Tailings Hut

Oteake Conservation Park, Canterbury

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Standard Hut, 12 Bunks
Amenities
Heating, Mattresses, Toilets, Closed Fire, Wood Stove
Water Source
Water body near hut
Location
NZ Topo 50:CB16 820 294
NZTM Grid Ref:E1382038 N5029351
Lat/Long:-44.855934170.241433
Elevation:839m
Notes
Tailings Creek Hut is base camp for mustering on Run 362B known as the Mt Ida Syndicate. In 1897, C. J. Inder signed a 21 year lease on behalf of a group of local farmers & the first hut, now the kitchen, was built in 1924, followed by 3 others in 1934. All building material was brought in on pack-mules & the huts had dirt floors. The musterers' cut snow grass to lie on & the old timers made hollows for their hips. A 3-day Spring drove saw the sheep pushed up onto the plateau above Tailings Creek Hut, via Buster Hut, with the reverse happening in April. There are numerous river crossings & steep rocky sections along the 4WD track. Edit Hut
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The original hut was built in 1924 with the two bunkhouses were brought in in 1977.

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