Junction Cabin
Photo of the interior below by Keith Moon 2022.
Known as Junction Cabin.
Located on the traverse track from the Springs Hotel site, and a little further north from Rock Cabin, Mt Wellington. It is a very popular site for both walkers and mountain bikers.
Brief History
There have been three possibly four huts on this specific site.
In the early 1830s timber sawyers built huts at the King’s Sawpits, Brown’s Flat, which is today known as the Junction Cabin clearing. This stone hut, was built as a summer holiday cottage or recreational building, in 1880 as an adjunct to the work site.
This particular one shown in the photo was re-built after the 1966 bushfires, initially out of iron, then in the early 1990’s it was surrounded by the stone walls that are present today.
Construction
Mortared rubble stone, wood facias and tin roof. The original replacement was built by the HCC after 1967 of corrugated iron, and that is shown in the interior photo below. There is also a fireplace and furniture inside the hut.
References:
“Tasmania Stories” - Website.
