Hut use

Isnt that the point high numbers high use keep the hut no numbers no use remove it

Yes... but the numbers would still not be accurate. A hut clicker might be 'clicked 500' times in a year while only 50 people stayed in the hut. People go into and out-of hut doors all the time to get water, firewood or to visit the toilet.

Who said they have to be accurate just the fact that its recording shows use. I have stayed in huts in high use areas that if you believed the hut book havnt had an occupant for anything up to 10 years not counting the 6 hunters sharing with me and they are all griping about the possible removal by those darstadly DOC people

An interesting article in the Listner on the newstands this week, dated 10-16 May, page 52, titled "What's Up DOC?" all about the removal of huts. Does anyone know of a list of the 148 huts that are planned for removal?

knowing how slowly govt departments work in that creeping death sort of way i would suggest that you could probably take this list from the DOC Recreation opportunities review 2003 and the National overview 2004

Of course! I just looked up the DOC web site and realised I have read all this stuff a few years back. In fact I wrote submissions for it. There aren't any suprises in the areas I know well but there are obviously issues that are still controversial elsewhere.

Doc have in some areas put manual counters on the toilet doors. These provide an indication of how many times the doors are opened or closed. The Doc ranger I discussed this with stated that the purpose was to give some gauge on how often they might need to visit for maintenance. Given that the door of the toilet at the centre of my enquiry was quite merrily opening and closing in the breeze at the time the whole exercise seemed somewhat pointless. Counters of a similar nature could be used on hut doors however high numbers wont always be indicative of high usage. Who knows what might be read into the numbers, it might indicate someone with a bad food experience. In which case they might be able to relate the numbers with the toilet door to gain a more meaningful assumption. Perhaps the ultimate answer is the compulsory micro chipping of all trampers, and automatic readers fitted at all doors.