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    GREAT ESCAPE

    Jul 10, 2019 3 minutes
    WORDS VIRGINIA IMHOFF
    PHOTOGRAPHY
    DEREK SWALWELL

    ST ANDREWS BEACH LIES on the wild side of the Mornington Peninsula coastline in Victoria. Unlike the protected waters of Port Phillip Bay, St Andrews Beach is on the south-eastern side of the peninsula, facing pounding surf and the full force of Bass Strait’s weather. Here, 87 kilometres south of Melbourne, a small beach community of mainly weekenders hunkers down in the sand dunes. Known for some striking architectural responses to this blistering environment, this building is certainly one of them.

    The Dunes House is the beachside

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