Thousands of Australian primary and high school students walked out of school on November 30 to demand real action on climate change.

Protests took place in around 30 cities and regional towns, with Sydney and Melbourne drawing around 10,000 people each.

Here, courtesy of Green Left Weekly, is what some of the protests looked like.

Sydney

Photos by Zebedee Parkes

Brisbane

Photos by Alex Bainbridge

Melbourne

Photos by Jacob Andrewartha

Melbourne

Photo by Margarita Windisch

Newcastle

Photos by Stephen O’Brien

Perth

Photos by Alex Salmon

Hobart

Photo by Rose Mathews

Wollongong

Photos by Topia Ryan-Jones

Cairns

Photo by David Bass