Scott-Kilvert Memorial Hut
The place
Scott-Kilvert Memorial Hut in Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park (Tasmanian Wilderness), Cradle Mountain/Waldheim area (central Tasmania, Australia), at 933 m elevation, on the iconic 65 km 6-day Overland Track. Continuous Tasmania cluster (batches 220-355). Memorial hut for Ewan Scott/Michael Kilvert (two young hikers who died in the 1965 Cradle Mountain blizzard, rangers built the memorial after the tragedy), area of Nothofagus gunnii (the only native deciduous broadleaf in Australia, "fagus" red autumn foliage, Tasmanian beech) + Tasmanian Wilderness UNESCO 1982 (7 of 10 criteria, 3 sites worldwide) + Pademelon Thylogale billardierii wallaby endemic to Tasmania + common wombat Vombatus ursinus.
The setting
Cradle-Franklin NP Cradle Mountain/Waldheim central Tasmania AU 933 m Overland Track 65 km 6 days, continuous cluster batches 220-355, Scott/Kilvert memorial 1965 blizzard hiker deaths rangers built after tragedy, Nothofagus gunnii only native deciduous broadleaf in AU fagus red autumn + Tasmanian Wilderness UNESCO 1982 7/10 3 sites worldwide + Thylogale billardierii pademelon endemic to Tas + Vombatus ursinus wombat.
