Semi-evergreen vine thicket is an endangered ecological community, a form of dry rainforest that often stands out as a band of bright green against the surrounding woodland. It is known for the bottle trees that emerge above its dense, low canopy. Extensive clearing has reduced these thickets to a fraction of their former extent, and what remains is now protected as a nationally listed endangered ecological community.
Land for Wildlife South East Queensland commissioned Nicolas to produce a short film and a set of stills documenting a partner property where the landholders are working to protect and restore semi-evergreen vine thicket on their land.
Restoration is slow work, measured in years and decades rather than seasons, and it is rarely seen by anyone beyond the people doing it. Assignments like this one are a chance to document that long, patient effort and to give it visibility, showing the value of the landholders and programs quietly working to bring these landscapes back.