WellBeing

Rachel Lowry, WWF-Australia Chief Conservation Officer

Home is… where the grass is long, the trees stand tall and the Maribyrnong River idly passes by. My husband and I both enjoyed childhoods where nature play was a prominent feature across our happiest memories. Once we became parents, we took a giant leap and purchased an old fixer-upper home on the river so that our children could build similar memories. The first time a swamp wallaby jumped by our lounge room window I was certain in that moment that we had made the right decision, and it has been home ever since.

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