A $1.3 billion wind farm is being built in Central Queensland’s Connors Range, which is home to some of the most ecologically significant populations of koalas and Greater Gliders.

Photographer and conservationist Steven Nowakowski recently visited the Lotus Creek Wind Farm and shared some pretty confronting images.

Mr Nowakowski told Gary Hardgrave on 4BC Drive, “That’s why I’ve been photographing places like Lotus Creek to try to show city folk what is really involved with the construction of these wind towers in Queensland and other parts of Australia.

“I think if Australians really saw what was going on in regional Australia with the rollout of renewables, they would be gobsmacked and horrified because we are seeing so much devastation and clearing and destruction of what is left of our refugia forests, of our remnant forests,” Mr Nowakowski continued.

Hear more highlights from Gary Hardgrave below: 

Image: Steven Nowakowski/LinkedIn