Alexa Stuart (pictured) is an organizer with the Newcastle-based "Rising Tide" and so is presently busy beyond belief setting up the "people's blockade" - an act of civil disobedience in which the group and its supporters plan to disrupt (stop) the arrival and departure of coal ships from the Newcastle harbour, the largest coal port in the world, for 30 hours.

What's happening in Newcastle has been somewhat ignored by the mainstream media, but Michael West Media carried the story: "Coal from Newcastle. The port blockade that aims to stop it." written by Wendy Bacon.

Check out the program of busy events on the Rising Tide website - it will be a rather frantic few days with the aim of illustrating to the Australian Government that it needs a change of attitude with regard to fossil fuel resources, especially coal.