Meikles Hut
Meikles hut is derelict, and a DOC sign warns, "Building unsafe. No Entry."
Meikles Hut is an historic Depression-era miners' hut associated with a quartz mine across the creek and upstream. The remains of an old stamper battery are beside/in the creek above where the track crosses.
Meikles hut is located just above the Moonlight track in the upper reaches of the Right Branch of Moonlight Creek. [This is the West Coast Moonlight in this instance. The area is named after the same gold prospector Moonlight of Central Otago & Murchison area fame.]
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Owner
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Owner: DOC |
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Category
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Basic Hut/Bivvy |
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Sleeps
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Sleeps 2
2
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Facilities
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Open fireplace |
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Water supply
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No water |
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Getting there
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1/Up the Moonlight road & then the track from the currently closed bridge or from Anderson's Flat carpark if you drive across the ford & continue to the carpark. It took us exactly 2.5 hrs from the ford to the hut including stops to look at old hut sites & take a few photos. 2/Off the Croesus track along the Paparoa tops & down to the hut. (The turnoffs on the tops are signposted) |
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Unlocked
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This hut is unlocked and open to access. |
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Bookings
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No bookings — open access
No — open access
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Altitude
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580m |
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Mobile phone coverage
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No coverage |
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Maps
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NZTopo50-BT20
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ID 7208
About this hut
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