CORYMBIA BY PAUL BUTTERWORTH ARCHITECT

Minjerribah, also known as North Stradbroke Island, lies between Moreton Bay and the Coral Sea, 30 kilometres east of Brisbane, Queensland. The lack of a bridge connecting the island to the mainland presents multiple challenges to the construction process, but for those who overcome them the rewards are generous: ancient landscapes, pristine beaches and a wildlife population encompassing beach-going kangaroos and migrating humpback whales. “Straddie” resonates deeply with those who live and holiday here, as it has done for the Quandamooka people for tens of thousands of years.

Corymbia tells the story