Ernie Bale recalled that on Mailbox Hill “there was a clump of rocks and they had sort of shelves in them and she used to leave the mail for Mawsons Hut — it was always known as the Post Office — she used to leave the mail and put a rock on top of it”. We woke at 7:00 am and the day was looking perfect once again! Demandering Hut Despite Demanding Hut being scheduled for a full rebuild due to termite damage to the wooden frame, KHA has not yet received assurances that the hut will be rebuilt. It was then easy to walk south west climbing from the river banks uphill to Mawson Hut some 300m away. In 2016 kostet dieses 17$. It was not to be. Through the summer of 1934 and 35, Dr Colin Gilder travelled the area between Kiandra and Kosciuszko, recording all the huts available to skiing parties and writing these up in the 1934 and 1935 Australian Ski Yearbooks. There is a stream 50m down from the hut. As a sideline from the stockwork, which paid £4.6s per week, he guided guests at the Kosciusko Hotel on horseback tours at £1 a.day, usually for fishing spots along the Snowy River. 17/08/2012 – 24/08/2012 Guthega Power Station – Tin Hut – Finn River – Mawson Hut – Jagungal – Kerries Ridge – Valentine Hut return Kosciuszko National Park, NSW […] The hut also has a fearful reputation for internal wildlife, but its size and location makes it a favourite with XC skiers. Kosciuszko National Park, NSW Ngarigo country. In 1943 the lease was split up, the Fletchers and McPhies taking over the southern part including the hut, until grazing of the upper Geehi and Valentine was terminated for catchment protection in 1950. The hut is large at 7m by 4m, with two rooms with windows and a woodstore. It appears the stockmen camped out on the lease during the summer of 1929-30. In the early planning stages of this walk it was only an endeav 23/02/2021. They undertook basic maintenance, fitted the plaque above the fireplace and built the rescue sled. From his pack John Louis produced a large pink object of the egg variety, complete with red bow. Kosciuszko National Park 13-16 Oct 2019 Gungarlin Kidmans Mawsons Jagungal Area 28/10/2019 Updated on 25/02/2021 This was a 4 days and 44.8Km medium-hard walk from the Gungarlin River camp ground to Kidmans Hut, then up to Mawson Hut through the Snowy Plains in the Gungarlin valley, and through the Burrungubugge Ck gorge and to the… Kosciuszko National Park, Easter Sunday, 29th March, 1970. Logbooks record an Easter night in the early 1980s when there were no less than 53 bushwalkers camped in and around Mawsons Hut! figs, cherries and jellettes is excellent as spare food. Wer einfach In 2016 kostet dieses 17$. Mawson Hut Valentines Hut Valentine Fire Trail Schlink Trail Shlink Hilton Shlink Trail Disappointment Spur Trail Guthega Power Station Total Distance: … In the summer of 1930-31, Herb Mawson, the manager of Bobundra and an experienced builder, came up onto the lease to build a permanent shelter hut for the stockmen. The hut was completed in about 5 days, a remarkable feat. but no provision for heating is provided in the sleeping room. 10th Mountain Division Hut Association (US). F Parle & D Wightman, and others on fast tours. As we did not have a crosscut saw we had to leave their damper lying in state on the shelf!”Winter 1937 saw parties engaged in longer tours, such as Oliver Moriarty’s group on a loop from The Chalet – Pounds Ck -Tin – Mawsons – O’Keefes - Round Mt – Dargals – Pretty plain – Grey Mare – Mawsons – The Chalet. He hadn't been in bed very long, he'd be up hammering again!”. Sydney Ski Club report, Australian Ski Yearbook 1938, p80. Dr Telfer did another K to K traverse. . Guthega Power Station – Tin Hut – Finn River – Mawson Hut – Jagungal – Kerries Ridge – Valentine Hut More recently, the new 'Inclusive Squirrel's' members have undertaken replacement of the lining of the hut. They rode with packhorses, visiting Grey Mare Mine and Mawsons before stopping overnight at Whites, where they watched a buck jumping contest with the stockmen from Mawsons. Through the 1930s Davey Williamson, after whom Daveys Hut on Snowy Palin is named, worked as overseer on the lease. A few surviving ‘Main Range rats’ remained committed to back-country touring. Kosciuszko National Park 13-16 Oct 2019 Gungarlin Kidmans Mawsons Jagungal Area 25/02/2021 This was a 4 days and 44.8Km medium-hard walk from the Gungarlin River camp ground to Kidmans Hut, then up to Mawson Hut through the Snowy Plains in the Gungarlin valley, and through the Burrungubugge Ck gorge and to the Valentine Ck valley and back. Blue Lake From Charlotte Pass, Blue Lake is 2 hours away on skis to the north west. Nearest Trackhead/Public Road – Guthega Power Station (unstaffed) & Guthega Road ~14km (1.5 hr unmarked route then 3hr walk along gravel road). Petersen, G: Snow Revelry journal September 1957, via George Petersen’s Kosciusko article 39, Kosciusko Snow Revellers Club 1993, p122. Meetings with other parties