A map of huts lost in the fire seasons of 2003 and 2020.
Read the article by James Tugwell from ABC South East NSW published on Monday 2 June 2025. It describes the NSW hut rebuild program, the work of our caretakers and the 3D scanning project.
Deep in the heart of Namadgi National Park, the bush is coming back to life.
But two heritage huts destroyed when 80 per cent of the park burned in the Black Summer bushfires remain in ruins, despite government promises to rebuild.
Read James Tugwell's article on the lack of progress in the ACT hut rebuilds at this link
KHA President Simon Buckpitt delivered a presentation to this year’s ACT region Heritage Symposium in Canberra on 13 August.
Woodskills is a weekend KHA camping event run once every two years, demonstrating colonial timbercraft and carpentry. Held at the Kellett family’s property in Wee Jasper, it’s run by volunteers for members, interested staff from NSW NPWS and ACT Parks and Conservation Service, and for Wee Jasper locals.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service provided an update on recent work to rebuild Round Mountain Hut and the Linesman Huts.
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recently provided these pictures of the rebuilt Linesmans huts and Round Mountain Hut.
NPWS has announced the list of Huts to be rebuilt subject to environmental assessment:
In October 2021, the New South Wales NPWS announced the list of huts to be rebuilt, subject to environmental assessments:
The Kosciuszko Huts Association is contributing to a project managed by the Australian Alps National Parks Co-Operative Management Program to digitally capture and produce 3D digital twin models of over 100 heritage huts across the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves of the ACT, NSW and Victoria.
The reconstruction of ten heritage huts which were destroyed by the Black Summer bushfires in Kosciuszko National Park is now finished, with the completion of Round Mountain Hut.
Read the full media release at this link.
NSW Update
If you are interested in helping out with the reconstruction of the huts in NSW then please register directly with NPWS NPWS by emailing
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