Mt. Bogong Huts' (& others) Status
Victorian
High Country Huts Association's updated list (as
of 16/4/03)
of Alpine huts and their fate.
(Huts managed by
the Mount Bogong Club shown in RED)
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The following Huts are confirmed destroyed
(Click on name to see photo on VHCHA's site) |
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| 1 | Batty's Hut | New Country Spur north of Mt Nelse |
| 2 | Beloka Hut | Near Johnny's Top Rd, Beloka |
| 3 | Bogong Creek x 2 | Head of Bogong Creek west of Mt Bogong |
| 4 | Bon Accord Hut | Bon Accord Spur north of Mt Hotham |
| 5 | Briggs Logging Camp Hut | West Kiewa River west of Mt Fainter |
| 6 | Buckwong Hut x 2 | DSE replaced old one |
| 7 | Burnside Hut | Burnside Track, off Knocker Track |
| 8 | Carmody's Hut | Benambra/Corryong Rd at Carmody Rd |
| 9 | Centennial Hut | West Ovens River off Guns Track |
| 10 | Charlie Creek Hut | Davies Plain Tk, Charlies Creek |
| 11 | Damm Hut | Previous site of Howard's Hut |
| 12 | Dr Searles Hut | Gibbo River Junction |
| 13 | Dunstan Logging Huts x 5 |
Mt. Pinnibar, just off Dunstans Logging Road |
| 14 | Euco Stephenson's Hut | Nine Mile Creek, off Eight Mile Loop |
| 15 | Federation Hut | Bungalow Spur Wed of Mt Feathertop |
| 16 | Gibson's (Old) Hut | via Walkers Logging Track, to Damm Track |
| 17 | Horsehair Hut #1 | On the Alpine Road at Horsehair Plain |
| 18 | Horsehair Hut #2 | On the Alpine Road at Horsehair Plain |
| 19 | Huggins Hut | Buckety Plain south of Middle Creek |
| 20 | Jacks Hut | Bullocky Creek, Upper Thowgla |
| 21 | Long Plain Hut | Limestone, south of Dead Horse Creek |
| 22 | MacFarlanes Flat Hut | Macfarlane Flat, Alpine National Park |
| 23 | McNamara's Hut | Buckety Plain north of Bundarrah River |
| 24 | Michell Hut | Eskdale Spur north of Mt Bogong |
| 25 | Mt Leinster Hut | Mt Leinster |
| 26 | Mt Selwyn Hut | Mt. Selwyn Road, Mt. Selwyn |
| 27 | Mulhauser Hut | Mulhauser Spur |
| 28 | Mussurie Hut | Near Pluto Ck, Gibbo River Junction |
| 29 | O'Rourkes Paddock Hut | On the original O'Rourke Selection, near Tom Groggin Station |
| 29 | Quintet Mine Hut #1 | Quintet Mine south of Mt Loch |
| 30 | Quintet Mine Hut #2 | Quintet Mine south of Mt Loch |
| 31 | Red Hut | Roper Saddle, Alpine National Park |
| 32 | Red Robin Mine Hut | Machinery Spur |
| 33 | Rocky Plain Hut | On Black Mountain Run |
| 34 | Roney Mac's Hut | Reedy Creek in the Darbalary |
| 35 | Ropers Hut | Duane Spur, Alpine National Park |
| 36 | Springs Saddle Hut | Mt. Fainter, Alpine National Park |
| 37 | Sykes Dogman's Hut | Black Mountain Track, New Yard Flat |
| 38 | West Humffrey Hut | West Humffrey Rd, Barry Range |
| 40 | Worcester Mine Hut | Mitta River, Bingo |
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The following Huts are confirmed safe
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| Bindaree Hut | Howqua River, Alpine National Park |
| Bivouac Hut | Staircase Spur, Alpine National Park |
| Blackbird Hut (Kelly's Hut) | Howqua Track, Howqua |
| Blairs Hut | Snake Valley, Alpine National Park |
| Blowhard Hut | Mt. Blowhard Road Area, Alpine National Park |
| Boggy Creek Hut | Mount Buller |
| Boggy Creek Hut | On the Alpine Road near Horsehair Plain |
| Bogong Jack's Hut | Bogong Jack Saddle north of Mt Fainter |
| Brophy's Hut | Tom Groggin, Pinnabar Tk, Mt Hope |
| Cairn Creek SEC Hut | On the Big River south of Mt Bogong Timms Spur, ANP |
| Charles Derrick Hut | Swindler Spur |
| Cleve Cole Hut | Camp Valley on Mt Bogong |
| Cope Hut | Head of Middle Creek north of Mt Cope, BHP |
| Cope Saddle SEC Hut | Cope Saddle, Alpine National Park |
| Davies Plain Hut | Davies Plain, Alpine National Park |
| Diamantina Hut | Alpine Road west of Mt Hotharn |
