December 2019, New York City

"'Hey Aussie, so sad about your country, my heart breaks, I can't believe it.' 

"I didn't know how to respond to the New Yorker I had just met on the streets of the city; I had been away from home so long it didn't seem real, not possible, not on that scale. 

"It was real; my country was burning out of control, burning bush that had never burnt before. Burning so fiercely that areas the size of European countries were lost.

"Returning to Australia a few weeks later, I got to see firsthand, documenting a week on the road with the Wilderness Society, with people whose life mission is to save, protect and preserve our magical country for the generations to come. 

"And to meet those on the front lines of saving what's left and creating sustainable lives for all. 

"A privilege to connect, document and help in ways we as storytellers can."