The Bigger Picture Project was part of the Fire Recovery Unit's fifth year anniversary event. It gave people the chance to share signs of recovery that had occurred over the five years since the 2009 Victorian Bushfires.These photos were initially hosted on the Piece Together website, however this website has been decommissioned so we will continue to display these wonderful photos at this location. These photos were taken by community members and represent hope, something about their current life or something that made them laugh, along with some photos that showed the difficulties people have been through.
We feel privileged that we are able to share these photos with you - please take the time to admire the talented photographers and their journeys.
These photos were also digitally displayed at the Fifth Anniversary Remembrance Event hosted by the Victorian Government at the Melbourne Museum on Sunday 9th February 2014.
The Bigger Picture
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Buxton Christmas Tree -
Blooming Roses -
90kms to Marysville -
1840s Irish Gypsy Cauldron -
A Days End, Mt Gordon near Marysville, March 2009 -
A New Baby. March 2009. Named Phoenix. -
A New Day Dawns, Buxton Peak, March 2009 -
A Swamp Wallaby with badly burned feet seeking relief in a dam on a Dixons Creek property. -
A Volunteer team from Habitat for Humanity working to help clear a property at Wandong in November 2011. The elderly couple needed help with clearing trees, brush-cutting along fence lines and restoring the overgrown garden. The team included corporates, groups and individual volunteers who gave up their time at the weekend to help. -
Adam Hills Event for CFA -
After an extremely exhausting day, clearing & picking up debris it was time to chill, eat, chat & have a laugh. -
Anniversary Photo -
As a Trauma Counsellor working with residents of Kinglake and Marysville one important component of their recovery was believing in hope. Hope meant many things to different people, such as being able to move on, make it through the next day, believing life would return to normal in the future etc. This picture for me meant devastation and hope in the here and now which is depicted by the green shoot on the blackened tree trunk. -
At a Habitat 'Brush with Kindness' project on Doctor's Creek Road at Clonbinane I saw a vehicle that had been burnt in the bushfires. The heat was enough to melt the windscreen and destroy the vehicle, yet on one corner the paint and rubber tyres were still intact. It highlighted to me how fast and random the fire caused such devastation on that day. -
Beautiful Sky -
Black Saturday Wine Bottles -
Black Saturday Rescued Baby Possum -
Blue Skies Ahead With A Hint of Rainbow -
Bungalina flys into the future, surronded by the commnity carrying thier lanterns of light. INTO THE LIGHT : Between Land and Sky 2013 -
Burnt Tree -
Bushfire Community Support - Circus Oz 2013 -
Bushfire Community Support - Collingwood Vs Geelong Game 2013 -
Bushfire community Support - Grown-ups Getaway at Portsea 2013 ... very busy, doing nothing! -
Bushfire Community Support - Grown-ups Getaway at Portsea 2013 -
Bushfire Community Support, Grown-ups Getaway at Portsea -
Bushfire Community Support - Family Fishing Day at Marysville 2013 -
Cauldron -
CFA Kinglake West always bring joy and much love at Christmas time for the young and the old. -
Children waiting to carry their lanterns in the parade. INTO THE LIGHT - Between land and Sky 2013 -
Chimneys from the Original House in Dixons Creek -
Clonbinane Hall Opening -
Clonbinane Kathy and Possum -
Clonbinane Memorial Park -
Clonbinane Memorial Park Opening -
Clonbinane Mountain Memorial Park -
Community on Ground Assistance working with fire affected families across Victoria working with corporate volunteers -
Community on Ground Assistance working with fire affected families across Victoria removing dangerous trees -
Community on Ground Assistance working with fire affected families across Victoria processing timber -
Creating a New Veggie Patch -
Damaged Vehicle -
Day One of Earthmoving -
Deer Me Visitor Clonbinane -
Dishes Burnt but Clean in the Dishwasher -
