Dynamo Hut | Mount Aurum Recreation Reserve
Dynamo Hut was built in 1919 from salvaged materials from the 1886 structure to house two hydro-powered dynamos that supplied power to a quartz-crushing battery at the Bullendale gold mine in the adjacent valley to the north. This was the first hydro-electric powered electricity generation in New Zealand.
It’s one of the most pleasant huts in the area, due to being located on a sunny grassy paddock with views of the surroundings.
Probably 50 river crossings to get there, however.
category . . . standard hut
hut fee . . . 1 hut ticket or backcountry hut pass, free to camp
booking . . . not required
elevation . . . 710 m
bunks . . . 4 mattresses on a sleeping platform
built . . . 1919, later renovated
heating . . . woodburner
water . . . 30 m each way to a small creek
toilet . . . longdrop
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