00:00Portalina, known also as Oyster Cove, is holding a special meeting with its first people who
00:10are gathered here today to burn.
00:12I started to help people nationally, go and visit their country and support them.
00:18Out of that came a network of a number of people that got involved.
00:23We created a fire sticks.
00:27Victor is a fire knowledge holder and travels around Australia holding workshops around
00:32fire management.
00:34Today was spent showing Mob how to walk alongside the fire as one.
00:38And most of the times we just work with the community, I mean, sometimes we'll do workshops
00:44with the public.
00:45It all depends on the region and the community and what's needed in that region.
00:50This is what we call a cool burn, also called a mosaic burn.
00:54By burning country in this way, it gets rid of all the fuel for the fire, as well as rejuvenates
00:59the surrounding area for wildlife and people, allowing the space to be utilised again.
01:05Everything on this planet has a role to play in the relational ecosystems.
01:11The human role has always been to maintain the balance so that all of the other life
01:16is able to live in the normal circumstance of forests being cared for.
01:22Using the workshops provided by fire sticks, Roy has graduated to the level of fire practitioner
01:28with the sole goal of saving country.
01:31One of the big mistakes we make as humans is the fact that we think we're more important
01:36than the bird that's sitting up there on the tree, or we're more important than that little
01:40bit of bush over there, where we're not.
01:45Everything around us is more important than us.
01:47And if everything around us is sick, we're going to be sick.
01:51Killing country, sharing culture, and learning with fire.
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