Gallery of log for Tassie Bushwalkers Huts
IRONSTONE HUT, Lake Nameless, Tas
The original Ironstone Hut was built in 1918 by Sydney & Caleb Higgs who were contracted by the Deloraine and District Improvement Association. The idea was to provide accommodation in order to promote tourism and fishing in the area. A stone boat shed was also built on the shore of Lake Nameless to house a small boat, which was purchased by the local community. However this idealism soon faded and by the late 1940s, due to the ravages of weather and time, the hut was showing signs of deterioration; by the 1960s it was in ruins and by the early 1990s was nothing more than a pile of rubble. Members of MHPS (Mountain Huts Preservation Society ) began rebuilding the hut in January 1993. The Department of PWS supplied all materials and lifted the supplies in by helicopter to the hut site. Working bees involved men, women, teenagers and young children– sometimes entire families participated to reach a total tally of 2,500 hours of volunteer labour before the project was completed in 1995. (Information taken from CarrollEyres cache GC3BOBP)
Thanks for the cache Razork
The original Ironstone Hut was built in 1918 by Sydney & Caleb Higgs who were contracted by the Deloraine and District Improvement Association. The idea was to provide accommodation in order to promote tourism and fishing in the area. A stone boat shed was also built on the shore of Lake Nameless to house a small boat, which was purchased by the local community. However this idealism soon faded and by the late 1940s, due to the ravages of weather and time, the hut was showing signs of deterioration; by the 1960s it was in ruins and by the early 1990s was nothing more than a pile of rubble. Members of MHPS (Mountain Huts Preservation Society ) began rebuilding the hut in January 1993. The Department of PWS supplied all materials and lifted the supplies in by helicopter to the hut site. Working bees involved men, women, teenagers and young children– sometimes entire families participated to reach a total tally of 2,500 hours of volunteer labour before the project was completed in 1995. (Information taken from CarrollEyres cache GC3BOBP)
Thanks for the cache Razork
