This One Great Trip : Cunningham’s Gap to Binna Burra 1968

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This One Great Trip : Cunningham’s Gap to Binna Burra 1968

  • Could you do it? Walk from Cunningham’s Gap to Binna Burra along the mountains? Story by Gordon Holden
  • About this event
    • In 1968, three young men set out to walk from Cunningham’s Gap to Binna Burra. This trek was the pinnacle of their adventures. Leaving at dawn on Boxing Day, they arrived at Binna Burra eleven days later, just in time for a Binna Burra lunch.
  • You will:
    • hear the story of young Gordon Holden, Trevor Howes and Frank Windeatt and their adventures at Binna Burra.
  • You will:
    • get inspired to plan your own adventure.
  • Your facilitator: Gordon Holden was an architecture student when he undertook the One Great Trip with his friends Trevor Howes and Frank Windeatt. Gordon went on to a distinguished academic career, eventually becoming foundation head of architecture at Griffith University where he is now Emeritus Professor.