​“We really wanted to keep the integrity of an authentic Australian Beach Shack – with the operative word – Shack”.  “Growing up on the York Peninsula, farmers went to Black Point after harvest for a week's holiday and occasionally visited during the year.  It was always touch and go to see if harvest could be done and dusted by New Year's Eve so we could join friends and family along the beach at night. Those shacks were fibro, painted in faded pastel colours with thin walls and usually an outside loo.  Mattresses were horsehair and a nightmare to sleep on, especially with salt-crusted skin and a touch of sunburn”