Bus Hut or Ivan’s Hut
Photograph courtesy of G Duncan © June 1994.
Also known as Ivans Hut - Site Only
Located at the Mine Creek Area on the Number 3 Road to the north of Mount Buller.
From Mansfield, follow the sealed Mount Buller Road for approximately 32 km to Mirimbah, then turn left onto the gravel Mount Stirling Road and climb to Telephone Box Junction.
Take the left-hand branch of Circuit Road towards King Saddle and continue to the No. 3 Road turn-off, just beyond the Razorback Hut access track. Turn left onto No. 3 Road and follow it towards the former Bus Hut site at the coordinates below. Treat this final road as 4WD access; visitors in a 2WD should park safely near the junction and continue on foot.
History
This was orginally two huts, that were towed to the area, to be used by miners working at Mine Creek, in the early 1960's. It is also known as Ivans Hut, as Ivan Carlson lived in it for some years, but has now retired to Mansfield.
VHCHA explicitly records Ivan’s/Bus Hut as gone from this locality. Its December 2019 newsletter explains that one of the two logging huts was destroyed and the other was moved by the Eddy family, first to Bindaree Flat and later to their property in Mansfield, where it remained in 2019.
Construction
Wooden floor with weatherboard walls and a iron roof. Has a steel and iron fireplace surround which is now very damaged, as shown in the photo by Ron Dickson below taken in February 2004.
References
Hueneke P87, 233.
Robin Rishworth - Pers comm.
Ron Dickson - Pers comm.
Mapping Guidance;
GPS 37.08948°S, 146.44008°E
UTMZone 55H, 450239 m E, 5895055 m N