For those who didn't know, there was a rally/protest today atop Mount Ainslie. Here's the story.

Pastor Danny Nalliah, from Catch the Fire Ministries, decided that Canberra needed a spiritual cleansing. He decided that there were bloodstains on the plinth supporting the aviation beacon, and that these were from covens of witches doing blood sacrifices up there.

Anyway, the Australian Sex Party got wind of it and organised a protest. I went up there to cover the event for the Nonsense Podcast. I got about 10min worth of audio/interviews, which will be featured on the next episode, due out in a couple of days.

As is my wont, I also got a few photos. Behind the cut.


Pastor Danny Nalliah and supporters:


Protesters:


Pastor Danny brought a micro-megaphone with him, which didn't make him much more audible:


Unfortunately the signs aren't very visible in this shot:


The Christians had flags:


The protestors gathered at the aviation beacon:


Pastor Danny was not deterred:


Some of the protestors were pretty vocal:


I thought the shofar was Jewish:


Definitely worth a second glance:


Fortunately, it wasn't particularly cold today:


The audio will be on Episode 12 of the Nonsense Podcast, due to hit iTunes and your reader of choice within the next couple of days.