Wheelers Hut
Photograph copyright Olaf Moon © 2003.
This hut was destroyed by Fire on 28 January 2020, but has been rebuilt.
Known as Wheelers Creek Hut or Wheelers Hut. An earlier Gibson family hut stood nearby and is a separate structure.
Located: beside Wheelers Creek in the Corryong State Forest, approximately 65 km south of Corryong.
Follow Benambra–Corryong Road south, then turn onto Wheelers Creek Logging Road and continue about 21 km to the hut camping area. The forest road is winding and unsealed, crosses Wheelers Creek twice and is best approached with a 4WD or suitable off-road motorcycle.
Parking is at the camping area beside the hut; no substantial walk is required when the road is open.
History
Forestry workers began this hut in May–June 1976 using frames and roofing from two surplus Stanley huts at the Corryong depot. Work resumed in summer 1976–77, adding woollybutt half-log cladding and salvaged materials from the Avondale homestead. It later served visitors including hunters and anglers. This Victorian hut is distinct from Wheelers Hut in Kosciuszko National Park.
Construction
Two rooms, with half logs on the outside, lined inside. Skillion iron verandah roof, linking to flat gable. These construction and stove-condition notes describe the former hut photographed in 2003, not a current inspection of the replacement.
Caretakers - none
References
VHCHA, Wheelers Creek Hut: construction history and 2020 fire loss.
Mapping Guidance;
GPS latitude/longitude: 36.54668°S, 147.87826°E.
UTM: Zone 55, southern hemisphere (grid zone 55H), 578606 mE, 5955055 mN, converted assuming WGS84.
Approximate hut/camping-area position from ExplorOz; source datum not stated.