White Grass Hut
Photo courtesy of Corey McCulloch MHPS
Known as White Grass Hut or Tiger Plains Hut.
Located The hut is on the Tiger Plains and east of Black Bluff near Nietta. The hut is concealed amongst the tea tree and on the edge of a eucalypt rainforest and thick myrtle forest.
History
The hut was believed to have been built in 1961 by Gordon Williams, Ken Cook and Maurice Vanderfeen who initiated the idea. Vic McCulloch and Ken Williams assisted in the building of the hut.
At the time there were teams of men who often worked alone in the Nietta area but were collectively bushmen, bullock drivers, horsemen and sometimes snarers of possums.
With limited supervision, these men dragged the materials to the site using a tractor and skid, common for that time amongst foresters and farm workers.
Construction
The hut is a single room, with four bunks and a fireplace, protected by walls of corrugated iron, as is the fireplace. Recently the four bunks have been updated. There is also a covered area for firewood and some horse yards.
Caretakers - Unknown but there are some!