A frame scout huts ? Lake Rowallan

[gorby]

Does anyone on the forum have some pics of the huts ( scout huts? ) on the eastern side of Lake Rowallan.

They were burnt down some time ago and I never got to see them .
You could only access them by boat or by walking to them.

They must have been a good setup going by the remains that still exist.

[gorby]

found out today that they were connected to a launceston college?

any memories or photo's out there ?

[GerryDuke]

Pretty sure it was built by St Patrick's College. If you ring the college I am sure they would help.

Gerry

[stpatsscavenger]

I'm investigating this for an upcoming article. Does anyone have photos of the hut now?

[gorby]

there was only a pile of burnt roofing iron left when I visited 13 years ago

[stpatsscavenger]

do you have any pictures and/or the location cordinates

[stpatsscavenger]

here is a picture

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[Son of a Beach]

Hey, that's a great picture. That is one huge hut! I had no idea.

The picture also illustrates some gear of the times quite nicely (including the ol' hand-held overnight bag).

[stpatsscavenger]

have you seen the ruins is so i need some photos for an article also if anyone has the exact location i need that even if it is on google earth and i would love to see any extra info from the area
also if you visit there again and find an artifact can you send it to stpats and address it to the hands on history class

[vagrom]

Wouldn't that be the item that appears on the maps as "Hut", just south of the mouth of the Fish River ?

On '82 Mersey Land Tenure (ed2) there's no track or Hut indicated but by '94 (ed4) they are there.

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[Lostsoul]

Still showing on listmap

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[teak]

I went for a walk to the hut site today, the track shown on the map is completely overgrown now. Here are a few photos of the remains.

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Pile of roofing steel some burnt but some not.

Pile of split and rough sawn timber.

Log frame possibly part of the floor?

[tastrax]

Still showing on listmap

Alas, LISTMap is becoming more and more unreliable every year. Heaps of things no longer in existence still showing, and no doubt also lots of new stuff missing.