| Dibbins Hut | Cobungra River east of Mt Loch |
| Dibbins Hut | Cobungra Gap, Alpine National Park |
| Dinner Plain C.R.B. Hut | On Alpine Road near south Dinner Plain |
| Dogger's Hut | Tom Groggin |
| East Caledoonia River Hut | East Caledonia River Track, Snowy Range |
| Edmonsons Hut | Mt. Nelse, Alpine National Park |
| F.C.V. Hut Site | Upper Rose River |
| Faithfulls Hut | Buckety Plain, Alpine National Park |
| Fitzgeralds Hut | Head Langford's Creek east Marurn Point, BHP |
| Frys Hut | Howqua Hills, Alpine National Park |
| Gardners Hut | Howqua River |
| Gardner's Hut (Four Mile Hut) | Brocks Rd, Tunnel Spur |
| Hut | Mt. Buller-Howqua Gap, Mount Buller |
| JB Plain Hut | JB Plain, Alpine National Park |
| Johnstons Hut | Head of Holland's Creek south Mt Nelse |
| Joyce Brockoff Hut | Machinery Spur east of Mt Hotham |
| Kellys Hut | Marm Point, Alpine National Park |
| Kennedy's Hut | JP Gap Track, Fraser Tableland |
| King Cassilas Mine Hut | Cassilis |
| Langford's Gap Hut | Langford's Gap near Basalt Hill |
| Lankey Plain Hut | King Spur TkDargo H P |
| Lavertys Hut | Jarvis' Flat, Leddon's Tk, Lucyvale |
| Lazy H Hut | Gibbo River Junction, Alpine National Park |
| Lee's House and Road Patrol Site | Benambra/Corryong Rd, Gibbo River Junction |
| Limestone Creek C.R.B. Hut | Limestone Creek, Alpine National Park |
| Maddison Huts (2) | Mt. Bogong |
| Mc Namara's Hut - Dinner Plain, Youngs Tops | Youngs Tops |
| McNamara Hut | Dinner Plain, Alpine National Park |
| McNamara’s Hut Dinner Plain | Dinner Plain Sewerage Treatment Works |
| Millers Hut | Taylor Lookout, Alpine National Park |
| Moroka Hut | Racecourse Plain, Alpine National Park |
| Moscow Villa | Nungong |
| Murray Valley Hut | Mount. Hotham, Alpine National Park |
| Murrays Hut Site (Shannonvale) | Benambra/Corryong Rd, Gibbo River Junction |
| Nankervis Hut | Davies Plain Tk, Tom Groggin Area, Alpine National Park |
| Noonans Hut | Howqua, Alpine National Park |
| O'Connell's Hut | The Willows, Bundarrah |
| Parslows Hut | Livingstone / New Rush |
| Pickerings Hut and Yards | Brocks Rd, Howqua, Alpine National Park |
| Pikes Flat Hut and Yards | Howqua - Bindaree Road, Alpine National Park |
| Pinnacles Hut | Pinnacles Rd, The Pinnacles |
| PMG Hut (Ruin) | Rene’s Lookout |
| Pretty Valley Hut | Pretty Valley south of Mt McKay |
| Ritchies Hut and Yards | Howqua River Track, Fourteen Mile Creek, ANP |
| Rover Scout Chalet Hut | Wallace Gap, Alpine National Park |
| Ryder's Huts (4) | South of Cope Saddle and west of Mt Cope |
| Seymores Logging Hut | Seymour Road, south-east of Mt. Phipps |
| Sharpe's Hut | Racecourse Plain |
| Silver Brumby Hut | Swindler’s Creek |
| Spargos Hut | Head of Swindlers Creek east Mt. Hotham, ANP |
| Strobridge Huts (2) | Brookville |
| Tawonga Huts (4) | Tawonga Creek, Alpine National Park |
| Tin Mine Huts | Ingegoodby |
| Tom Groggin Hut | Davies Plain Track, Tom Groggin |
| Treasures Hut | north of Dargo, Alpine National Park |
| Treasures Mt Ewen Hut (3) | Dargo High Plains |
| Treasures Shepherd's Plain Hut | Shepherds Plain Long Spur DHP |
| Wallace's Hut | Head of Middle Creek south of Basalt Hill, BHP |
| Wangaratta Ski Club Lodge | On Road near Mt St Bernard |
| Wellington River Hut | Bennison Plains Road, Mt Tamboritha |
| West Kiewa Logging Camp | West Kiewa Valley west of Mt Jim |
| Westons Hut | West Kiewa Logging Road, near Mt. Jim., ANP |
| Wilkinson Memorial Hut | Wallace Gap, Alpine National Park |
| Wire Plain Hut | Wire Plain north of Paw Paw Plain |
| Wombat P.O. Hut | Wombat Creek Track, Alpine National Park |
| Youngs Top SEC Survey Hut | Head of Bundarrah River south of Mt Jim |
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Report |
Date | Contributed by |
| Walking
