KOSCIUSZKO HUTS ASSOCIATION - http://khuts.org
The Kosciuszko Huts Association (KHA) is an organisation of concerned people who care about the preservation, maintenance and history of the huts in the Kosciuszko (NSW) and Namadgi (ACT) National Parks.
Volunteers are welcomed for workparties on many of the huts. You must be a financial member to participate. For upcoming workparties, please check the calendar, or contact the relevant Hut Maintenance Officer (HMO). Email address can be found on the Contacts page.
Registration is separate for the forum and for the website. The webmaster can assist with the following access:
Website registration: users are restricted to financial members. Material that can be seen by registered members relates to administrative material that is of little or no interest to those who are not a part of the Association.
Forum Registration: The forum is open to all. Self registration has been closed due to attention from too many spammers
Annual General Meeting 2012The 41st Annual General Meeting of Kosciuszko Huts Association Inc.
Where: Boali Lodge in Thredbo
Time: 2.00 pm on
Date: Saturday 19 May 2012.
For those wanting accommodation, Boali offer the following:
Full accommodation which includes lunch Saturday, dinner, bed Saturday night and full breakfast Sunday at a cost of $110.00 per person.
For those not staying at Boali Lodge, a three-course dinner on Saturday night is available at a cost of $45.00 per person.
Please contact Boali Lodge on 02 6457 6064 to make bookings. Also please advise the Lodge if you have any special dietary requirements.
If members need any further information regarding the weekend, please contact Pip Brown on (02) 9219 5093 or email her at
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PLEASE NOTE:
Members attending the AGM who do not have an annual pass or a concession will need to contact Pip and give her their names to pass to NPWS so that the entry fee can be waived at the gate.
GUEST SPEAKER
The after dinner guest speaker this year is Craig Doubleday who will talk about Ground Truthing and his project to locate the original Kosciuszko Road which was last used in 1909.
Kosciuszko Huts Association Inc. 41st Annual AGM Saturday 19 May 2012 Boali Lodge Thredbo at 2pm. Members wishing to bring business before the AGM are required to give notice in writing of that business to the Secretary by 4 April 2012.AGENDA 1. Welcome, attendance and apologies 2. Minutes of the 2011 Annual General Meeting 3. Business arising from the 2011 AGM minutes 4. Reports · President · Treasurer · Hut Maintenance Officers 1. HMO North: David Mitchell 2. HMO Geehi: Jim Roche 3. HMO South: Ian Frakes 4. HMO Namadgi: Richard Stanley 5. Hut Re-builds: Bob Moon
1. KNP North: Megan Bowden 2. KNP South: Andrew Miller 3. KNP Geehi: Craig Smith 4. Namadgi: TBA 5. Structure Change to Committee (Constitution) 6. Other Business 7. Awards 8. Election of Office Bearers 9. General Discussion 10. Next meeting
GPS WorkshopWant to know more about using GPS?
A joint NPWS/KHA GPS workshop will be held at Currango on the weekend of the 26th & 27th May for KHA volunteers & NPWS southern ranges regional staff, OSCU, Visitor & Business Unit etc involved/interested in recording historic sites & improving their GPS skills. The only costs at this stage will be food & getting there. Catering will be provided pending numbers. This is a locally run workshop. Any experienced recorders/GPS users who would like to assist/critique workshop are also invited. Program GPS technology, Map datums Site classifications, recording of details, photos Sources of location information Field work in groups (how to find, how to record)GPS software, GIS software, Map sources Data verification tools and techniques Sunday:Data storage, access and maintenance Dealing with sensitive sites NSW Government Heritage Database Afternoon excursions for those who can stay Contact Megan Bowden if you would like to attend. Tin Mines Work Party - Easter 2012Flattering: a press release from NPWS --
Whilst many visitors to Kosciuszko National Park over Easter enjoyed their time relaxing and recreating within the park, an intrepid band of volunteers from the Illawarra Alpine Club continued their Easter tradition of putting something back into the Park that they love to enjoy. The club which operates its Club ski lodge at Smiggin Holes, also operates as a volunteer Hut Caretaker Group under the auspices of the Kosciusko Huts Association, helping to maintain and preserve the iconic mountain huts within Kosciuszko National Park. NPWS Snowy River Area Manager, Pam O’Brien said ‘the Illawarra Alpine Club has a long association with the Tin Mine, Cascade and Teddys Huts, carrying out extensive restoration and maintenance works in conjunction with the KHA and NPWS since the early 1980’s.’ Ms O’Brien added ‘it would be fair to say that if it wasn’t for the efforts of this group of volunteers, led by local Jindabyne resident Pat Edmondson, that these historic huts that are enjoyed and treasured by many visitors would probably not be standing today.’ 27 volunteers from the club spent 4 days of their Easter holidays doing much needed maintenance and repair works to the State Heritage listed Tin Mines Mess Hut and Managers Hut, deep within the Pilot Wilderness Area of Kosciuszko. Work carried out by the volunteers included dismantling the chimney structure of Mess Hut also known as the ‘Barn’ in preparation for chimneys planned reconstruction next spring. Ms O’Brien added, ’ the excellent work carried out by the volunteers and dedication of volunteer groups such as the Illawarra Alpine Club was phenomenal, and were an important component in assisting NPWS to preserve the important heritage links of the huts and the mountain landscape and past land uses.’ The Tin Mines Mess Hut and Managers Hut were originally built in 1936 by the Mount Pilot Tin Mine Syndicate to accommodate workers for the alluvial tin mining operation which only operated for 2 years before going into liquidation because of difficulties in access and poor returns. Wolgal's Lodge Available for HireWolgals Lodge, Kiandra is now available for public hire for the first time ever! It’s a great little 1960s fishing and ski lodge close to all the good things – fishing, skiing, bushwalking, exploring. It’s in Kosciuszko National Park. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) with the assistance of a dedicated band of volunteers have been doing Wolgals up for almost 2 years. The aim of renting it out is to generate much needed revenue for Kiandra and to create and demonstrate a market demand for Kiandra based accommodation. Success at Wolgals will be a great market based argument for restoring the Kiandra Courthouse and Chalet for accommodation. Booking your next weekend at Wolgals is one way to support Kiandra’s revitalisation. Printing this flyer out and placing it on your work notice board is another, as is circulating this email to friends and family you feel may be interested in staying at Wolgals. Here’s to a snug winter at Wolgal's!
For Bookings, contact Jennifer Hewitson Historic Heritage Project Coordinator, Kiandra Southern Ranges Region jennifer.hewitson@environment. Phone: 02 6947 7011
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Repairs to the doors and window shutters, and drainage works around the hut were also carried out. The ‘Managers’ hut also known to many as ‘Carters’ hut, benefited from the renewing of the rammed earth floor, re-lining the internal walls and renewing the chimney timber frame structure. Both huts interiors were also treated with a fire retardant coating and a general clean and tidy.