Bush Hut (Bush Valley Hut)Park: Island Hills StationCanterbury4/5Total ratings 9Category: Private HutBunks: 8Bush Hut (Bush Valley Hut) is located in Island Hills Station in the region of Canterbury. It has 8 bunks and the category of Private Hut.This a hut on the Island Hills Station Walking Track, which from 2002-2013 was known as the 'Hurunui High Country Track'. The track reopened in October, 2020. Bush Valley Hut was built in 1932 by Norwegian, Chris Johnson & Jack Allen as part of a government-sponsored 'Great Depression' work scheme. The hut is made from felled & hand-trimmed red beech trees that were pulled by draught horses to site. It has important historical value given it's Scandinavian design.Location:

Type	Location
New Zealand Topo50 Ref	BU23 626 700
Latitude Longitude	-42.721789 172.542792
NZTM Grid Reference	E1562566 N5269977

Elevation: 459Amenities: Cookers, Heating, Mattresses, Lighting, Toilets, Closed Fire, Wood Stove, Gas StoveWater Source: Water body near hut

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07/02/2020

To get to this hut contact shaun.monk@xtra.co.nz

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