Roadman’s Shelter

August 2015

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August 2015

Photo: Rob Brown
Historic Jacks Hut, Arthur’s Pass National Park There can be few huts easier to tick off than Jacks Hut on SH73. It’s the last surviving roadman’s hut from a time when it wasn’t machinery that kept the pass open but hard toil from men with shovels and picks. The hut was built in 1879 at […]
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