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Tasmania specific bushwalking discussion. Please avoid publishing details of access to sensitive areas with no tracks.Ben Lomond Day Shelter and Hotel gone
Wed 16 May, 2018 1:18 pm
Ben Lomond Day Shelter and Hotel destroyed by fire
BYO toilet, wood stove and weather shelter at the Ben for the foreseeable. Such a shame, I was up there a few weeks ago chatting to the Hotel owners who were in the midst of renovating, and they had really good plans for the season ahead.
BYO toilet, wood stove and weather shelter at the Ben for the foreseeable. Such a shame, I was up there a few weeks ago chatting to the Hotel owners who were in the midst of renovating, and they had really good plans for the season ahead.
Re: Ben Lomond Day Shelter and Hotel gone
Wed 16 May, 2018 3:21 pm
Arson? Who the hell would do something like that, especially at this time of year. it's going to be a bleak winter up there with no shelter and no dunnies.
Re: Ben Lomond Day Shelter and Hotel gone
Tue 17 Jul, 2018 2:00 pm
Up at the Ben last week and Parks has replaced the day shelter with what must be the warmest temporary facility in the southern hemisphere. A couple of shipping containers stuck together with some insulated panels on the side housing seats and tables, and three heat pumps running 24/7! Would hate to have to pay the fuel bill for the genny on that one at the end of the season. Toilets were still being completed.
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