​Every good story has a beginning. I hope this is one.

His name was Warren Thompson. I didn’t know him, had never met him, and didn’t want to. Through no fault of his own he had come into my orbit at a time I wasn’t ready.
Lew, a mutual friend, had called me and said that he had been tasked with the job of getting Warren and I together with the aim of running an art show, as I had experience in that field.
But I had just wound up the KernArt Prize, a charity art show that ran for six years, and my tank was low. I wasn't interested.
He called again. I said no.

Some time later, at an event at our local Woodleigh Hall, there was a strange man sitting at our table. He stood, put out his hand and said, "I’m Warren Thompson, and we need to talk". Talk about being ambushed!
It’s a lot harder to say no face to face. The following Sunday Warren came to our house and, as he, my partner Rob and myself sat at the kitchen table with a bottle of Pepperjack between us, he laid his dream in front of me...

This is a great opportunity for you to participate in this 3-year training and mentoring program facilitated by Bioferts expert, Daniel Hodges from Soil, Water and Plants.

You are invited to this exciting and informative event on Becoming Fire Wise on French Island with guest speaker Owen Gooding. Recently retired, Owen has over 18 years experience with the CFA working on land use planning, planned burning, and the management of biodiversity and cultural heritage values in bushfire mitigation work.

​You are invited to this exciting and informative event on Becoming Fire Wise in Bass Coast with guest speaker Owen Gooding.   Recently retired, Owen has over 18 years experience with the CFA working on land use planning, planned burning, and the management of biodiversity and cultural heritage values in bushfire mitigation work. Owen was also a member of the national Task Force investigating house loss in the 2009 Victorian bushfires.