As a ranger in charge, I manage a small group of rangers that look after 53 pieces of a state across Rockhampton, which includes National Park, State Forest, Conservation Parks. After 20 years, I still work with the department because I really love working with the amazing people that I work with and I get to work in some of the most beautiful places in the world. I've worked from the north to the south to the east to the west. I've stood on the top of the sand dunes at Munga Theory National Park and I've watched Wales breaching at Fraser Island. People romanticise what it is to be a ranger and it's not about going out and cuddling all those little animals and stuff like that. We're about looking after country, working with our partners like First Nations and Councils. We manage a large-scale fire program, pest management. We do a lot of visitor management as well. So you've got to be pretty resilient to be a ranger and pretty tough. It's also about just working side by side with some amazing people that have a true passion and dedication to conservation. I think that is what really makes my role amazing. My ultimate goal is working side by side with First Nations people, building stronger and healthier national parks for the future. you