Beginnings of my Architecture Fiction

The Queensland Folk Federation is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision of inclusive, creative and inspiring community growth of cultures and traditions. Over the years the organisation has become a symbol of environmental stability, de-urbanisation, diversity and human rights. The Queensland Folk Federation is aware of earth's ever-growing issues and believes that sustainability is more than improving the environmental quality of an area, it’s about community development, decision-making processes, awareness, involvement and engagement. Its about reaching a common goal and maintaining a balance between economic development and environmental protection. The federation's past history, committed volunteers, current sustainable beliefs and future goals will and has aided in creating a benchmark for communities and cities elsewhere to adapt.­

In 1987 (Friday March 13) the federation held a small event dedicated to the arts, humanities and lore in Maleny at the local showgrounds that attracted 900 people. Over the next 8 years, the festival at Maleny grew rapidly and was receiving attendances of more than 50,000 people. By 1993 the Folk Festival outgrew this site and organisers went in search of a new home.

Once degraded pastures, Woodfordia began in 1994 as a 500 acre landscaped cultural parkland located in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland on Jinibara Country. The commitment of the Queensland Folk Federation over the years to sustainability, de-urbanisation and environmental restoration of habitats, biodiversity and eco-systems has become integral to the festival. The organisers always had big dreams of what the folk festival could become and developed a 500 year plan for the site that assisted in Woodfordia's evolution and helped the site become what it is and stands for today.

2012 marked an important year in Woodfordia's elevotion process, from a vegetated festival parkland to a ..


 

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