Бинна Бурра: Возрождение горного лоджа в национальном парке Ламингтон

the tourist lodge

Binna Burra is a parcel of private land and mountain lodge within the locality of Binna Burra and surrounded by Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia. It is also a locality in the Scenic Rim Region. The lodge lies in the north eastern corner of the Lamington Plateau in the McPherson Range, south of Brisbane in the scenic rim hinterland of the Gold Coast. Binna Burra lies within the catchment of the upper Coomera River. It's about 30 minute drive up the mountain from Nerang and a similar distance from Canungra. It is marketed as an ecolodge and was one of the first nature based resorts to be established in Australia. In 2000, the resort was the first commercial accommodation provider to be awarded Green Globe Certification in Australia. Binna Burra was the first Australian hotel or resort to become signatory to the UN's Global Compact. In September 2019, the area was devastated by bushfires and the historic lodge was destroyed. After one year of closure, the Binna Burra side of Lamington National Park reopened to the public in September 2020. The mountain lodge is a drawcard for the Scenic Rim. Binna Burra means "where the Antarctic Beech trees grow" in a local Aboriginal language.

In 1930, Romeo Lahey and Arthur Groom were leaders in the formation of the National Parks Association of Queensland. Three years later, along with many members of the NPAQ they led the formation of an unlisted public company called Queensland Holiday Resorts, with Binna Burra Lodge becoming the first such facility in their vision to provide access and accommodation adjacent to national parks. From the outset the company aimed to make ecotourism and environmental protection a significant objective under the guidance of one of its founders Romeo Lahey. Gravel road reached Binna Burra in 1947. In 2012, facilities were expanded with the construction of 20 modern new apartments to add to the log cabins already accommodating visitors. The rainforest surrounding the accommodation at Binna Burra is normally fire resistant. The Binna Burra campsite, Teahouse café and the Sky Lodge apartments remain undamaged from the bushfire and one year after the bushfires were able to be reopened for business. Reopening occurred in September 2020. The first new building to be completed since the 2019 bushfires was the Bushfire Pavilion, built in collaboration with Griffith University and the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. State and federal governments spent $30 million on fixing the only road to the resort. Access to Binna Burra is from Beechmont, via a mountainous road not suitable for large caravans. In 2001, 108,551 vehicles were recorded by counters as entering Binna Burra. More recently this figure has increased to around 250,000 visitors per year.

Extending away from the clearing a number of short and long walks, many of which were designed and built by Romeo Lahey during the Great Depression. All of Lahey's track's have a gradient not greater than 10%. Lahey had noticed that the local dairy cows never seemed out of breath. The Ship's Stern circuit is a trail that follows a Tweed Volcano rhyolite formation known as Ship's Stern Range. Daves Creek circuit allows walkers to explore heath along an escarpment above Numinbah Valley.