Image: Building works of the new lodge nearing completion in August 2026

Binna Burra has always been more than a place to stay.

It is a story of conservation, community and generations of people committed to caring for one of Australia’s most extraordinary natural landscapes.

That story, including the remarkable journey of recovery since the 2019 bushfires, has been featured in the July edition of Business View Oceania in an article titled A Remarkable Story of Resilience.

The feature traces Binna Burra’s story back to its beginnings in the early 1930s, when a group of conservation pioneers came together to help protect the rainforest landscape and establish what would become one of Australia’s earliest nature-based tourism destinations.

Almost a century later, that same spirit of stewardship remains at the heart of Binna Burra.

The destruction of the historic Binna Burra Lodge in the September 2019 bushfires was a devastating moment in our history, but it was far from the final challenge.

The years that followed brought the COVID-19 pandemic, repeated shutdowns, severe weather, a tornado and a cyclone. Each event created new challenges for the recovery of Binna Burra and the people connected with it.

Through it all, the work continued.

As Binna Burra Chairman Steve Noakes tells Business View Oceania:

“The place has been resilient since the word go.”

That resilience extends well beyond the events of the past seven years. Binna Burra has survived the Great Depression, wartime Australia, cyclones, economic challenges and enormous changes in tourism over almost a century.

Each generation has played its part in carrying Binna Burra forward for the next.

Image: The spirit of volunteering has always been vital to Binna Burra – Friends of Binna Burra volunteers have done most of the landscaping work for the new lodge

The feature also explores an important part of the Binna Burra recovery story: the extraordinary network of people and organisations that have helped make it possible.

Steve describes this approach as PALS: Partnerships, Alliances and Linkages.

Local, state and federal governments, shareholders, donors, universities, conservation organisations, community groups and business partners have all contributed to the journey.

Those partnerships have helped rebuild essential infrastructure, strengthen Binna Burra’s resilience to future natural hazards, support research into tourism and disaster recovery, and create new opportunities across the Binna Burra Cultural Landscape.

The recovery has never simply been about replacing what was lost.

It has been an opportunity to create a safer and stronger Binna Burra while remaining true to the conservation values on which it was founded.

Today, as the new Binna Burra Lodge moves closer to welcoming guests, another significant chapter in this remarkable story is taking shape.

The landscape remains at the heart of it all.

Binna Burra continues to occupy its unique position on privately owned land surrounded by Woonoongoora – Lamington National Park, within the World Heritage-listed Gondwana Rainforests of Australia.

It is a place where conservation, history, adventure and tourism have been intertwined for generations.

We are delighted to see that story shared with a wider audience through Business View Oceania.

Read the full feature, A Remarkable Story of Resilience, in the July 2026 edition of Business View Oceania.