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The Short Story
Lizz Hills is an eco-psychotherapist, nature-based counselling practitioner, permaculture educator, author, and community advocate based on Yugambeh Country in Queensland's Scenic Rim. In 2023 she walked 6,371 kilometres from Rathdowney, Queensland to Kalbarri, Western Australia, from the east coast to the west coast through the heart of the Australian deserts, under the Trek2Reconnect banner, engaging communities along the way in conversations about ecological grief, mental health, and reconnection to country. She is the 2024 Scenic Rim Citizen of the Year, a 2023 CSIRO Future Shapers Award recipient, a national ambassador for the National Assistance Card, and a contributor to Deep Times Journal. Her memoir, The Long Walk Home, is forthcoming.
Selected Media Coverage
Print & Online
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Beaudesert Times — Incinerator campaign coverage, 2026
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ABC — Incinerator campaign, 2026
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Canungra Times — Community walk feature, 2024
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Women's Weekly — Boxing Day Tsunami 20th Anniversary, 2024
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New Idea — Boxing Day Tsunami survivor feature, 2024
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9News — Boxing Day Tsunami 20th anniversary, 2024
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Beaudesert Bulletin — Trek2Reconnect features, 2023–2026
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Ipswich News Today — "Halfway to WA", April 2023
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PIP Magazine — Featured, 2023
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Goondiwindi Argus — Coverage 2022–2026
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Textile Beat — "Sowing Seeds for Sustainable Living", 2018
Documentary
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I Was Actually There — Boxing Day Tsunami, 2024
Radio -
8CCC Community Radio — Trek2Reconnect feature, 2023
Publications
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Deep Times Journal (Work That Reconnects Network)"From First Cell to Footstep: Practising Ancestry in Deep Time" — March 2026
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"Designing in Relationship: Learning from the More-Than-Human World" — September 2025
Nature Media Centre — Featured practitioner profile
Awards & Recognition
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2024 Scenic Rim Citizen of the Year
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2023 CSIRO Future Shapers Award
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2026 Wild Care Volunteer Long Service Award
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2012 Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award
Roles & Affiliations
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National Ambassador, National Assistance Card
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Secretary, Consilience Queensland
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Affiliated practitioner, Brain Injury Association of Tasmania
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AASW Member
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Sub-Committee member, BOSS (No Incinerator for the Scenic Rim campaign)
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