In the summer of 2019-2020 the east coast of Australia was scarred by the most destructive wildfires in recorded history. The devastation ripped through towns and native wilderness alike, reshaping the landscape with an apocalyptic scene. Native Elder of the Budawang people expresses his emotions after losing everything. Country was a very different place back in 1788 when the first Europeans came here. The land was nurtured and managed well, the ecosystem balanced. When colonisation took away cultural land management from the traditional custodians, the ferocity of environmental destruction amplified over time. There was something else the settlers were oblivious to; this was an elusive presence that held the balance of nature in great hands, perhaps as ancient as the land itself. They were known as the guardians of the land. Giants that coexisted with the indigenous people for thousands of years. Although rare, these forest folk are still sighted today in the Australian wilderness. T