were a major social event, sometimes celebrated with a noggin and an extra mug of strong tea. We climbed up to Trig Station but only stayed a few minutes; the wind was terrific and very cold. It can be a devil to find in a white-out and a GPS position is sought! This glacial lake is stunning with overnight camping a must to be able to shoot in the best light. Water – at the creek 40m northwest of the hut. The completion of Alpine Hut in 1939 saw Mawsons become a popular rest stop on day tours to Tin Hut & Gungartan, Grey Mare and Jagungal. It is usually stocked at the end of the summer months with firewood, but all provision for rations would have to be made by a party touring to this hut. Marie is the first woman skier recorded as skiing Jagungal and this part of the range. Many years later I decided to write a narrative poem about his feat to inspire my children and others. It is a very remote , inaccessible and arid wilderness. Kosciuszko Huts Association . Macindoe, NN: ‘Gloria Mundi’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1941, p35. The plateau lies between 600 and 750 metres, reaching its highest point at Freeling Heights at 944 metres. That summer (or early the following), they built a crude kitchen shelter near the future site of Mawsons Hut, from iron they salvaged from the Grey Mare Mine. Using packhorses or horse-drawn sleds he would come in from Snowy Plain to Alpine Hut, then proceed onto Mawsons or Whites, skiing the supplies in the last part of the way as needed. They soon had the billy boiling and made us welcome.”. In the first year he caught eleven dingoes; over eight years he caught 73. This was to be used primarily for the summer grazing of sheep from it’s Bobundra station — situated south of Cooma. On a recent trip to Northern Kosciuszko we camped at the Long Plain Hut and also hiked in to Hainsworth Hut, an old grazing hut, via the Mosquito Creek Trail. Pallin, P: ‘Equipment for Ski Touring’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1959, p64. Around the summit was a ring of cloud like a halo which rose slowly to heaven under the sun's caress. The picture is taken from near Mawson's Hut. Reg Gelling, Dr Archie Telfer and George Aalberg stopped at Mawsons on the first winter Kiandra to Kosciusko traverse made for some years. All up there were sixteen “warm men, seventeen frozen dogs beneath the floorboards, eleven shivering horses in the paddock and 1200 breathing sheepskin coats a mile or so up the hill”. For Christmas 1932 Lindsay Willis’ wife Mary came up to Mawson’s with another lady friend. Porridge, stew, consisting or bacon, corned or smoked mutton, dried vegetables, rice, Globex: dried fruit and rice, and dumplings, pea soup, bread, damper, butter and jam, and flapjacks. ‘The Bogong’, the blacks [sic] called it. Mawson Plateau lies at at the northern extremity of South Australia's Flinders Ranges. As a sideline through the late 1930s and 40s, Fred took supplies in to various huts for use by skiing parties. The hut quickly became a winter base for ‘The Main Range Rats’ skiing the northern part of the range and hosted a number of early women ski tourers including Marie Gelling — the first to ski up Mt Jagungal (1934), and Jean Trimble — the first to ski the K to K traverse (1936). Wild dogs attacking sheep were a frequent problem on the lease. I reached Mawson Hut at 6.05PM. Start. The next three days the blizzard raged round Mawson's, and we spent most of our time eating and sleeping. Millions Ski Club report, Australian Ski Yearbook 1934, p114. It can be a devil to find in a white-out. Hueneke, Klaus: People of the High Country, Tabletop Press 1994, Lindsay Willis p59, John Bolton p65-66, Fred Fletcher p75, Ernie Bale p126, p354. Moriarty, O: ‘North-west of Kosciusko’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1938, p48-51. Their name derived from their hoarding of supplies at Mawsons each summer for use during winter ski tours. Gilder, C: ‘Skiing Huts of NSW’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1934 p60-62. The upper Geehi and Valentine valleys were first grazed in the mid-19th century. A lot of jam is required. Upon the end of the lease in 1951 Fred Fletcher took up another snowlease at the Boobee and Far Bald Mountain, and Mawson’s Hut was left to only the recreational users. It is a small alpine lake set in an extensive landscape of alpine ridges, swiftly flowing rivers and the vast swamps that make up the area loosely called Australia's High Country.