Farmers from across the Riverina made the journey to Albury this morning, to have their voices heard on the topic of Murray Darling Basin water allocation.
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Up to 140 trucks took to the road, while 1200 people took over the city's main square from 10am this morning.
"We were hoping for about 100 trucks and a thousand people, so this was massive," said organiser Darcy Hare from Moulamein.
"If you don't get the numbers, it's too easy to be ignored."
Dubbed the protest to 'pause the plan', organisers are hoping to see an independent committee of landholders brought on to review the Murray Darling Basin plan every five years.
Four other meetings took place around the Riverina before the protesters took to Albury, with 'pause the plan' signage installed across the region also.
"There's a grassroots movement around it," said Mr Hare.
"I think I would have seen signs right across Victoria and NSW now."
The assembly was made up of participants who had travelled up to three-and-a-half hours either side of the NSW/Victoria border.
"The idea of having it in Albury was to get people to understand that this really effects everyone," Mr Hare said.
"We need to be able to do what we do best - get behind the people who create food, jobs and livelihoods.
"We need a plan that supports that, that gets behind the farmers and makes way for food security."
Farrer MP Susan Ley also attended the event on Tuesday morning, along with her labor candidate counterpart Kevin Mack.