Lake Ina Hut
Photo courtesy of Aaron Bennet.
Known as Lake Ina Hut or The Log Cabin.
Located at Lake Ina in the southern section of the Walls of Jerusalem NP. Start at Bronte Park and drive north a little, and take the Pine Tier Road to Pine Tier Lagoon. Follow the Gowan Grae (Station) Road far west via the Nive River. Head left or West (as the north road goes to Lake Malbena). Pass a couple of huts on the right, near the river. It's about 13k to walk. The hut is at the north end of the lake at GR 397475 on the St Clair 1:50,000 map.
History
The hut was built by four friends, who applied for a lease before the area became a national park. They all came from overseas, and were Helmut Berger and Peter Shulz from Austria. Paul Kablau was from Germany and Stewart Craig was Scottish.
They built the cabin between 1970 and 1980 primarily with the aim of providing shelter for their regular fishing trips.
More recently a proper door has been added to keep the wildlife out.
Construction
This is a wooden hut built with Pencil Pine logs. It has no floor. The builders constructed a small wall of stones around the logs to protect the hut from animals and fire.