The man who spent camped atop a pole at his Shannon’s Flat property, “Saarahnlee”, spearheaded the rally despite requiring two walking sticks to move about.

“Many of our aspirations regarding the most essential freedoms and liberties, which were understood to be enshrined and bound inseparably in our flag have been regrettably torn asunder and blatantly, most arrogantly, trodden underfoot,” Mr Spencer proclaimed to the loud cheering crowd.

During his address, Mr Spencer dropped his own emotional bombshell.

"I haven't been home yet. On the 12th of February, they take possession of my property. I have a week left, and I can't go back to see it," he said as he broke down in tears to cries of sympathy from the crowd.

Mr Spencer revealed his property near Cooma would be repossessed after being unable to pay a debt owed to his family.

Speaking to The Land after the rally, Mr Spencer revealed his family, however, had offered him an olive branch in the form of a letter permitting him to live in his house until he passed away - an offer he planned to refuse.

The teary-eyed Spencer pushed on with his address, calling on those present to return home and "find just 10 people" to spread the energy mustered at the rally.

“A few months ago I was one man on a plank a few metres above the ground,” he said.

“If you can get that 10 people together as a group, I will come to your town, to your hall, to your park, and I will tell them how we intend to change this country forever.”

* For FarmOnline's full coverage from the Canberra rally, click here .