In a remote part of Victoria, a deeply divided bushfire-ravaged community realises it can't rely on outsiders to make things better. Harnessing its spirit of self-reliance, the town unites to take charge of its own recovery.
As the bushfire clean-up begins, Mallacoota elects a team of locals to lead the town's recovery. It's a mix of left and right-wingers, conservationists and environmental cynics. Seriously? Who thought this was a good idea?
Covid and red tape slam the brakes on Mallacoota's recovery, leaving the team elected to rebuild the town feeling like they've been handed a poisoned chalice. A housing crisis looms and the town's mental health is fragile.
The residents of the bushfire-ravaged town of Mallacoota relive their trauma as the first anniversary of the Black Summer fires approaches. With the reconstruction of their town stalled, is there anything to celebrate?