Mount Wellington Huts and Ruins

Monday 17th February 2014

Luckmans Hut

Today was to be just a short walk on Mount Wellington to look at some of the huts and ruins around the Big Bend area.
I started the walk at the lower end of the Panorama track which I walked up for a short distance and then headed mostly off track to find Luckmans Hut, which is in a fairly good state of repair. After a good look around I continued on to locate the site where the Wellington Ski Club Hut was originally located. All that remains now is the base and a few concrete slabs. From here I walked out to Pinnacle Road and uphill for a short distance to find the remains of the skating rink. It is just a cement slab with a lip around the edge which apparently filled with water and then froze to form the skating surface. It is quite small, really.

Skating Rink

From here it was back to Pinnacle Road and downhill to Big Bend and on to the Big Bend Trail, which I walked along for a couple of hundred metres before turning off and walking in the direction of the Scout Hut. I soon located it and had a look around. This hut also is in reasonable condition. After a bite to eat I then walked back to Big Bend and took the Lost World track.
After about 150 metres I headed in a westerly direction sometimes following a track and sometimes not. I was trying to find the Sama Hut but could not locate it as the weather closed in and it became a whiteout. I did not have any coordinates for it, so I probably walked right past it. Anyway, it was quite pleasant walking around on the top of Mount Arthur and I walked over to a point where I could see the Scout Hut.

Scout Hut

I walked a slightly different route back to the Lost World track but still had no luck finding the hut.
Another day! After getting back to the Lost World track, I followed this down to Lost World - alas still no views as the place remained in cloud. From here it was a steep climb down the "Yellow Dot Track" to eventually meet up with the Old Hobartians Track, then up the Hunters Track to Pinnacle Road and uphill to the car.
This was an enjoyable walk which offered different sights to a normal bush walk and was quite short in time and distance, only requiring half a day.

Distance: 8.1 kms.
Time: 4'54"
Ascent: 510 metres
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Inside Luckman Hut

Remains of Wellington Ski Club Hut

Skating Rink

Inside Scout Hut