Thread: Old huts

I have to tell the old man about this thread, he built a pile of huts threw Nelson, central NI, Nelson lakes Cupola was one, said they were walking back up the lake, with a load of jelly and longer posts, when news came on the radio, that JFK was killed.

Think he spent the sixty's, In nelson and the coast, building huts, and was part of the forestry crew, that started the swing bridge building, with the first test bridge in Lewis pass, know he surveyed and built, all the ones up the Ngarururoro, plus a few in Whakatane, Got quite a few photos of the old huts,
He's got sum good yarns, I know the Mokihinui river flat hut on the west coast, had no lining on the walls, cause they didn't get it moved off the flat, when the river started too flood, and it floated away.

Doinit- wondering whether FS didnt run out of Hut/Biv names to tack onto them back in the day.Your happy snap of that Stoney Creek Biv doesnt tally with the one I,m familiar with, talking about the Stoney Creek FS Biv on St.James. There's probably more than half a dozen Boundry Stream/Rocky Creek models out there

Inside pic of Washbourne Hut , lovely wee hut that oozes character , yes the old names on the iron is incredible , a lot of the really old huts like this one are old musterers huts that the public can now use , not sure what the earliest NZFS Huts were ? does somebody on here know ?

Originally Posted by bluebaiter222

Doinit- wondering whether FS didnt run out of Hut/Biv names to tack onto them back in the day.Your happy snap of that Stoney Creek Biv doesnt tally with the one I,m familiar with, talking about the Stoney Creek FS Biv on St.James. There's probably more than half a dozen Boundry Stream/Rocky Creek models out there

bluebaiter,, this biv is situated up Stoney crk in the lower Dobson valley,Winter mid 70's

Originally Posted by southernman

I have to tell the old man about this thread, he built a pile of huts threw Nelson, central NI, Nelson lakes Cupola was one, said they were walking back up the lake, with a load of jelly and longer posts, when news came on the radio, that JFK was killed.

Think he spent the sixty's, In nelson and the coast, building huts, and was part of the forestry crew, that started the swing bridge building, with the first test bridge in Lewis pass, know he surveyed and built, all the ones up the Ngarururoro, plus a few in Whakatane, Got quite a few photos of the old huts,
He's got sum good yarns, I know the Mokihinui river flat hut on the west coast, had no lining on the walls, cause they didn't get it moved off the flat, when the river started too flood, and it floated away.

Be great to see some early pics when they were first built

Originally Posted by southernman

I have to tell the old man about this thread, he built a pile of huts threw Nelson, central NI, Nelson lakes Cupola was one, said they were walking back up the lake, with a load of jelly and longer posts, when news came on the radio, that JFK was killed.

Think he spent the sixty's, In nelson and the coast, building huts, and was part of the forestry crew, that started the swing bridge building, with the first test bridge in Lewis pass, know he surveyed and built, all the ones up the Ngarururoro, plus a few in Whakatane, Got quite a few photos of the old huts,
He's got sum good yarns, I know the Mokihinui river flat hut on the west coast, had no lining on the walls, cause they didn't get it moved off the flat, when the river started too flood, and it floated away.

A lot of hard work but he must have had a interesting time. Those two areas (CNI and now Nelson) and my "home" areas.
Cupola is awesome. Looking forward to getting back up there soon.