Flame Tree Eco Stays reveals new plans after Queensland Hydro dam announcement
The owners of a proposed luxury eco lodge have revealed new plans in the wake of the Queensland Hydro Pioneer-Burdekin dam proposal.
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Development plans have changed for a luxury eco lodge in the Pioneer Valley because of the proposed Queensland Hydro project.
Original plans detailed building two 80sq m luxury cabins at Flame Tree Eco Stays in Netherdale, but there’s been a change of track to instead build a transportable tiny home.
Owners Ellen and Peter Everett’s change of application states the Pioneer-Burdekin dam was “the only reason for the request”.
“We now have to consider that the proposed hydro dam is a possibility,” documents lodged to Mackay Regional Council state.
“This land will be directly impacted/inundated with water should the dam proceed.
“We still wish to proceed with Flame Tree Eco Stays (but) will be scaling back our build to a one-bedroom property that can be transportable should the dam go ahead.”
Two upper reservoirs would feed into a reservoir in Netherdale, requiring the relocation of 50 homes.
This would include the proposed Flame Tree Eco Stays on Mackay Eungella Rd.
The hydro proposal has drawn criticism from landowners who see it as the destruction of Eungella.
The Everetts requested their change application fees be waived as “the proposed Hydro dam is nothing we can control”.
A luxury tiny house design houses a bed, internal toilet and shower and kitchen-living area.
The deck area also shows an external bathtub.
Tiny homes have drawn attention for their low cost and manoeuvrability, especially as the housing crisis has forced earners from larger homes.
Flame Tree Eco Stays’ owners still wish to proceed with their environmentally-friendly development.
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