rcaffin wrote:I believe the 'Stone Shelter, Main Range' has the NPWS a bit puzzled. They know almost nothing about it, and would welcome any info.
Cheers
Roger
commando wrote:I came across this one near Khancoban just can't remember the name...
Zapruda wrote:rcaffin wrote:I believe the 'Stone Shelter, Main Range' has the NPWS a bit puzzled. They know almost nothing about it, and would welcome any info.
Cheers
Roger
It’s referred to as “Mason Moraine Shelter” in the database.
I have a bit of info on it compiled by someone else. It’s all been shared with NPWS. I’d be happy to send it on to you if you want it Roger.
It’s always been one of my favourite sites in KNP. A bit of mystery and unlike anything else up there.
I remember stumbling across it in 2010 and I was just so captivated by it. It was one of the sites that got me really interested in the history of the of mountains and set me on the path I’m on today.
Stef.
rcaffin wrote:Ha!
By and large, old huts were built by cattlemen or settlers. The areas you mention (Wollemi, Yengo and Parr) did not lend themselves to running cattle. (This is an understatement.)
rcaffin wrote:Ha!
By and large, old huts were built by cattlemen or settlers. The areas you mention (Wollemi, Yengo and Parr) did not lend themselves to running cattle. (This is an understatement.) This is why they are National Parks today: no-one was fool enough to want them!
There are a few remains here and there on basalt caps. Many of those were built long ago for cattle duffing, and were very crude - and are now collapsing.
I know of a couple in the general South Yengo region, but they are not visited and not published.
If you want to find old cattlemens' huts, get the KHA hut book and visit Kosci NP. Plenty there.
Cheers
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