Inside The Exclusive Private Members’ Club Reshaping Australia’s Social Scene

In 2023, the United States Surgeon General declared a public health epidemic of loneliness. The same year, Tim Gurner opened Saint Haven in Collingwood; the year after that, Soren Trampedach began accepting members into The Sandstones Club; and last May, Steve Grace opened The Pillars. None of these men would describe what they have built as a response to a public health crisis, but after speaking with them about why they built what they had, the connection is difficult to…