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Zumsteins Cottages - VIC

Zumsteins Cottages

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -37.092021 142.386655

DMS: 37º 05' 31.28" S 142º 23' 11.97" E

UTM: 54 H 5894020mN 623234mE

Altitude: 247.36m

Address & Contact

C222
Zumsteins VIC 3401

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Information

With the expansion of roads and bushwalking tracks through the Grampians during the 1920s and 30s, more people began to look for comfortable and relaxing holiday accommodation in the area.
In response, Walter Zumstein built three pisé or rammed earth holiday cottages here in the 1930s, using soil excavated from the nearby swimming pool. The cottages were simply named Green, Blue and Orange - after the colour of the painted lintels over the doors and windows.
Despite being quite basic, the cottages were very popular during the summer and Easter holidays, when they were always fully booked. Today, they are recognised on the Victorian Heritage Register as some of the very few pisé-style buildings using local materials from the early 20th century.

PlaceID	439913

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Grampians

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount William at 03/04:30am EST

Distance from Zumsteins Cottages 29.64km SE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
6.5°C	-1.1°C	67%	0.8°C	hPa	0.0mm	NNE	30km/hr 16knots	39km/hr 21knots

Closest Climatic Station

Stawell Aerodrome

Distance from Zumsteins Cottages 31.54km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.2	28.5	25.2	20.8	16.3	13.3	12.5	14.0	16.6	19.7	23.8	26.3
Mean Min. °C	13.5	13.7	11.2	8.3	6.0	4.7	4.1	4.6	6.0	7.3	9.8	11.1
Mean Rain mm	36.9	33.1	21.4	28.3	34.7	53.7	55.7	56.8	52.6	36.9	45.3	38.2