Highlands not pylons

June 23, 2020 BY Lachlan Ellis

Carmel and Archie Conroy stand where an above ground high voltage transmission line would be placed on their property, metres from their house. Photo © – Helen Tatchell

By Kate Taylor

Archie Conroy is fighting for his Central Highlands farm, for his son’s future, for his retirement – and he’s fighting against going into an early grave.
“We may as well say ‘Welcome to the Central Pylons,’ there’s going to be two-and-a-half pylons per kilometre across our farms. It’s a terrible scar on the landscape.”

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