Horse Yard Flat Hut
The place
Horse Yard Flat Hut in Alpine National Park, Jamieson/Howqua River sector (Victoria Alps, Australia), at 1005 m altitude, Bogong High Plains alpine plateau. Continuous Alpine VIC cluster (batches 220-349). Historic cattlemen's hut ("Horse Yard Flat" = plain with a fenced horse yard/paddock, used to hold horses after cattle grazing), zone with Eucalyptus regnans mountain ash, the world's tallest flowering plant at 100 m + Eucalyptus delegatensis alpine ash + Poa costiniana snowgrass, heritage of the Taungurung (Kulin Nation, Central Victoria Aboriginal Nations, 40,000+ years, seasonal nomadism, wintering in the Goulburn valleys, summering on the Bogong plateau, harvesting bogong moths, Agrotis infusa, a millennia-old moth migration).
The setting
Alpine NP Jamieson/Howqua River VIC AU 1005 m Bogong High Plains, continuous cluster batches 220-349, cattlemen's hut Horse Yard Flat, plain with fenced horse yard/paddock, Eucalyptus regnans mountain ash 100 m + Eucalyptus delegatensis alpine ash + Poa costiniana snowgrass, Taungurung Kulin Nation 40,000+ years seasonal nomadism Goulburn winter + Bogong summer Agrotis infusa bogong moth millennia-old migration.
