Located in north-western Queensland and with a population that is yet to touch 1000, the township of Capella is friendly, inviting and full of people willing to say hello.

Twenty-four students from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, travelled to Capella for a one-week intensive in-field documentary course. The residents were welcoming and the students were privileged to be invited into the stories of lives lived. This book is some of those stories. What started as their stories became our stories and now as you read this book, they become your stories. It is a privilege to be told a story. It is respectful to listen.