Thousands are expected to gather at beaches across the country - including one in Adelaide - to protest offshore oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight this weekend.
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Hands Across the Sand, held on Saturday, will call on Norwegian oil giant Statoil-Equinor to drop its plans for drilling in the region.
In Adelaide, the protest will take place on the foreshore at Semaphore Beach, while events will also be held at Kangaroo Island, Port Lincoln, Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Elliston, Port Willunga and Middleton Point.
Sea Shepherd Australia managing director Jeff Hansen said community awareness about the dangers of drilling was on the rise.
"This will be the seventh Hands Across the Sand event in Australia and the numbers keep on growing as communities become more aware of the horrific threat of oil and gas exploration on our magnificent coastline," he said.
"Modelling showed that an oil spill from an ultra-deepwater well blowout in the Great Australian Bight could impact anywhere along all of southern Australia's coast, from Western Australia right across to NSW and Tasmania."
Mr Hansen said the threat was particularly pertinent in South Australia, with several areas directly at risk.
"Former Statoil Bight partner, BP's modelling showed a spill from its proposed Stromlo-1 well could hit Adelaide in 20 days and Port Lincoln and Kangaroo Island in 15 days."
Australian Associated Press
