Heather Ewart returns to Mallacoota after the New Year's Eve 2019 firestorm engulfed the town. Heather catches up with some old friends to find out how they've dealt with the impact of the bushfires, then a global pandemic.

Heather travels through time in historic Tenterfield, a town drawing on its past to try and preserve its future. Tenterfield suffered major drought, fires and COVID. Heather meets the characters who are making a difference.