Refuge

Chesters Hut ruin

Victoria · Australie0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Chesters Hut ruin in the Alpine National Park, Bright/Mount Hotham area (Victoria, Australia), at 1268 m altitude, Bogong Range. Continuous Alpine AU cluster (batches 231-323). Historic ruin of a cattlemen's hut (surname Chester, 1860s era onward), area of Eucalyptus pauciflora snow gums and alpine turf. Black Saturday 2009 fires, 173 deaths in VIC, destroyed historic cattlemen's huts.

The setting

Alpine NP Bright/Mount Hotham Victoria AU 1268 m Bogong, continuous cluster batches 231-323, cattlemen's ruin Chester 1860s onward, Eucalyptus pauciflora snow gums/alpine turf, Black Saturday 2009 173 deaths historic destruction.