• There are old and new huts. | Junction Hut, Kopuwai Conservation Area, Otago
  • The old hut has character, but the new one has better accommodation. | Junction Hut, Kopuwai Conservation Area, Otago
  • The old hut has plenty of 1920/30s graffiti. | old Junction Hut, Kopuwai Conservation Area, Otago
  • 90 year old graffiti | Historic Junction Hut

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Junction Hut, historic | Kopuwai Conservation Area, Otago

The old musterers’ hut was built in the early 1930s and has plenty of graffiti on the internal timber walls, dating from that time, including many mustering groups. The inside is cozy, although if you wish to have the open fire, you need your own firewood. Not renovated, retaining much of the 1930s atmosphere.

Most visitors stay in the adjacent hut that was dragged up and down the hills in 1972.

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category . . . basic huts/bivvies

hut fee . . . free

booking . . . not required

access restrictions . . . The hut is closed for the autumn muster, 1 April to the second week of May.

elevation . . . 770 m

bunks . . . 3 mattresses on bunks & bed

built . . . early 1930s

heating . . . open fire

water . . . 50 m each way to creek

toilet . . . longdrop, shared with new hut