… They helped Herb on the hut, Lindsay recalling “Herb was a fast and hard worker. The old overgrown bridle track south up onto the Kerries. In 1963 some amateur skiers formed the Exclusive Squirrels Club, adopting Mawsons as their base for short winter tours. It consists of two large rooms and a hall, all floored and having the walls lined with an insulating material. [provided as record of… Doctors, they talked him into getting a hernia treated, without which he could have died from the riding and work out on the lease. In 1963 he founded the Exclusive Squirrels Club with fellow amateur skiers Maurice Joseph, Tom Blyton, Gus Fay, Tony Furze and Fred Porter. Parish maps show Sir Samuel McCaughey holding a lease of ~27,000 acres over the Jagungal – Gungartan area in the early 1900s, transferring to John McCaughey as a permissive occupancy in 1915. Mawson Plateau lies at at the northern extremity of South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. Sawn timber was sourced from Kellys mill at Old Adaminaby. by Glenn Burns Nestled high up in Kosciuszko National Park's Jagungal Wilderness Area at about 1850 metres is Bluff Tarn. We woke at 7:00 am and the day was looking perfect once again! Stokes, HL: ‘Victoria to Kosciusko’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1936, p62-63. Disappointment Spur Hut Photo Chis Smart 2016 Located above Munyang on a FT on the northern side of the valley, south of Guthega. After a particularly bad year, Jack Bolton began his career of dingo trapping. It appears the NZ&ALC retained the grazing lease for 14 years, until 1943, although this may not have been the case. Kosciuszko National Park spoils you with snow sports, alpine hiking and mountain biking, camping and caves in the Snowy Mountains, near Jindabyne and Tumut. The old track to the Grey Mare mine, running east-west ~~2km north of the hut. Later that season Aalberg and Sverre Kaaten would establish a record of 14 hours 15 minutes for skiing K to K. Also in 1934 Marie Gelling, R Gelllng and J McFarlane toured to Gungartan and Mawson's Huts, eventually climbing Jagungal. The Summit Area from Dead Horse Gap to Mt Anderson had already been excluded, the upper catchment of the Geehi and Valentine Rivers in a triangle Mt Gungartan – Bulls Peaks – Grey Mare was excluded in 1950, and all grazing above 1370m (4500’) was excluded in 1954. Wer einfach nur auf dem Alpine Way durchfahren möchte, bekommt am Eingang kurz vor Thredbo auch ein kostenloses Ticket , das eine voraussichtliche Ankunftszeit enthält. A couple of times during the season they would travel back to Bobundra for salt and supplies, and to see family. In 1948, a summer snowstorm found the hut serving as a refuge for the local stockmen, a passing team of drovers, and a Newcastle bushwalking group led by Selby Alley. Thanks to Gilder & Co. we had an extra pound of butter at Mawson's. Following the termination of squatting in the 1890s, most of the area around Mt Jagungal was reportedly leased by AJ Rial. “We had had a tin of food left for us during the summer so we had plenty . We were heading back down in to the valley, and across to Mawson’s Hut. This entry was posted in Australia, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW, Skiing and tagged 2012, Guthega, Kosciuszko National Park, Mount Anton, Ngarigo country, NSW, Pounds Creek, Watsons Crags on September 15, 2012 by Stephen Davies. he'd have his tea and then go down to the creek and strip off and have a wash in the cold water then go to bed. Datum: 25. From this time through to completion of the Schlink Pass Road in 1962, access into Mt Jagungal and Mawsons would come primarily from Snowy Plain rather than The Chalet and Kosciusko Hotel. The ceiling and linings were put in, in late 1930 and the chimney in 1933. Hueneke, K: Kiandra to Kosciusko, Tabletop Press 1989, p205, p209. . Then it will be to Mawson’s Hut and then Tin Hut for our second day. The roof and walls are of iron and the floor of wood. The ceiling and linings were put in, in late 1930 and the chimney in 1933. The chocolate egg was duly passed around, photographic evidence being taken of the event. The painting is by Brisbane artist Scott Breton, winner of the prestigious A.M.E. Bale Travelling Scholarship. Brief History Mawsons was built by Herb Mawson (the manager of "Bobundra" Station) , plus Lindsay Willis, Con Bolton and Jack Bolton in 1930. Through the winter of 1934 the hut came to be appreciated as a base for winter ski touring by hardy types that would be dubbed ‘The Main Range Rats’. Bill had first walked Kiandra to Kosciuszko in 1938, become a skier and joined the Kosciusko Alpine Club in 1948. latest map showing bushfire extent around Namadgi. The chimney has a concrete base and an iron flue. This was a 5 days and 57.4Km hardish walk from the Gungarlin River camp ground to Kidmans Hut, then up to Tin Hut, then Gungartan, along Kerries Ridge to Mawsons through Snowys Plains in the Gungarlin valley, and through the Burrungubugge Ck gorge and along the Valentine Ck valley. A 5 day 75Km hard walking trip from Gungarlin River to Daveys Hut, Kidman Hut, McDonalds Diggings, Mawsons Hut, Cesjacks Hut, Jaanga and Bogong sites, Bulls Peak old Trail in Kosciuszko National Park. For decades, the Exclusive Squirrels Ski Club maintained the hut, and were renowned for keeping a good library. In January 1940, the Commissioner of the NSW Soil Conservation Service, ES Clayton, and George Petersen undertook a 4 ½ day tour of the main range to assess the environmental impacts of the 1939 bushfires. Hueneke, Klaus: Huts of the High Country, ANU Press 1982, p(xvi), p11, p49-57. Construction The hut is large at 7m by 4m, with two rooms with windows and a woodstore. Moriarty, Lieut O: ‘Skiing on the Grey Mare Range’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1941, p24. See it before you die — or die in the attempt.”