and shopping trolly |
1 |
1 |
2006 |
| Store sign goes up in Maleny |
28 |
2 |
2006 |
| Remnant weed vegetation cleared and replanting of creek edge commences |
14 |
3 |
2006 |
| Woolworths Supermarket Opens - rally and protest outside store. The message was - We Won't Shop There - EVER |
3 |
4 |
2006 |
| Boycott story in national media - we won't shop there - ever. Woolworths supermarket has poor sales figures and visibly few cars using car park |
16 |
10 |
2006 |
| Flooding causes Obi Obi Creek to rise, foundation piers of supermarket go under water, replanting of creek edge damaged by water scouring |
24 |
8 |
2007 |
Woolworths revealed - final bamboo removal on creek edge shows the full building to the town for the first time - regrowth trees will hide it eventually...
The boycott by locals continues... |
14 |
6 |
2008 |
Obi Obi Campaign Event Timeline