Drainage work for New Home in Christmas Hills -
Fairy Garden Regenerated - Steels Creek -
Fire Impacted Property -
Fire Impacted Property -
First New Poppies -
Greenlands, Marysville. Done it! -
Growth and Colour -
Hot Pans, Marysville's second steelband formed in 2011, took the opportunity to play before their peers and a large appreciative audience -
I will rebuild in Marysville. Salvaged junk for sculptures. -
In April 2013, the 1st Australian Steelband Festival was held in Marysville. Organised by the local community and steelband members, the Festival attracted 10 national and international bands. The Calypso Night, featuring Nicky Bomba and Bustmento and the Trinidadian Connection was a highlight. -
In August 2011 the largest Habitat 'Brush with Kindness' team to-date visited 2 neighbouring properties at Clonbinane to help clear fallen and dead trees, with log splitting and brush-cutting work. Nearly 60 volunteers worked to help both families in the re-building process. -
Into the Light - Ceramics -
Into the Light - Heart and Girl -
Into the Light - Lanterns -
It's the smallest things that bring the greatest joy. -
Jug Afterwards -
Keep on riding, Trevor! -
Keeping to the shape of the steep driveway leading to the property home were ninety established & well groomed tall cypress trees.The day after Black Saturday Bushfires the trees appeared to be covered in Winter snow. -
Kookaburra on Burnt Trees -
Let's Explore -
Marysville, March 2009 -
Memorial Event Clonbinane -
Middle Kinglake School....Ready To Move in, February 2011 -
Middle Kinglake School's Temporary Vegetable Garden, 2010 -
Mosaic Middle Kinglake School -
Murchison Spur Lookout Opening Event -
My Recovery Tree -
Nanowie Bridge Early Morning -
New Life (15th April 2009) -
New Life -
October 2010, Rebuilding Middle Kinglake School -
Off And Away! -
On The Road To Recovery -
One year after the fires and still no place to call home just a plot of dirt. -
Our daughters taking in the view of Mason Falls after it's reopening. -
Our Flying Fire Engine -
Our Letterbox with Green Tag -
Our New View -
Our old boy Clyde took some time to adjust. The lovely quilt made for him by the Cotton Pickers was well loved. -
Pans on Fire, Marysville's original steelband formed in late-2009 after the Feb 7 bushfires, took out the award for Emerging Talent - not bad for a bunch of people who had never seen a steel pan before 2009. -
Post Fire Winter -
Posttraumatic Growth Conference 2013 -
Prepared for much more produce to flourish. Middle Kinglake Primary School -
Productive Again -
Recovery On Emmy and Spikes Favourite Walk -
Regeneration at Traralgon South Flora and Fauna Reserve -
Regeneration Near Lake Mountain, December 2009 -
Regrowth Marysville, December 2009 -
Regrowth on Trees -
Regrowth -
Regrowth Already -
Remnants of Bridge -
Santa makes a special visit in 2010 -
Sculpture by Leanne Mooney Post Bushfires -
Shining Light Bushfire Recovery Festival, Gippsland. Sponsored by International Soroptimists; Latrobe Shire & CFA -
Signs of hope -
Snow Comes to Town -
Strath Reedy Lookout Opening -
Students Representing Rebuilding....much more than bricks and mortar -
Survivors -
The Cleanup Begins -
The leaves of spring carrying the hopes, dreams, wishes of the community. Made in a community workshop at Whittlesea Community House for INTO THE LIGHT: The Unfolding Story 2012 -
The Mighty King Parrot -
The Wissell Family are part of the Tree Project. A fabulous initiative, which 'is a symbol of remembrance for the lives lost and for the people who fought to save lives. It is also a monument to renewal and to the spirit of fraternity that springs from skilled blacksmiths across Australia and around the world' (The Australian Blacksmiths Association, 2009). www.treeproject.abavic.org.au -
The Rebuild -
Bushfire Community Support - Collingwood Vs Geelong Footy Game 2013 -
View from Lake Mountain Road Taken 16th April 2009 -
View from New Bedroom Window -
What Happened -
White Hot, From Marysville Fire Relics -
White on Black-Lake Mountain 30th April 2009 -
With My Gifted Quilt From Olive in New Zealand -
Xanthorrhoea (Grass trees), Red Hill, Marysville - December 2009
