Bushwalk Australia

Posted: **Wed 23 May, 2012 10:22 am**

Could someone who recently did the track tell me about heater status in all the huts?
Just copy/paste this and add:
[B]=Briquettes
[C]=Coal
[G]=gas
If you can guess how many people they sleep, add a number before the brackets.

[] Scott Kilvert
[] Waterfall Valley
[] Windemere
[] New Pelion Hut
[] Kia Ora hut
[] Windy ridge hut
[] Pine Valley hut
[] Narcissus hut
[] Echo point

I will then update the wiki with it.
Thank you in advance,
Robert

Posted: **Wed 23 May, 2012 11:07 am**

This will give you the hut capacities:
http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/index.aspx?base=1253#huts

[B] Scott Kilvert Edit: (maybe-see below)
[G] Waterfall Valley
[G] Windemere
[G] New Pelion Hut
[B] Kia Ora hut
[Wood] ~~Windy ridge hut~~Bert Nicholls Hut
[?] Pine Valley hut
[B] Narcissus hut
[B] Echo point

I think all the coal stove huts are stocked with briquettes now aren't they?

Posted: **Wed 23 May, 2012 1:46 pm**

This time last month there was no heater in Scott Kilvert - taken out for repairs. someone else might have an update on that.

Posted: **Wed 23 May, 2012 1:53 pm**

Tortoise wrote:This time last month there was no stove in Scott Kilvert - taken out for repairs. someone else might have an update on that.

Yeah I forgot about that. I'd have hoped it had been replaced by now, but no idea.

Posted: **Wed 23 May, 2012 2:53 pm**

I will be there in a month, and will report back.

Posted: **Fri 25 May, 2012 12:01 pm**

There was heater in Scott Kilvert as of 16 May.

Pine Valley is briquettes.
Echo Point is briquettes.

All huts were well supplied with briquettes.

Posted: **Fri 25 May, 2012 12:07 pm**

andrewp wrote:Pine Valley is briquettes.
Echo Point is briquettes.

All huts were well supplied with briquettes.

Although, in current weather conditions, finding dry kindling to get started is a difficult proposition - I would suggest a liberal supply of fire-starters !

Posted: **Fri 25 May, 2012 12:54 pm**

bernieq wrote:
andrewp wrote:Pine Valley is briquettes.
Echo Point is briquettes.

All huts were well supplied with briquettes.

Although, in current weather conditions, finding dry kindling to get started is a difficult proposition - I would suggest a liberal supply of fire-starters !

Cotton wool rubbed with vaseline is perfect, and lightweight.

Posted: **Fri 25 May, 2012 1:55 pm**

bernieq wrote:
andrewp wrote:Pine Valley is briquettes.
Echo Point is briquettes.

All huts were well supplied with briquettes.

Although, in current weather conditions, finding dry kindling to get started is a difficult proposition - I would suggest a liberal supply of fire-starters !

Lol yes! Last time I was at Scott Kilvert on a very wet weekend I spent 45 minutes getting the heater going with nothing dry to use!

Posted: **Fri 25 May, 2012 5:21 pm**

In my experience you can often find suitable dry fire starting material on the actual underside of fallen trees (a few near Scott Kilvert as I remember) you can also make good kindling by striping the wet bark off a stick about thumb thick and then shaving the wood ,takes time and effort and you do need a reasonable knife but it has worked for me .
corvus

Posted: **Fri 01 Jun, 2012 3:59 pm**

4 bunkers of briquettes at Scott Kilvert last week.

Posted: **Fri 01 Jun, 2012 6:06 pm**

The dead lower fronds of pandani are always dry and burn really well. ( Or so I'm lead to believe.)

JamesMc

Posted: **Sun 03 Jun, 2012 11:20 am**

The hut maximum capacity isn't actually defined and the fuel supplies never guaranteed. I would think these facts are as/more important general knowledge than numbers, conditions, lists and the inference of what to 'expect'.. If 34 private walkers are on the track this is the capacity... and its almost a given that one of the fuel sources will be out when needed most. Does this not render the stats, for practical purposes, meaningless?

Posted: **Mon 25 Jun, 2012 12:36 pm**

a walking club party found no heating at Waterfall valley last week.

Posted: **Mon 25 Jun, 2012 7:59 pm**

Do you know if the gas cylinders were empty? valves on top frozen (bit early for that) or had someone turned off the stop *&%$#! to the hut :?:

as I cannot see Parks letting the gas run out at WFV this time of year,stand to be corrected of course

corvus

Posted: **Tue 26 Jun, 2012 9:56 am**

balboaknight wrote:a walking club party found no heating at Waterfall valley last week.

We stopped there on the way out on the 12th, only two weeks ago and the heater was still warm from those in the hut that evening. I was told along the way by a group that parks had just done a run to all the huts to restock everything for winter the week before we arrived so I was surprised to read this?

Posted: **Tue 26 Jun, 2012 10:29 am**

WFV has always been a bit finnicky, especially in icey weather. As with the other heaters, user error is often the first thought. Again, heating depends on budget, so the gas has always been at a lag to annual funding. Unfortunate for those who visit at the wrong time i guess.

Posted: **Tue 26 Jun, 2012 1:37 pm**

At the end of may there was alot of gas at WVH and the track ranger thought it would last through the winter.

Posted: **Tue 26 Jun, 2012 7:04 pm**

Does anyone know if the Heater in Scott Kilvert Hut has been repaired / replaced ?
corvus

Posted: **Tue 26 Jun, 2012 7:20 pm**

andrewp wrote:There was heater in Scott Kilvert as of 16 May.

Posted: **Tue 26 Jun, 2012 7:32 pm**

Thanks for that doogs should have done a bit more checking

corvus

Posted: **Wed 27 Jun, 2012 10:45 am**

I am told there is no gas at WVH and very little at Windermere a week ago. Huge bunkers of Brickettes at Scott Kilvert a month ago.
One needs to be prepared for a cold hut up there.

Posted: **Sun 01 Jul, 2012 8:45 pm**

Had a report that heater in Waterfall Valley hut was going last week

Posted: **Sun 01 Jul, 2012 10:12 pm**

It was working fine this afternoon.

Posted: **Mon 09 Jul, 2012 4:10 pm**

Ranger checking the huts this week. heating at Pelion and KiaOra and I was told at Windermere and Waterfall

Posted: **Tue 11 Jun, 2013 11:44 am**

All the main overland hut heaters had fuel last week.
[Did not stay at Scott Kilvert or Echo Point.]

Posted: **Tue 11 Jun, 2013 12:36 pm**

Also just to update:
Bert Nicholls Hut now uses coal briquettes instead of wood. In case anyone cares :wink:

Posted: **Sat 20 Jul, 2013 5:45 pm**

On the fuel front, Bert Nichols was running low on briquettes a week ago. Not aware of the amount of fuel at the others.

Posted: **Sat 20 Jul, 2013 6:44 pm**

Doesnt surprise me, when we were there they were pouring it in by the bucket full, and people were so hot they were running around in t shirts. People dont think about others coming after them. There probably wont be a re fill of the bins until spring.
Roger

Posted: **Thu 24 Jul, 2014 8:01 am**

Waterfall Valley hut heater not working last weekend, plenty of fuel at Scott Kilvert.

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