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Thrower Dr tree protest

Scenes from a protest designed to stop the council from cutting down two old trees.

Topics: thrower drive, tree protest

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Lynne Hargreaves chains herself to a tree in Currumbin.

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Lynne Hargreaves' protest has paid off and her beloved tree has been saved at Currumbin.

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Lynne Hargreaves chains herself to a tree in Currumbin to stop council workers chopping it down.

ANOTHER night chained to a Camphor Laurel has not reduced one protester's determination to save the 80-year-old tree.

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