Hope and healing

That these stories are there to be told is testament to the individual and collective efforts of KI locals supported by their mainland neighbours. This tiny dunnart’s survival is possible because firefighters volunteered to confront the savage fires, saving small pockets of habitat and because Kangaroo Island Land for Wildlife have worked tirelessly since to make that habitat safe for the tiny marsupials.

After the January fires, a flood of support brought moments of relief, but these quickly dried up as the world became consumed with the threat of the novel coronavirus. Yet, through what will likely be characterised