Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown is in Perth today en-route to canoe the giant Fitzroy River in the Kimberley.

Senator Brown is to be a guest of the Bunuba people on a major expedition of seven canoes (14 people) to explore 400 kms of the Fitzroy on the monsoon flood surge, including the Dimond Gorge which is targeted as a site for a dam which will flood vast areas, including cultural sites, in the wild region.

Senator Brown was Director of The Wilderness Society in the successful battle to save Tasmania's Franklin River from 1976-83. Fellow environmentalist John Sinclair, who led the fight to save Queensland's Fraser Island, will also join the Bunuba's expedition.

"This is one of the world's great wild regions and I'm looking forward to this week in the wilds and to joining the Bunuba's campaign. The dam proposal is an economic, environmental and cultural calamity in the making," Senator Brown said.

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