Hollow Hut at Mt Emu
Photograph courtesy of Fiona Magnussen © 2003.
Also known as Mt Emu Hut or Howman's Hollow Hut (The original one)
Located at the Mount Emu area above Tawonga.
VHCHA describes an old logging hut on the uphill side of Eskdale Spur Track, west of Trappers Creek Gap. From Mount Beauty travel to Tawonga, then follow Mountain Creek Road and the unsealed Trappers Gap Road towards Trappers Gap. the Eskdale Spur Track branch towards Mount Emu requires a capable 4WD.
Confirm the hut identity, exact turn-off and present legal access before entering the forest tracks. Several different places are labelled Hollow Hut/Howmans Hollow, and the old grid reference and newer online pins disagree.
History
Built in 1962 for the Addinsall family who used it to support log skidding operations.
Others were built by the Howman Family, including Howman's Hollow Hut, which burnt down in 1992.
Construction
Vertical weatherboard.
References
Hueneke Pp165, 237
Magnussen P113
Mapping guidance;
GPS/UTM: not yet verified for this specific Mount Emu hut. The VHCHA map gives 36.70272°S, 147.25549°E (WGS84; UTM Zone 55H: 522821 m E, 5938075 m N), but this conflicts with the older Trappers Creek map reference GR228412 and other similarly named huts. Treat this as an unconfirmed candidate, not a navigation waypoint.