Binna Burra (lodge)

This article is about the tourist lodge. For the locality, see Binna Burra, Queensland.

Binna Burra
Antarctic Beech trees, 3km from Binna Burra Mountain Lodge
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General information
Opened1933

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.[1] The lodge lies in the north-eastern corner of the Lamington Plateau in the McPherson Range, 75 kilometres (47 mi) 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.[2] In 2000, the resort was the first commercial accommodation provider to be awarded Green Globe Certification in Australia.[2] The lodge and other aspects of the built environment at Binna Burra are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register as the Binna Burra Cultural Landscape.[3] 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.[4] After one year of closure, the Binna Burra side of Lamington National Park reopened to the public in September 2020.[5]

Egg Rock seen from Binna Burra
View north of Binna Burra, from the Senses Trail circuit
Ancient lava flow - Binna Burra

The mountain lodge is a drawcard for the Scenic Rim. Binna Burra means "where the Antarctic Beech trees grow" in a local Aboriginal language.[6]

  1. ^ "Binna Burra – locality in the Scenic Rim Region (entry 45113)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ^ a b Prideaux, Bruce (2014). Rainforest Tourism, Conservation and Management: Challenges for Sustainable Development. Routledge. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-1136201097. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Binna Burra Cultural Landscape (entry 601899)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ^ Forbes, Tom; Kane, Charmaine (11 September 2019). "Inside the devastation and heartache of razed Binna Burra lodge". ABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  5. ^ Lodge, Binna Burra (13 August 2020). "Premier announces reopening of Binna Burra in the Queensland Parliament". Binna Burra Lodge.
  6. ^ Hundloe, Tor (2015). "The Gold Coast: a snapshot". In Hundloe, Tor; McDougall, Bridgette; Page, Craig (eds.). The Gold Coast Transformed: From Wilderness to Urban Ecosystem. Csiro Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-1486303304. Retrieved 15 October 2015.