• The hut is needing a little love and attention. Getting rid of the rodents would be a great start. | Gabriel Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park
  • Unrenovated. I guess this shot makes it clear.| Cold Stream Hut, Lake Sumner Forest Park

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Gabriel Hut | Lake Sumner Forest Park

An old musterers’ hut that appears to have been relocated from elsewhere. Perhaps they should have asked the resident rodent population to remain where they were originally established. Unless DOC do some work on the rat plague this will be an issue for those who wish to sleep.

Plenty of character. Perhaps excessive.

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category . . . basic hut

hut fee . . . free

elevation . . . 590 m

bunks . . . 4 mattresses

built . . . 1935, relocated around 1975

heating . . . open fire

water . . . from stream 30 m

toilet . . . longdrop