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Australians bury heads in sand to mock government climate stance SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 400 protesters stuck their heads in the sand on Australias Bondi Beach on Thursday, mocking the governments reluctance to put climate change on the agenda of a G20 summit this weekend. Prime Minister Tony Abbotts perceived failure to address climate change is all the more galling in the wake of an agreement between the United States and China on Wednesday to limit their carbon emissions, they said. Obamas on board, Xi Jinpings on board, everyones on board except one man, activist Pat Norman, 28, bellowed into a megaphone on the Sydney beach. Tony Abbott! the protesters shouted back. Folks with babies, school children and working people in business suits dug holes on the beach and stuck their heads in them. The ostrich is said to stick its head in the sand in futile bid to avoid danger. View gallery A group of around 400 demonstrators participate in a protest by burying their heads in the sand at S?… Ornithologists say the African bird does no such thing but that didnt spoil the cheeky protest. Wiggle ya bums if you feel like it, Norman shouted over the megaphone. A few athletic types did handstands with their heads in the sand. Abbott called climate change science crap in 2009 and said coal was good for humanity. Australia repealed a tax on greenhouse gas emissions in July, the only country to reverse action on climate change. Justin Field, 36, a former army intelligence officer who is running for a seat in state parliament for the Green Party, said Australia had to act. To be so far behind the rest of the developed world embarrasses progressive Australia, he said