Binna Burra Lodge: Rebuilding an icon-ic Australian ecotourism resort from the ashes of the bushfires

In December 2022, Steve Noakes, Board Chair of Binna Burra Lodge Ltd, Queensland, Australia learned that they had received government funding of AU$18 million to reconstruct the Lodge and cabins lost in the 2019 bushfires. The timeframe was tight for this major re-build which would need to adhere to a safer, more sustainable, and fire-resistant materials. They were also committed to re-building with a stronger Binna Burra spirit that would include the meaningful involvement of the local community, including the local indigenous population, the Yugambeh languages people, but it also had to be financially viable.