Last week I was commissioned to do a job in Upper Plenty, a region devastated in the Black Saturday bush fires. It was a completely sobering experience driving into the once a beautiful landscape, but which now can aptly be described as a disaster zone. There, I met a young family who have lost everything except the most important thing and that is each other. With a new baby in their arms, and the forest already starting to renew itself, it was good to note that life prevails.