Meikles Hut
Meikles hut is derelict, and a DOC sign warns, "Building unsafe. No Entry."
The first Meikles Hut was 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. The hut was rebuilt in the 1970s to the same specifications.
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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