WWFAG is dedicated to raising awareness and respectful resistance to the Mt Challenger Wind Farm — a two-location wind farm proposed for the Whitsundays, first brought to community attention on 16 October 2025.

What we know
About the Mt Challenger Wind Farm Proposal
Whitsundays New Skyline?

The Mt Challenger Wind Farm is a proposed wind turbine development by Alinta Energy in the Whitsundays region of North Queensland.

What is currently known is that the proposal involves two separate project locations — Mt Challenger and Crystal Brook / Kelsey Creek — with plans for up to 30 industrial wind turbines, each reaching approximately 240 metres in height. Several of the proposed turbine locations are close to existing rural homes and properties, with some situated within 1.5 kilometres of residences and less than 9 kilometres from Proserpine.

The project area is characterised by rural homes, working farmland, wildlife habitat, tourism routes, and community infrastructure, and sits within a cyclone-prone region. Residents have raised concerns about potential impacts on amenity, landscape character, wildlife, property values, safety, and long-term liveability.

Community awareness of the proposal began in mid-October 2025 following limited and poorly attended public consultation. Since then, significant concerns have emerged about the accuracy of information provided, the framing of the project as a single site, and the adequacy and independence of the Social Impact Assessment (SIA) process.

The proposal is currently at an early stage, with a Met Mast Development Application lodged to collect wind data. While the met mast is described as temporary, it is widely understood to be a critical enabling step toward a future wind farm development application.

Local residents have formed the Whitsunday Wind Farm Action Group (WWFAG) to share information, support community participation, and advocate that:

This is not the right location for a wind farm!

Thousands of residents have signed petitions and made submissions calling for transparency, proper assessment, and genuine consideration of community impacts before any further approvals are granted.

Timeline & Updates

October 2025

16 October 2025
  • Alinta Energy held a public consultation at the Proserpine Tennis Club.
  • Community members have raised concerns that early consultation was limited, poorly understood, and inadequately promoted (reported by residents as being due to the misleading project name and junk-mail style notification). 
  • Some residents and farmers were contacted directly by phone or became aware through the tennis club.
  • Attendees were discouraged from taking photos; however, one community member did take a photo, which helped inform the wider community.
  • The community was initially led to believe there was only one project site. It later became clear there are two: Mt Challenger and Crystal Brook/Kelsey Creek.
19 October 2025
  • A Facebook post about the wind farm proposal was shared and reached over 150 shares.
21 October 2025
  • The Whitsunday Wind Farm Action Group (WWFAG) Facebook page was created.
  • An admin team formed to raise awareness and coordinate respectful community opposition to the proposal.
24 October 2025
  • Following strong public response (letters and phone calls), Amanda Camm MP launched a Have Your Say submission process to capture community views.

November 2025

6 November 2025
  • The first Crystal Brook community members participated in Social Impact Assessment (SIA) interviews.
10 November 2025
  • WWFAG admin members met with Whitsunday Regional Council representatives (including the Mayor and councillors) to raise community concerns.
  • A separate meeting was held with Whitsunday Life newspaper.
15 November 2025
  • Community meeting held at Kelsey Creek Hall.
  • Approximately 100 community members attended from Crystal Brook, Kelsey Creek, and Mt Challenger.
  • Amanda Camm MP attended and publicly stated her support for the community in opposing the project.
20 November 2025
  • WWFAG community meeting held at the Proserpine RSL (5:30pm).
  • Over 80 people attended. Speakers included Alysha Lee and Sandra Mitchell.
  • Paper petitions were circulated.
24 November 2025
  • The Queensland Parliament e-petition was approved and promoted on social media.
25 November 2025
  • Alinta Energy representatives were in the region for the week.
  • Community members attended one-on-one meetings and drop-in sessions at the Proserpine Tennis Club.
Late November 2025
  • Andrew Willcox (Federal MP for Dawson) raised community concerns about the project in Federal Parliament.

December 2025

1 December 2025
  • Public notification period opened for the Met Mast Development Application.
6 December 2025
  • WWFAG volunteers conducted a letterbox drop across Proserpine.
  • 1,500 letters were delivered to households after many residents reported they were still unaware of the wind farm proposal.
  • An additional 200 letters were distributed in Strathdickie and along Shute Harbour Road and Brandy Creek Road.
10 December 2025
  • Amanda Camm MP spoke in the Queensland Parliament about the Mt Challenger Wind Farm, acknowledging community concerns and the need for proper community engagement through planning and social-impact processes.
16 December 2025
  • Have Your Say submission deadline for the Met Mast Development Application.
17 December 2025
  • The community petition reached over 4,500 signatures.

January 2026

January 2026
  • The community petition has now passed 5,000 signatures.
21 January 2026
  • Alinta Energy returns to Proserpine.
28 January 2026
  • A question was raised at a Whitsunday Regional Council meeting on behalf of the Whitsunday Wind Farm Action Group regarding the proposed Mt Challenger Wind Farm and associated Met Mast application.
  • The question asked how Council would assess the Met Mast in the context of the broader wind farm proposal, including cumulative impacts on environment, wildlife, scenic amenity, tourism, community character, and surrounding landholders.

February 2026

23 February 2026
  • The community again met with Federal Member for Dawson Andrew Wilcox at the Kelsey Creek Hall to discuss our concerns with the project and unanswered questions.
25 February 2026
  • Community members attended a Whitsunday Regional Council meeting to raise formal questions about the proposed Mt Challenger Wind Farm.
  • Concerns raised included scenic amenity impact per Crystal Brook Road’s designation as a scenic corridor in the Whitsunday Planning Scheme.
  • A request was also made for Council to engage with the community and Whitsunday Wind Farm Action Group in the development of its Community Benefit Agreement policy.

March 2026

3 March 2026
  • The Queensland Parliament e-petition opposing the proposed Mt Challenger and Crystal Brook/Kelsey Creek Wind Farm project was tabled with 4,419 signatures.
20 March 2026
  • The Queensland Community Energy Forum was held in Proserpine.
  • Community members attended to raise questions and concerns about large-scale energy development in the region.
24 March 2026
  • A paper petition opposing the Mt Challenger Wind Farm Project was presented in the Queensland Parliament with 1,770 petitioners.
  • Together, the two petitions represented 6,189 signatures/petitioners calling for the project to be reconsidered.

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