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      • James and Hayley Baillie will never forget where they were on 3 January 2020, when they learnt their globally acclaimed Southern Ocean Lodge on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island (Karta Pintingga) was about to be swallowed up by a raging bushfire.
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  2. Dec 6, 2023 · Early January 2020 was a devastating time for the island and for SOL owners James and Hayley Baillie and managers John Herd and Alison Heath whose dreams were reduced to ash and rubble.

  3. Aug 22, 2024 · The luxury lodge, set along the limestone clifftops of Kangaroo Island’s wild south coast, was razed in the summer wildfires of 2020. Having immediately pledged to rebuild the globally celebrated property, Baillie Lodges Founders James and Hayley Baillie commissioned local South Australian filmmakers 57 Films to document the journey.

    • Tourist Attractions Ablaze on Kangaroo Island
    • 'Truly Horrific Conditions' as 'Fire Twisters' Flare
    • Police Charge Man with 'Masquerading' as Fire Victim

    Mr Michael Pengilly said the island's Visitor Information Centre and Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat had been destroyed. He said the Western KI Caravan Park and Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary had also been significantly impacted. In a statement, Baillie Lodges, which owns the Southern Ocean Lodge, said the tourist attraction had "sustained signif...

    Footage of a so-called "fire twister" has revealed the intensity of the flames on the island. Local resident Brenton posted video to social media of one of several fire twisters breaking out in the inferno, as well as kangaroos fleeing the flames. Kangaroo Island is one of several districts across the state under a total fire ban, with extreme fire...

    In the Adelaide Hills, an emergency warning was declared for a fire at Kersbrook late on Friday afternoon but was later downgraded to a watch and act. In a statement, SA Police said a 59-year-old man was on Friday charged with deception after allegedly "masquerading as a bushfire victim" to receive a benefit. "His actions have caused a great deal o...

  4. May 14, 2021 · The lodge was reduced to a charred wreck when a deadly bushfire swept across the island in January 2020, but owners James and Hayley Baillie later vowed to rebuild. James Baillie said he was "delighted" that Planning Minister Vickie Chapman had approved a development application for the site.

  5. Jan 4, 2020 · Video shows a burnt-out wreck of what once used to be a luxury retreat, but the lodge's founders James and Hayley Baillie are already vowing to rebuild.

  6. James and Hayley Baillie have come to rest on what has become Southern Ocean Lodge’s seat of power, a cobalt-blue table and seats on a platform jutting out over Kangaroo Island’s south-west coast.