Congratulations to the Cooks River Alliance on the recent launch of the Our Backyard River campaign. Our Backyard River reimagines how we talk and think about the Cooks River catchment and is designed to create an inspiring shared language for the whole river catchment. Backyards are wonderful places providing shady spots on a hot day, training grounds for local sports, and a place to make memories with your family and friends. On any given day you will find people doing all these things along the banks of the Cooks River. The Our Backyard River campaign features portraits and films of local heroes on billboards, bus-stops and online and encourages us all to share in the future of the Cooks River. Thank you to the stars of the videos; Simon Wilkes, Dominic Galvin, Rosalie Viney, Peter Munro, Lorda Douehi, Nnenna Emechafor, B Hardy and Nick Kambounias. Thank you to photographer Nic Walker and filmmaker Brook Mitchell for creating such beautiful content and the whole team at the Cooks River Alliance for the inspiring Our Backyard River campaign.