From the editor

Recently, I embarked on my first @emptyesky road trip for the year. The @emptyesky campaign encourages people to visit bushfire-affected towns with, you guessed it, empty eskies. The idea is to fill up with local produce and inject some much-needed money, love and support into the town. For me, the destination was Tumbarumba, in the foothills of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. I was visiting the tiny town, which has a population of 1862 people, for my friend Tiff’s wedding.

Tiff’s hometown, which she lovingly calls “Tumba”, had been hit hard by the devastating bushfires that ravaged Australia during the summer. Tiff and her fiancé Sean had invited 120 guests to their “Wedding in the Woods”, planning to hold the event in the stunning Sugar Pine Forest.