The filmmaker, Jahvis Loveday, drew the eucalyptus smoke over himself and breathed deeply. On a day full of happy surprises, the cleansing ceremony at Murrook helped him find his centre again.
"It has been great," he said moments after winning the Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship worth $10,000, "It has been a weird day but I'm stoked. It has all kind of clicked and come together and being out here with all the mob; it feels good."