Mayo Hut

Cameron · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 08 8:04pm Post subject:

Sweet hut! Stayed here on April 17th - our first night out while hiking from where the trail crosses the Hawker-Parachilna Road to the Parachilna Gorge trailhead (7 days/125ish km.)

In addition to the facilities mentioned above there is a quite new looking loo - very flash. There's enough steel in it to ensure it's around long after the hut has crumbled into dust.

I thought the new water tank on the loo had a broken tap, but my mate thought it was empty, so not sure about that one.

Check out the wooden-edged gravel pit underneath the tap - that's dedication!

There is a tank on the hut though which is about 2/3 full.

We very much appreciated the hut to stay in after a late start (3:40 at the main road) and arriving in the dark around 7:30. We shortcutted the last bend in the creek and found some very odd cultivation of some sort - kind of looks like someone's been doing learner practice in a grader, or some kind of alien crop circle - very strange.

We found the fire set on arrival and a plentiful supply of dry wood which was appreciated (would be especially useful in a thunderstorm, but a nice touch nonetheless.)

I reckon you could sleep about 10 on the sleeping platforms, plus more on the floor if you were really desperate. There are also enough billies hanging on the walls to feed several thousand people.

One of our party members had a severely upset stomach during the night, however we do not believe it was due to water from this hut - nobody else in the party had a problem. Just a useful note if some other people have trouble too.

Cous-cous for dinner. Bed at 9:45. Rose at 9:30 (quite late due to the fun and games at 1am and only a short day ahead) and departed for Red Range Campsite at 11am.

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Cameron · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 08 8:27pm Post subject:

Cameron · Posted: Wed Apr 30, 08 9:59pm Post subject:

Hrm it's a pain that I can't edit my posts :(

A note that sleeping on the top sleeping platform can be a bit draughty - the wind comes in straight over the walls. Recommend a beanie or sleeping downstairs or in a tent if it's windy.
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Cameron · Posted: Thu May 1, 08 1:23pm Post subject:

Another note - there are about a dozen wooden heysen trail marker posts on the floor in the corner of this hut (in case anyone had forgotten they're there.)
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jez · Posted: Fri May 2, 08 9:10am Post subject:

Hey good work, I like your comments and photos, a good hiking trip.

You can now edit your posts - my bad - I wasn't aware the ordinary user couldn't edit their own posts within this forum subgroup (others they could).
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