East Ruggedy Biv

Rakiura National Park, Southland

Backcountry Hut, 2 Bunks
Amenities
Heating, Mattresses, Open Fire
Water Source
Water body near hut
Location
NZ Topo 50:CH08 985 122
NZTM Grid Ref:E1198461 N4812246
Lat/Long:-46.722513167.745083
Elevation:35m
Notes
NZFS Environmental Forestry boss, Max Kershaw, arranged for the loan of a Sikorsky helicopter from oil exploration company, Deep South Basin, to fly the hut across Foveaux Strait. It had a corrugated iron addition with an open fire but had a sand floor. It even had wiring for lights & a switch by the door, with a note in the hut book that read "last one out please turn off the light" (the curved roof part of the biv used to be an ex-railway single-mans hut). The biv also had a golf club & ball; great for practicing bunker play. The NZFS burnt down the biv when they built the 'East Ruggedy Hut' on the south side of the stream. Edit Hut
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GraemeC - 26/02/2023
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I stayed in this tiny Biv in 1979 before East Ruggedy Hut was built the following year. It was just the original tiny room about 2m long and 900 mm wide internally before the additions. No chimney. It had "bunks" with hessian sacking on manuka poles.

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