Central Australia

She went on to study theology in Melbourne with a lifelong fascination of the history of women in monastic life.

Since 2002, she's lived in the Benedictine Monastery of the Transfiguration in Tanby near Yipoon in Central Australia.

She's the author of Pray As You Can and for over 10 years has been writing Casting the Net, a weekly reflection for school newsletters, both through the Catholic Education Office of Rockhampton.

So let me introduce you, if you're not already acquainted with Kim Harris, as we talk through all things Jubilee.

So for me the coping mechanism is I don't work at weekends.

i work very long hours during the week and then the weekends i'm in the garden i'm walking in the peak district i'm at the theater art gallery seeing friends family and so on so i think it's important to sort of set those those kind of boundaries and for me the coping is having the weekend off and having holidays I think that's also really important it's faster furious up to the holiday and mayhem when you get back but at least you've got a break in the middle so I think you need to recharge your batteries and then just so yeah for me it's kind of road trips on the Australian outback is a good coping mechanism no one to bother you there when you're out in the Desert and the Red Centre, really good.

And then I guess just on a more sort of mundane level, just, you know, just sort of things like doing crosswords and doing jigsaws.

I've got into jigsaws in a big way.

But thanks to his tenacity and a rehabilitation program, he's turned his life around to become a respected mentor and traditional leader in his community.

Now as rehab services face overwhelming demand across Central Australia, Tim is sharing his story to inspire other Indigenous men to break the cycle and take ownership of their future.

Victoria Ellis has the story.

In Central Australia, the path to leadership often demands a hard look at where you've been.

For Tim Joparula McNamara, a Western Islander man from Hermannsburg, taking control of his life meant stepping up as a cultural mentor and facing up to his past.

I'm from Emmitsburg.

Now, I'm talking about my journey.

A decade ago, Tim's life was spiralling.

Researchers at Charles Darwin University and NT Parks and Wildlife have set up the camera at a pool on a temporary stream.

in the Wodaka National Park in Central Australia, 350 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs.

Professor of Freshwater Ecology Jenny Davis says viewers can watch as the waterhole changes throughout the day and across the seasons.

as dingoes, kangaroos, birds and other animals drink, catch prey or use the stream bed as a path when the water dries up.

Researchers at Charles Darwin University and NT Parks and Wildlife have set up the camera live.

at a pool on a temporary stream in the Wadaka National Park in Central Australia, 350 kilometres southwest of Alice Springs.

Professor of Freshwater Ecology Jenny Davis says viewers can watch as the waterhole changes throughout the day, and across the seasons as dingoes, kangaroos, birds and other animals drink, catch prey or use the stream as a path when the water dries up.

She hopes the live stream will give viewers an appreciation for the outback at the remote escarpment.