Old Basins Hut, Craigieburn Forest Park
An older, and more primitive hut than the newer Basins Hut on the other side of Basin Creek.
It’s a bush-built beauty, with a local beech sapling structure, a dirt floor, and canvas or hessian bunks. Really needs some love and attention.
category . . . basic hut
hut fee . . . free
elevation . . . 795 m
bunks . . . 5 mattresses in bunks
built . . . 1957
heating . . . open fire
water . . . from creek 20 m to east. Has bucket
toilet . . . longdrop
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