Historic lodge destroyed in blaze reopens after seven-year rebuild
An ABC Gold Coast article reports that Binna Burra Lodge, the heritage-listed Gold Coast hinterland lodge founded by conservationists in the 1930s, has reopened to overnight guests seven years after the September 2019 bushfire that razed it and 11 homes in Lamington National Park. Chairman Steve Noakes says the rebuild was designed with concrete structures wrapped in timber to better withstand future fires, while an internal Queensland Fire and Emergency Services report found the blaze more likely began at a nearby shooting range.