tracks still 'closed' by Parks Vic. 1. Eskdale Spur - track indistinct in places below Michell Hut site due to fires. Snow pole line intact above. About 20cm compact snow cover (from below hut ruins to summit). 2. Staircase Spur - some snow poles burnt/fallen/missing at top of ridge making route- finding in poor visibility difficult on the descent. Walking track easy to follow (and mostly clear of debris) from below tree line to bottom of ridge. About 20cm compact snow cover from Bivouac Hut to Summit. 3. Pole line from summit ridge to Cleve Cole Hut intact. 4. Composting Loos at CCH still 'closed' due to fire damage. |
11/6/03 | David Alexander |
| "I can confirm in
the flight I had with Steve Baird that Michelles had burnt completely. I could not see Bivouac hut so cannot confirm." |
19/2/03 | Chris Rose |
| "You may have also heard from the intrepid Gibb aviators, that as well as The Michell Refuge, Federation Hut on Feathertop, and Ropers have also been lost. Apparently Bivouac, Johnstons, Kellys and Fitzgeralds are still standing. | 16/2/03 | Bill Rennie |
| "Further news,
I spoke to Allan who has now completed his reconnisiance. Michelle hut is burnt to the ground as is Federation although the Toilet at the Federation site still stands. The Cole is OK although evidence of fire was within a couple of meters of the hut." |
13/2/03 | John Antonello |
| "Re the Cole, Alan Gray accompanied by the Gibb bros will fly over the Cole this morning on a reconnaissance flight. They propose to make an aerial inspection of the the Michelle, Cole, Johnson, Federation, Wallace, Cope etc. Allan plans to use s Piper Seminole (twin engine) rather than his favoured Helicopter so the info gathered will be visual only but I'm sure very reliable." | 13/2/03 | John Antonello |
| "Steve Baird from Bogong Horseback Adventures hitched a chopper ride with Chris Rose, Head Ranger, Parks Vic, last weekend. He reported to me yesterday that Cleve Cole Hut & it's $50,000 toilet block are intact. Unfortunatley he was on the wrong side of the chopper to see Michell ot Bivouac Huts." | 12/2/03 | Peter Vodicka |
Recent bushfires in the Alpine areas:
At this stage we have no firm information about bushfires in the Mt. Bogong area. The map images below are based on satellite imaging of bushfire hotspots, as available on the CSIRO's Sentinel Bush Fire Mapping site at: http://sentinel.csiro.au/mapping/viewer.htm .
Cleve Cole Hut Area before the bushfires.
How the NASA Earth
Observation Satellite Terra works: Sentinel Fire currently obtains data from the NASA Earth
Observation Satellite Terra. Plans are well advanced to include data from other
satellites in the near future. The satellite orbits the Earth collecting data in a path
2330 km wide. It passes over Australia at least once a day but sometimes the
track alignment provides up to three passes. You can get details of where the
satellite passes overhead each day from the Space
Science and Engineering Centre for Terra – Australian tracking predictions
website. The raw image data is received by the Australian Centre for
Remote Sensing (ACRES) Data Acquisition Facility at Alice Springs. The data
is processed by a dedicated server to create a surface temperature image known
as the MOD14 product. The algorithms used in producing the thermal image are
described on the NASA
MODIS Fire and Thermal Anomalies webpage. Locations of high temperature are identified and extracted
from the image into a small text file and transmitted from Alice Springs to
Canberra where they are fed into a spatial database. From there the data can
be queried and added to dynamically created maps using a web-based mapping system.
Satellite observed hotspots since early January 2003.
(Reproduced by courtesy of CSIRO Land and Water
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