Created by the designers of the Sydney Olympic Torch, the Climate Torch is an iconic symbol of our national determination to avert dangerous climate change. The torch itself features solar-power, a wind-turbine, people power, and a lemon battery!

For nine weeks from August to October, the GetUp Climate Torch Relay will tour right across Australia – through rural towns and capital cities in every State and territory – on its way to Parliament House, Canberra, on October 12.

Along the route local communities are hosting legs of the relay, which calls on our leaders to halve Australia’s greenhouse pollution by 2020.

The relay will reach Moruya on October 7, where members of the local community have organised a leg of the relay and are acting as torchbearers. The event will feature a twilight lemon light and candle walk from Ron Chesher Park, near the hospital to Russ Martin Park.

The climate torch is partially

powered by a lemon, and children attending the Moruya relay will have the opportunity to build their own lemon-powered torch to take with them on the march. Candles will also be available for older children and adults taking part in the event.

Local businesses will be at Ron Chesher Park to show families how they can reduce their energy consumption, and make use of the new technologies that are available to power their houses in a sustainable way. The event will feature a barbecue and Spicy Fruit Chutney will be performing.