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SPRINGS BEACH HOUSE BY BARK DESIGN ARCHITECTS

A few kilometres south of the twin coastal towns of Agnes Water and Seventeen Seventy (1770) lies Springs Beach. One in an array along Queensland’s “Discovery Coast,” Springs Beach welcomes the waters of the Coral Sea into a quiet cove protected by the promontory of Rocky Point. Set above the point, looking north to the headland of 1770, a quietly luxurious dwelling crouches within the shade and refuge of the coastal forest, a comfortable retreat designed by Bark Design Architects for a Brisbane-based couple and their extended family of children and grandchildren. The careful siting of the home, its gracefully

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