Media Coverage
These unique cabins inspire journalists, media and artists to capture and share the history with the public. Unlike Museums and journals, the cabins allow artists to experience first-hand how people lived during the great depression.
If you want to document the cabins and community for project or educational purposes, please email the protection league plcommittee@rnpccpl.org.au
Veteran hero lifesaver can hardly walk, but 'I can bloody well still swim'
Bob Glasson and Riley Vaughan at Government House.
Heritage shacks of Era Beach: Preserving history in the Royal National Park
Caitlin Fitzsimmons from The Sydney Morning Herald visits the cabin community during an Open Day to get first-hand experience of this unique heritage. Read Article HERE
Baton change: Shackies' fight to preserve their battlers' paradise
Residents call for next generation to defend the Depression-era shacks built of economic necessity but a now highly desirable remote escape destination.
Shack Life
One Community’s Battle
The Shack Life documentary film by filmmakers Lesley Branagan, Liam Branagan, and Brent Melton from Cat and Dog Films depicts the unique shack communities in the Royal National Park south of Sydney.
Big Win for shack saviours
People power helped save Depression-era shacks in the Royal National Park, and now those who helped save the shacks have received a National Trust award.
In a little slice of paradise, families work together to survive and thrive
At Little Garie, what goes in, must come out. That includes rubbish and small children carried in on your shoulders.
Lest we forget at the smallest memorial in NSW
On Anzac Day around 30 people will gather for the dawn service at Little Garie Beach in the Royal National Park south of Sydney at what is believed to be the smallest memorial on the official NSW War Memorials Register.
Rebel Films- Shack life at Era - Royal National Park
Era is a small seaside community in the midst of the Royal National Park. A day in the life of its shack dwellers usually revolves around the surf, catching flathead and inviting over fellow shack dwellers for a meal.