In 2021 I did a road trip that took me from Batman’s Bay, NSW to Hastings, VIC through the coastline of both of these states. As I travelled around Mallacoota, I was directly confronted with the devastation caused by the 2019-2020 bushfires in East Gippsland. The cadavers of the burnt trees overlooking that halcyon beach greatly diminish the effect of “Oh I’m in paradise’. During these bushfires, 1.1 million hectares of land were burnt in East Gippsland. 170 rare or threatened species have lost more than 50% of their habitat. Therefore, our planet is living, burning, dying all at the same time. Still, it is beautiful. ‘The State Of Our Planet’ participated in the #everydayclimatecrisis, a photographic petition on climate change, organised by Hilary Wardough, and tabled in the Parliament of Australia in Canberra in July 2022. 1,247 images from Australian women and non-binary photographers created this very unique visual petition on the climate chaos all over Australia. ‘The State of Our Planet’ and ‘Grim World’ were shown in an ABC news television segment (Canberra) presenting the petition. ‘The State Of Our Planet’ participated in the group exhibition where some images of the petition were shown at the Climarte Gallery, Melbourne, in 2022. Also, this image won 2 awards. Commended Award at the 2022 Australasia Top Emerging Photographers in the folio Landscape category. And, a Commended Award in the Places category at the 2021 Wilderness Photographer Of The Year.