Strohles Hut (Stone Hut)Park: Branches StationOtago3/5Total ratings 4Category: Backcountry HutBunks: 6Strohles Hut (Stone Hut) is located in Branches Station in the region of Otago. It has 6 bunks and the category of Backcountry Hut.On Strohle’s Flat is the well preserved & still used, historic hut of the Swedish miner, Otto Strohle, who worked the flat after whom it is named. Otto built the hut at this site in the 1870s, although he lived at Skippers. He died in 1906. This intact hut measures 5 m x 4 m & is made of schist with the walls being 2 m tall & ca. 0.5 m thick. The roof is supported by logs & cut wooden rafters, & it has a corrugated iron roof (originally the roof was thatched by snow tussock). The chimney is 1m wide with the stack measuring ca. 5 m high. The floor is lined with flagstones. P. Chandler (1996) records the hut was re-built in the 1930’s by Jimmy McLean who called it ‘Tawhiti’. The hut was used as a mustering camp until 1955. The Wright’s from Dunedin restored the hut in the 1960’s.Location:

Type	Location
New Zealand Topo50 Ref	CB11 630 310
Latitude Longitude	-44.794847 168.739705
NZTM Grid Reference	E1263025 N5031003

Elevation: 494Amenities: Heating, Mattresses, Open FireWater Source: Water body near hut

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Bushman-Sam

31/01/2025

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