The Huts that People Build

December 2011

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December 2011

Six months after Mt Brown Hut opened, 175 people had visited it, including 80 overnight stays
Josh Gale meets community groups building and maintaining their own backcountry huts Huts; even children love to make them. We start out with old boxes, furniture and blankets when we’re just a few years old. Later, we convince dad to build one for us in a tree. My mate’s big brother, with obvious pleasure, destroyed […]
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