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The story of four Australian Vietnamese refugees and examines how they each found their 'sense of place' in this country, while maintaining a connection to their cultural roots.

The story of the Kakadu National Park is told through the eyes of the Park's traditional owners - Bininj/Mungguy, as they share their world heritage listed homeland - with people from around the world.

Indigenous Australian's have a long and proud tradition of caring for the environment. Today this knowledge is being used to help sustain our environment for future generations.

"Kiwirrkurra in Western Australia is one of Australia's most remote Indigenous communities. On the 6th of March 2001, 170 residents of the community were evacuated when the area was inundated by flood waters, causing essential services to fail, putting people's health and safety at risk. The community was evacuated and placed in numerous communities all over the Northern Territory and Western Australia. In August 2002, the community began returning home, but the resultant cultural and community disruption from such a forced removal and dispersal, seriously affected the lives of these people. This documentary incorporates a record of stories from the community's experience and the lessons that were learnt by emergency managers and co-ordinating agencies working with remote indigenous communities. "

Follows six Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYAD) as they share skills and knowledge with people in neighbouring countries, packing more into a year than many will achieve in a lifetime.

For many thousands of years, the Gumbaynggirr people of the New South Wales mid-north coast harvested the waters of the Arrawarra Headland. With European colonisation, these traditional hunting practices began to wane.

In 1997, Australia's first Indigenous Protected Area, or IPA, was declared. There are now 24 IPAs covering around 17 million hectares of Australia. They're recognised internationally as one of our great environmental success stories.