Dr Simon Pockley was chair of the Southern Otway Landcare Network (SOLN) and worked as a senior business analyst for the Australian National Data Service (ANDS). He lives in the Warrumbungle Mountains in northwest NSW, where he was burnt out by bushfire in 2013.
You can follow Simon on Twitter @simonpockley but he rarely tweets.
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