1. Mid Murray Council – From the Ranges to the River 6,266 square kilometres 17 Towns Second largest road length of 68 Councils in South Australia 220 kilometres of Murray River 6,000 Shacks 52 Shack Sites

2. January 2014 – Eden Valley Bushfire Over 26,000 hectares of farm land was burnt

3. 130 Farms 5 homes Many livelihoods were devastated

4. Eden Valley Fire scar area

5. Country Fire Service volunteers and community rally to fight the fire. A letter from a son to his parents.

6. Hi Mum and Dad Before I get started on paperwork tonight, I just need you both to know stuff. I am feeling gutted at the moment for the both of you. I know how incredibly hard both of you have worked, blood, sweat and tears, over the last 27 years or so to get “The Farm” to where it was 5 days ago.

7. I can only imagine how you both feel and then it would only be the tip of the iceberg. I am so sorry that this catastrophe has been borne upon you, you are the last people on earth that need to be kicked in the guts like this.

8. I can’t say this on the phone or to you face to face because I know I’ll end up in tears, like I am now. I am so proud of you both and all that you have strived for and achieved in my lifetime let alone yours.

9. You have provided for all of us without question and then some. You do not deserve to have nearly all of it stripped from you. Exhausted Country Fire Service Volunteers

10. One of the homes destroyed in the fire.

11. Rejuvenation of the landscape from the fire – bouncing back to life.

12. It takes courage to rise and bounce back when you fall.

13. The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall – Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013

14. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” – Winston Churchill

15. “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot….. and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed” – Michael Jordan