There are about 80 complete and standing huts in the Kosciuszko
National Park (at 90 distinct sites, some with multiple buildings),
with a further 20 partially standing. More than 20 were lost in the
fires of January 2003. There are also 22 mountain hut sites (again with
some multiple buildings like Mt Tennant) in the Namadgi National
Park. A list of 217 huts and sites, with a basic description, is
available to all financial members of the Association. Here
is GPS Data, covering over 100 locations (including Victorian Huts).
This page last updated 21 November 2008.
In Kosciuszko, a number of popular huts are accessible directly from
a road, or via a short walk. Some that are easy to visit (With grid
references on the profile page for each individual hut) include:
Delaneys (now destroyed by fire 2003 and rebuilt in 2007), 50 m
off the Adaminaby to Tumut Highway.
Sawyers Hill, now a picnic stop on the side of this road also.
Bradleys is beside the road past Selwyn's resort, and Round Mountain
is about 1Km walk off the road, in the same area.
Long Plain, Cooinbil and Coolamine, all major homesteads up the
Long Plain Road, turn right, off the Tumut Highway.
In Namadgi National Park, Brayshaws and Westermans homesteads are
a short walk off the Boboyan Road in the ACT, near to the southern
border with NSW.
South of Thredbo, in the Geehi Valley, Geehi, YHA, Keebles and other
huts are close to the road.
Huts Maintenance & Caretakers
One of the primary activities of the KHA, is organising and carrying
out maintenance of the huts in Kosciuszko and Namadgi National Partks.
The KHA does some of this work itself by holding regular work parties
over weekends or longer periods. However, the main role of the KHA is
acting as a liaison organisation between the National Parks and groups
formed to look after a specific hut. These groups, known as caretaker
groups, look after one or two huts and are usually formed from clubs,
families or just a collection of friends. Others come from environmental
groups, 4WD clubs, schools and scout troops. They organise a trip once
or twice a year to the hut they look after, and do the required maintenance.
The maintenance side of KHA's activities is the responsiblity of the
Huts Maintenance Officers (HMOs). HMOs are elected to the Committe and
act as liaison offciers between the KHA, National Parks and caretaker
groups. Currently the KHA has four HMOs, North Kosciusko, South Kosciusko,
Geehi Region of Kosciusko and Namadgi National Park.
The National Parks we operate in, also assign staff to the role of
Huts Liaison Officers, allowing for a single point of contact for the
KHA. HMO's assist caretakers, with planning, logistics, transport, supply
of materials and so on, and co-ordinate the maintenance activities with
National Park staff through the agency representatives. HMO's also coordinate
KHA general membership work parties, either organising the work themselves,
or by working with a project manager.
The KHA enjoys an excellent working relationship with the National
Park staff and management fostered over many years of dedicated volunteer
work. Amongst KHA's membership are many individuals with specialist
skills in heritage conservation, who are called upon to undertake studies
or provide expert advice to the National Parks.
The assistance of the National Park agencies extends to the supply
of materials and transport assistance to hard to reach locations. On
a number of occasions NPWS has used helicopters to transport materials
to huts with no road access, and in recent years both NSW NPWS and ACT
Parks and Conservation Service have provided the majority of building
materials used in huts maintenance. The KHA would like to acknowledge
this assistance and thank all those involved for their help and support.
Huts maintenance is usually carried out over the summer months as ready
access is not possible to many high country huts during winter. Each
year the KHA holds a number of work parties for members, and many caretaker
groups invite others to join them. Details of these work parties, including
contacts, will be available on this site,
or through the KHA Newsletter.
