The National Bushfire Recovery Agency and Tourism Australia have partnered to deliver the video series that captures recovery stories across NSW, Victoria, South Australia, and Queensland.

The Open for Business series will be rolled out across Australia and internationally over the next three months, with the Shoalhaven video featuring Mayor Amanda Findley, Rosie Cupitt, of Cupitt's Estate and Peter Dover, of Salt Ministries, going live on the National Bushfire Recovery Agency website this week.

As well as documenting the experiences of communities impacted by the 2019-20 bushfires, the series is aimed to help others to understand and support communities as they rebuild.

The series encourages people to support local economic recovery by holidaying and spending tourism dollars in the bushfire-affected regions.

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While the Shoalhaven and South Coast bushfire recovery continues Cr Findley said one thing that stood out to her from the fires was the "amazing amount of community spirit."

"Our region was right at the forefront of the impact of the 2019-2020 Black Summer, over 80 per cent of the land mass in the Shoalhaven was destroyed by fire," Cr Findley said.

"We had massive amounts of land damage to deal with and people's homes that needed to be removed and so they could start their lives over again on their blocks.

"That sense of community really tightened up - it really has been wonderful to see those bonds and those connections be made and our community feels stronger in many ways after the disaster.

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"Six months after the fires, new shoots were coming back in the forest around us. Now the landscape in some places you would maybe not think that there'd been a fire but in others, of course, it's still very obvious, as it should be."

Mr Dover said the damage from the fires was "devastating" and the trauma people were left with and are still left with has been "catastrophic".

"But in that, there has been hope and resilience," he said.

"People have stood up together. People have come together from all over just to help each other. It's just been an amazing time, yet a very tragic time as well."

He said the recovery has been "long and hard".

"It was very frustrating, the whole recovery process - but it has started," he said.

"Recovery is going on, houses are being built. People are moving into their houses.

"What we realised is that people had to know they weren't doing this alone, that there were others that would shoulder that recovery process with them."

He said the disaster showed what an "amazing community" the Shoalhaven is.

"If you'd ask me what's the best thing about this region a year ago, I would have said, we've got a hundred beaches and they're the best beaches in the world," Mr Dover said.

"We've got the mountains, we've got these quaint little towns and villages that are beautiful.

"But if you ask me today what is the greatest thing about this region? I think it's the people, collectively, it is an amazing group of people that know what community's about."

Mrs Cupitt said hearing the extent of the damage from the bushfires across the district was something that wasn't expected.

"The Shoalhaven region is really famous for its hospitality," she said.

"While we've got the natural product, it's not all that makes the difference. You really have to have the right service to display that great, natural beauty that we have in our area.

"We have great people here, proud of their region, we've got great pride in what we have here and what we want people to see.

"When they visit, we want them to feel as if they're a local, as if they're really welcomed and to come again, anytime."

Cr Findley urged visitors to come back to the area.

"When visitors come here they note that people here are really very happy," she said.

"You walk down our streets and you're greeted with people who are smiling because the place where they live is fantastically gorgeous.

"Of course, my favourite thing about the Shoalhaven is the landscape where you can rock up to the beach in the morning or go for a walk in the mountains in the afternoon.

"It's really got everything for families, for walkers and a fantastic laid back feel.

"Of course, we want you to come with a warm heart for our people because they have been through a lot but our people are ready to take visitors.

"They love seeing our visitors smile and it makes us smile too."

More information on the Open for Business series is on the National Bushfire Recovery Agency website www.bushfirerecovery.gov.au/open-for-business-videos.