Photographs of coal seam gas wells prove a rural residential estate will be "turned into a pincushion" if a planned pipeline goes ahead, protesters say.
They have set up a blockade to try to stop a gas pipeline entering Tara estate, 200kms west of Brisbane.
The Lock the Gate campaign said the aerial photos, taken in 2008 and 2010, of an area south of Chinchilla near the estate, revealed how it would look "once the coal seam gas company QGC forces its way in".
Lock the Gate organiser Drew Hutton said the photos showed how gas wells, placed 450 to 750 metres apart, turned an area into a pincushion, making it impossible for residents to lead a normal life.
"This will be what the Tara estate will look like when it gets coal seam gas.
"This is the reality of coal seam gas," Mr Hutton said.
He said under Tara estate were some of the most bountiful supplies of gas in the region, so the wells would be closely spaced.
"QGC will push its way onto the estate. It will connect up some wells and then put pressure on neighbouring landowners to sign an agreement to have wells on their properties," he said.
"They will eat the heart out of the community and the ones who live there will have to put up with the impacts on their health, safety and amenity and they will never be able to sell their blocks.
"This is why Tara residents, along with environmentalists, are determined to block their entry onto the estate."
The protesters have established a blockade on land that separates the gas company from Tara estate and say they'll "use all non-violent means at our disposal" to stop the QGC pipeline.
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