Lankey Plain Hut
The place
Lankey Plain Hut in Alpine National Park, Omeo/Bright area (Bogong High Plains, Victoria Alps, Australia), at 1561 m elevation, Bogong alpine plateau. Continuous Alpine VIC cluster (batches 220-364). Historic cattlemen's hut from the 1830s-1940s (name "Lankey Plain" — an iconic flat plain of the Bogong High Plains + cattlemen history vs NP protection debate, the 2020 "Black Summer" fires burning 20 M ha + cattlemen's huts preserved as historic heritage + Alpine Grazing removed 2005), area with Eucalyptus pauciflora snow gum twisted by alpine wind + alpine feldmark, a unique AU biome covering 200 km² + Mount Feathertop 1922 m, 2nd highest peak in VIC after Bogong 1986 m + Bogong Moth Agrotis infusa millennial migration, 4-5 M larvae over 500 km to the Bogong mountains for summer aestivation, traditional Aboriginal food heritage spanning 40,000 years.
The setting
Alpine NP Omeo/Bright Bogong High Plains VIC AU 1561 m alpine plateau, continuous cluster batches 220-364, cattlemen 1830s-1940s Lankey Plain iconic flat plain + Black Summer 2020 20 M ha + Alpine Grazing removed 2005 protection, Eucalyptus pauciflora + alpine feldmark 200 km² AU + Feathertop 1922 m 2nd highest in VIC after Bogong 1986 m + Agrotis infusa migration 4-5 M larvae 500 km 40,000 years Aboriginal food.
