After a 400 kilometre journey activists gathered in Newcastle's Civic Park to protest the Narrabri Gas Project and the associated Hunter Gas Pipeline on Sunday October 13.
They say the project will destroy the surrounding environment, impact farming, water and food sources and is destructive to sacred Gomeroi country.
Roughly 40 people travelled in the two-day convoy all the way from Narrabri to Newcastle with several more joining for Sunday's rally, Unions NSW Pilliga campaign coordinator Peggy Smith said.
From Gundy in the Hunter Valley, Ms Smith said they were making a stand against the 800 kilometre-plus Queensland to Hunter Gas Pipeline.
The proposed Hunter Gas Pipeline covers a route of 413 kilometres, stretching from the Narrabri gas lateral to Newcastle.
Ms Smith said the last two days had been "fantastic" after they stopped off in Narrabri, Gunedah, Scone and Singleton.
"It just doesn't make sense for this to be going ahead," she said.
"It's disgusting, the way that Santos has been treating land-holders when they've tried to negotiate access to their land has just been appalling."
Ms Smith said the project would be destructive to the Great Artesian Basin, an important water resource, and would affect the state's food bowl.
"We want the government to realise we don't have a shortage of gas, they know that we don't need to expand on the Narrabri gas project," she said.
"Nobody wants this, Santos has no friends."
The convoy comes as the Gomeroi Traditional Owners return to the Native Title Tribunal, after an appeal to the Federal Court found an earlier determination by the tribunal should have considered climate change.
Destroying the environment
Travelling from Bathurst, Wiradjuri country, Kylie Martinez drove to Narrabri in hopes of stopping the desecration of traditional land and the Pilliga Forest in north-central NSW.
A member of the Independent Education Union, Ms Martinez said she wanted to continue teaching students what was in the country, not what was once there.
"They are going to destroy the environment, basically. They can say they've done all the environmental studies but there is wildlife in the Pilliga that only lives there," she said.
Gomeroi traditional custodian and Lock the Gate community coordinator, Karra Kinchela said the proposed pipeline was "scary and dangerous".
"I think with climate change and the government's lack of action on climate change, that gas is not needed in NSW and we need to look for better ways to power our country," she said.
Knitting Nannas Against Gas and Greed held signs dubbing gas a "transition to extinction" at the weekend's rally.
Nanna Carol came from Gloucester to support the group's opposition to the pipeline.
"Gas is not a transition fuel, gas is going to cause far more problems. We need to transition to more renewable energy," she said.
"The Nannas hope that we can keep the land, the air, and the water for future generations, we are not going to do it by using gas."
Gomeroi traditional owner, Suellyn Tighe spoke to the crowd at Civic Park calling the continued need to fight against fossil fuel companies "atrocious".
She said the companies did not care what made the Pilliga special and that advocates were fighting deep pockets who were driven by their financial bottom line.
"This fight is a David and Goliath fight," she said.
"The Gamilaroi (Gomeroi) culture, our culture is about respect for land and country, it's respect for place, respect for water and all the plants and animals," she said.
