1074 Cape Naturaliste Rd, Naturaliste. The closest town is Dunsborough (13kms).

The site has been owned by The Martin Family for almost 15 years (with the neighbouring sites also owned by the family for over 30 years). This project is of their own investment.

As proud, local Western Australians, The Martin Family are deeply and personally connected to Bunker Bay.

They have long enjoyed the peace and tranquillity of The Farm as a treasured holiday retreat and now the family vision is one of legacy. To create something of world class architectural quality, nestled respectfully into the natural landscape. A high quality, low key accommodation offer in which their own enjoyment of the property can be shared on a respectful, discrete and appropriate basis.

The project team commissioned by the Martin Family has been led by Place Development, with design led by Perth-based internationally renowned resort experts Kerry Hill Architects (KHA), in collaboration with the highly-acclaimed MALA Landscape Architects. A broad field of best-in-class experts with extensive local South West experience have been brought together to ensure quality design outcomes conducive to the surrounding environment.

Place Development; Development Manager

A specialist property delivery team driving projects through the phases of acquisition, master planning, design, construction and delivery – resulting in exceptional destinations of contextual relevance to our cities and communities.

The Place Development team manages all aspects of the development process with specialised skill-sets and knowledge equity illustrated in the delivery of highly successful, mixed-use projects.

You may know them from their work on The Westin, Perth CBD including Garum by Guy Grossi; The Lodge Wadjemup, Rottnest Island; and the Kennedy Bay masterplanned community, Port Kennedy.

Kerry Hill Architects; Architect

KHA (Kerry Hill Architects) is an award-winning architectural and interior design practice with studios in Singapore and Perth.

KHA is committed to innovative and regionally appropriate design solutions and has extensive experience with resort and city hotels, mixed-use developments, public buildings and residential architecture in diverse international locations.

The practice draws on knowledge gained through its collective experience and each project is held as unique, requiring a contemporary, crafted and sustainable design solution.

You may know them from their work on COMO The Treasury, Perth and Aman Tokyo.

MALA; Landscape Architect

MALA is an energetic landscape architecture and urban design practice with offices in Melbourne, Mornington Peninsula and Perth.

The studio places a strong emphasis on creative, site-specific designs, delivered with an exceptional level of quality.

MALA believes good design should be simple, beautiful and intuitive, even when responding to complex site constraints. In each of its tourism projects, MALA is committed to regenerating and improving the local

environment and to providing experiences that reconnect people with nature.

You may know them from their work on Alba Thermal Springs, Mornington Peninsula and SOMA Yoga Retreat, Byron Bay.

Planners; Hatch

Hatch is Australia’s first integrated place-making, urban design, planning and urban economics firm that provides a unique and combined skill set to understand a place and re-imagine its future.

Its studio teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra have over 30 years’ of experience working throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the Middle East on a range of complex, large-scale new communities, mixed use projects and regeneration initiatives.

You may know them from their work on The Westin & Hibernian Place, Perth CBD and Elizabeth Quay, Perth.

Emerge & Associates, URBIS, Galt Geotechnics, Denada Surveys, Ionic Design Australia, Focus WA, PJA and Encycle are also valued supporting project consultants for The Farm, Bunker Bay.

The Farm Bunker Bay will respond to the current shortage and demand for high-quality accommodation in the South-West, while enhancing the national and international standing of the Cape Naturaliste region.

Aligned with Tourism WA’s strategic objectives in expanding boutique, highly experiential and aspirational product, the project is anticipated to become a destination driver and launchpad to the broader region.

It is a low impact response to the natural setting providing a contrasting and complementary alternate, positioned between the experience of the adjoining fully integrated Pullman Bunker Bay resort and variety of private holiday home rentals available across the wider peninsula.

The product will have year-round appeal, including shoulder seasons, with visitors anticipated to take advantage of 2-3 night stays and utilise the accommodation as a complementary launch pad to the greater South West region, surrounding businesses and offers.

This considered development has been carefully designed to ensure a light-touch, site sensitive approach to the existing vegetation, ensuring retention of trees and enhancement of the natural bush, beach and pastoral setting.

The development will thoughtfully integrate the values of the Wadandi Saltwater custodians while protecting the environmental, cultural and landscape elements that make the region so unique.

The sympathetic approach to the chalet designs utilise conducive built-form materials and work to minimise any disturbance to both under and over storey vegetation.

Circa $12m.

Extensive consultation has been undertaken over the last two years to thoroughly consider the local context, and core considerations necessary to crystallise a vision, form a view about the scale and nature of development over the site and progress formal approvals.

• Current Stage; Development Application Submitted (November 2024)

• Commence Construction – Late 2025