Leon Ward and his wife moved from the city to the Granite Belt just before the bushfires came thorough in September 2019. In this episode Leon chats about his experience of living in the bush and the impact of the bushfires on the natural and built environments. Leon's home survived the fire whilst much of the surrounding bushland was severely burned and some of his neighbours lost homes, sheds and other property. Leon has a special understanding and connection with nature which you’ll hear during our conversation.
He offers some practical and inspiring ideas about how we can observe and learn from nature’s recovery journey so that we can minimise losses from bushfires in the future whilst maintaining a close connection to nature.
In this conversation Leon explains:
RESOURCES and LINKS
Download a handout which includes a summary of the episode with the Top 3 Takeaways or Tips and a full list of the services and resources we referred to.
Queensland Rural Fire Service
Queensland National Parks and Forests
Girraween National Park
Main Range National Park
Includes Goomburra, Cunningham’s Gap and Queen Mary Falls Section; Spicers Gap; Mt Superbus
The Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network (GBSAN)
Emergency Services – Fire, Ambulance, Police
P: 000 (Triple Zero)
Find your closest hospital on the Darling Downs
Contact Kathryn Walton from Kathryn Walton Consulting and Outdoors is my Therapy
Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
Use the clickable map to find mental health services in the region
Speak Out Loud has been supported through funding from the Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
Music by Twisterium from Pixabay
Leon Ward and his wife moved from the city to the Granite Belt just before the bushfires came thorough in September 2019. In this episode Leon chats about his experience of living in the bush and the impact of the bushfires on the natural and built environments. Leon's home survived the fire whilst much of the surrounding bushland was severely burned and some of his neighbours lost homes, sheds and other property. Leon has a special understanding and connection with nature which you’ll hear during our conversation.
He offers some practical and inspiring ideas about how we can observe and learn from nature’s recovery journey so that we can minimise losses from bushfires in the future whilst maintaining a close connection to nature.
In this conversation Leon explains:
RESOURCES and LINKS
Download a handout which includes a summary of the episode with the Top 3 Takeaways or Tips and a full list of the services and resources we referred to.
Queensland Rural Fire Service
Queensland National Parks and Forests
Girraween National Park
Main Range National Park
Includes Goomburra, Cunningham’s Gap and Queen Mary Falls Section; Spicers Gap; Mt Superbus
The Granite Belt Sustainable Action Network (GBSAN)
Emergency Services – Fire, Ambulance, Police
P: 000 (Triple Zero)
Find your closest hospital on the Darling Downs
Contact Kathryn Walton from Kathryn Walton Consulting and Outdoors is my Therapy
Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
Use the clickable map to find mental health services in the region
Speak Out Loud has been supported through funding from the Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
Music by Twisterium from Pixabay