. I first heard about Douglas Mawson's amazing escape from the crevasse, when I sheltered overnight at Mawson's Hut, while cross-country skiing in the Kosciuszko National Park. Ownership appears to have changed frequently; James Spencer, who once held the adjoining Excelsior Run to the south, complained the main range runs were not viable around that time due to snow. Kosciuszko National Park spoils you with snow sports, alpine hiking and mountain biking, camping and caves in the Snowy Mountains, near Jindabyne and Tumut. It is likely that the early surveyors and hydrologists on horseback stopped at the hut periodically during the early 1950s, and the occasional SMA Landrover found its way in to the hut from the Schlink Road or the fire trail past Cup & Saucer Hill during the 1960s, however there is no record of SMA visits and it is somewhat strange that no formed vehicle track was created/constructed in to the hut considering the importance of the Valentine River catchment in the Scheme. It was Sunday morning. Moderate flow, not known to be dry. The hut also has a fearful reputation for internal wildlife, but its size and location makes it a favourite with XC skiers. Bob had been manager of the nearby Elaine Mine and when it closed he salvaged alpine ash tunnel timbers and flattened ten gallon drums to build himself a fossicking and rabbiting hut on Four Mile Creek. The boundary riders employed on the lease included Lindsay Willis and a young Jack Bolton, working his first summer in the high country. August 2008: Quelle: Photograph taken by Jerry Nockles: Urheber: Jerry Nockles: Lizenz. May have gone all the way to the (now very feint) 4WD track past Cup and Saucer Hill. Telfer,A: ‘1935 Kiandra to Kosciusko Traverse’ article, Australian Ski Yearbook 1936, p192-194. After a long climb we disappeared into the clouds where the visibility was reduced to a few yards. Approx distance between 9 and 6km. From our doorstep we had views northwards up the grassy valley of Straight Creek and peeking above Strumbo Hill, the crouching lion, Mt Jagungal, tomorrow’s destination. There is an outside toilet. This entry was posted in Australia, Bushwalking, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW and tagged 1978, Jagungal, Kosciuszko National Park, Mawson Hut, Ngarigo country, NSW, Round Mountain on March 24, 1978 by Stephen Davies. B. die Kunama Hut, die in der Saison 1953 eröffnet wurde. Fred Fletcher worked the lease for seven years, until grazing on the lease was terminated for catchment protection reasons. A four day hike was to take us across this granite batholith by way… To prevent any recurrence, in the new year Lindsay rebuilt the fireplace up to mantelpiece height out of concrete, retaining a corrugated iron cladding. https://khuts.org/.../1398-mawsons-hut-historical-background Soil conservation works including stone structures on the north side of Mailbox Hill. A mixture of raisins, prunes. “When we arrived at Mawson's Hut, the stockmen were in the hut . Guthega ist ein Wintersportort im Südosten des australischen Bundesstaates New South Wales.Er liegt im Südteil des Kosciuszko-Nationalparks am Oberlauf des Snowy River und gehört zum Gebiet der Snowy Mountains.Im Dorf gibt es Hotels, Privatquartiere, ein Restaurant mit Bar und verschiedene Einrichtungen für den Skisport und andere Freizeitbetätigungen in freier Natur. One of the Harris boys, Arthur, was there, with two more stockmen. Con Bolton, who had built Tin Hut four years before, cut the timber posts out of the forest on the south side of Strawberry hill, above the ‘Mailmans Crossing’ of the Geehi — where the old cart track used by the mail rider ran from the Burrungubugge in to the Grey Mare Mine. Later Tom Mitchell and three others stopped at Mawsons on a tour from Khancoban to The Chalet via Pretty Plain, Grey Mare, Mawsons and Pounds Creek. Sign up for the newsletter to receive the latest updates and specials Floods and closures warning. Downing, P: Huts and Homesteads of Kosciuszko National Park, Pauline Downing 2010, p166-67. The Sentinel, another hour away to the west can provide another great opportunity with the Geehi Plains far below. I used to ride the boundary early in the morning and come back to the hut and straight onto the job building with him, cutting timber and handing it to him — he was deaf — hard of hearing. In comparison to the light, almost transient touch of a grazing hut, their footprint is more like that of a Sumo wrestler.
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