In 2022, a storm ravaged Central Victoria, felling trees across thousands of hectares in the Wombat Forest.  Faced with a radically altered ecosystem, there emerged some questions: 

Where do we belong, as humans, in the forest system? 

How do we care for the places we love as we navigate the turbulence of climate change? 

What has been lost, what is left, and where to from here?

In our times of great upheaval, making space to hold diverse and conflicting narratives is essential if we are to find points of movement to navigate the challenges faced by landscapes we love. Framings of Wombat Forest explores 11 diverse perspectives on the future of the Wombat Forest through photographic and audio portraits.  From skink ecologists to bike riders, activists to cultural fire practitioners, the project is an invitation to see the forest from where they stand, and lean into the messiness of what it means to feel connection to place in a changing world.