Ben Groundwater visits the rebuild of Southern Ocean Lodge five years after devastating fires destroyed the original property.

“It takes a few moments to realise how the artworks have been created. At first glance, they’re just patterns, swirls, figures, artistic renderings that work well with the overall design of the new Southern Ocean Lodge.

But get a little closer, and you discover familiar objects: a cocktail strainer, spoons and forks, pairs of tongs, shards of coloured glass. All of these are blackened, some twisted, some broken, though now formed in beautiful ways. And you realise, these are from the old lodge. These are from the fire.”

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