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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Maddie Thomas

‘Stripped back’: how a cattle farm became a sustainable coastal community

Sociable Weaver Cape Paterson 10 Star Home
‘A home that can meet 10 stars and still look really beautiful’: Sociable Weaver’s development at The Cape community in Victoria. Photograph: Dan Hocking

Developer Brendan Condon was visiting relatives in the small seaside village of Cape Paterson in south Gippsland, Victoria, when an exercise session led to a vision for a regional housing project with a difference.

“I found the site because it’s my family beach,” says Condon, originally from nearby Warragul.

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