Concerned about the devastating impacts across Australia and in his own region, Inverell farmer Glenn Morris and his horse Hombre are riding through Inverell to alert all governments that there is not enough urgency being placed on the threat of climate change.
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Glenn and Hombre will start at 4.30pm and ride down Byron Street and Otho Street, before ending the ride at the Inverell Club.
Glenn said he was calling on all governments to be honest with the Australian public on climate change and its associated risks, just like in the late 1980s, when he said Australians led the world on climate change awareness and action.
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"In 1988 reporters commented that the awareness of the greenhouse issue is probably greater amongst the general public in Australia than in any other country in the world, and at a CSIRO event called Greenhouse 1988 - with conferences in every capital city and Cairns - the keynote speaker stated that scientific consensus and evidence was sufficient to take action," he said.
"With an unprecedented dry spell and the warmest January to August period on record, Australia is in the middle of experiencing catastrophic fires, horrendous dust storms, disappearing water supplies and the death of large areas of forests and pastures," he said.
The local organic beef farmer made national headlines when he rode across the Sydney Harbour Bridge three years ago. More recently he rode down the New England Highway to highlight the need for action.
"We are riding again for greater care of our earth, for our communities and for future generations," he said.
