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King Hut - VIC

King Hut

Hut

Position

DEG: -37.08831 146.573425

DMS: 37º 05' 17.92" S 146º 34' 24.33" E

UTM: 55 H 5895246mN 462089mE

Altitude: 805.77m

Place Type

Infrastructure - Hut

Location

163.64kms NorthEast of Melbourne
305.77kms SouthWest of Canberra
646.68kms North of Hobart

Address & Contact

King Basin Rd
VIC 3862

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The first slab hut here was built by Jim Hearn in about 1943, and regularly used by other cattlemen and later by bushwalkers. The replacement was built in the early 1950's as a weatherboard hut.

George and Jack Lovick, his son, held the Buller run from around 1900, and to get to the Cobbler plateau, would travel from Merrijig along the Delatite River, across the Clear Hills and on to the King River Hut.

The hut is about 70m north of the old King River slab hut. On two occasions, cattle have become caught inside the hut, making a clean-up difficult!

Construction

The walls are made of weatherboard cladding. The roof is gabled corrugated iron, and the verandah is supported by bush poles. There are two rooms.

Caretakers - None.

In the winter of 2008 King Hut was burnt.

PlaceID	53259

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Buller at 01/10:30pm EST

Distance from King Hut 13.44km SW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
4.7°C	-0.3°C	26%	-13.1°C	hPa	0.0mm	NW	9km/hr 5knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Buller

Distance from King Hut 13.44km SW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	17.3	17.1	14.1	9.9	6.3	3.2	1.4	2.1	4.8	8.4	12.4	14.4
Mean Min. °C	8.8	8.9	6.6	3.6	1.1	-1.2	-2.7	-2.4	-0.8	1.2	4.8	6.0
Mean Rain mm	72.7	78.6	79.5	103.8	131.0	147.1	163.5	150.4	149.4	142.8	127.5	95.5