Rendezvous Creek Hut
Photograph copyright to Olaf Moon © 1991 with Sheryle Moon in the doorway.
Known as Rendezvous Ck Hut, (as it will always be known to us) or Rowleys Hut or Rollys Hut
Location Rendezvous Creek hut is accessible by a walking track of about five kilometres, commencing 500m before the narrow concrete bridge (to the old Bobeyan Rd) on the Adaminaby road. The path across open fields and is hot in summer but shaded at the hut.
The grid reference is 775 458 on the Rendezvous Ck map.
Strange Circumstances
The hut used to stand in the open, but some deciduous trees were planted around it in the early 1990’s. These were then later cut down with meticulous care by another person, with careful sawing at the very base of each tree.
This hut was deliberately burnt down in 2003, by persons unknown. Circumstances indicate that it may have been done deliberately by pig shooters or other activists, however police investigations were inconclusive and appeared to be a white-wash.
As a result, Namadgi NP management have refused point-blank to allow KHA to rebuild the hut at their expense, probably due to the close location of the Aboriginal paintings at Yankee Hat.
It was a favourite place for walkers and bicycle riders, across a relatively easy and flat track.
Construction
The hut was built of timber with rare horizontal weather boards. It has a low pitched corrugated iron roof line. The extension has walls of corrugated iron. There is one fireplace, with the chimney built from iron.
Brief History
The hut was built in 1950 by Stan Cregan for Rowley Gregory for grazing, after Rowley had aquired the 2000 acre Gudgenby property. His family had a long association with the region.
Being an isolated holding away from the main homestead, this hut provided a small overnight shelter, essential for them to maintain their operation.
The hut was extended in 1973 by Gregory and Len Blundell, who used iron rather than palings for the new walls on two sides.
Caretakers - none now.
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