Orange Hut (Cracker Hut), Strongman Mine area, and Hope's Hut PHOTO ALBUM

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DescriptionOrange Hut built mid 1960's by the Mines Dpt.

Bill Johnsen: yes that is hut and I think referred to as the drillers hut.also..once was the football field area at Rewanui I think ..access by vehicle to front door of hut by strongman road from coast road if allowed and if from rewanui track past the township area siberia..hut sits out in open and overlooks Rapahoe area...may see it from rapahoe straight with binoculars ?..got photos somewhere..the Rewanui tracks be difficult unless somebody been working on them....need another alan hunter (the guide)..

Glenn Johnston update, Jan 30, 2021:
Revisited the upper Rewanui area today. Called in on the geologists - drillers huts known as Orange (aka Cracker) hut and Hope's Hut. Both though already derelict some years back are further decayed with Hope's Hut now half collapsed.Map^[1]ContributorGlenn Johnston

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Location (city or town)StrongmanLandmark (Place)Orange Hut (Cracker Hut)

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Date Created29th December 2019Commentsan Mehrtens
Me thinks,rebuild.

Fiona James
How do you get to these? Looks interesting

Catherine Brian Denton
Hi Glenn...this is nothing to do with Rewanui but I understand that you once lived in the Forestry camp in Hari Hari. I would like to know what happened to it. I lived there in 1964 for a short while and stayed at Jo Matarini's hotel the year before . Lester Bell was the officer in charge at the time. I was based in Hokitika for a time,but was mostly based in Ahaura......will be good to hear from you Regards Brian Denton. w

Glenn Johnston
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Catherine Brian Denton Hi Brian, I'll private message you tomorrow.

Catherine Brian Denton
thanks Glenn that will be great....just what I wanted to hear. Will look forward to it.

Glenn Johnston
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Fiona James Regarding access; I biked from Dobson to Rewanui them walked up to the old overgrown service tramway that goes to Upper Rewanui (Siberia) then walked up an old horse track to Orange Hut. From there I used a Solid Energy bulldozed track and then a foot track to get to Hope's Hut. If you can get permission to drive up to the Strongman opencast that would be quicker but much less of an adventure!

Ben Aynsley
Glenn Johnston A Great route that one, I returned via Hall ridge/Spring Creek Road when I went up there - very interesting area

Cyril Hector
That's a hell of a long way in total Glen and I don't think I could do it. Have you seen the new slip in the gorge? Too much soft mud at the moment to climb over it but I cut a way through the branches by the creek. That was 3 weeks ago so I don't know if more has come down since.

Glenn Johnston
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Cyril Hector Last two trips I've avoided the slip in the gorge by climbing up to the service tramway as soon as crossing the old bridge at the bottom. You miss Middle Break by going this way. It is easy to drop down to MB via another track once you are above it and beyond a line of bluffs. It took me 9hrs return from Dunollie to visit a high point above Hope's Hut and return. I kept getting side tracked by historic items so could have done it much faster without detours & photo stops. (BTW you look fit enough to me & Orange Hut is no longer worth staying in)

Sean Fitzmaurice
Jock Perfect

Jock Perfect
Sean Fitzmaurice
We stayed here on a shooting trip

Rewa Raymond
Richard Strong

Jimmy Jingles
Is Upper Rewanui the site of the old township..I know before the Rewanui Incline Railway opened the town was serviced by a horse drawn wooden tramway so I'm wondering if that overgrown service tram track you refer to is part of that as shown in this map?
May be an image of text that says 'REWANLI AND LIVERPOOL MAIN FEATURES HYDRAULIC HOUSE MINE RAILWAY ROPEROAD HORSETRAM TRAM Roperoad TUNNEL MINE TUNNEL TASMAN SEA LIVERPOOL MINE RAPAHOE Point Elizabeth Mile TOWNSHIP TRAMWAY SEven SERVICE REWANUI Creck Sprine SPRING Rewanui Incline Seven DUNOLLIE Elizabeth No γNo MINE Ming. RUNANGA Range) MIDDLE POWER HOUSE Coal COBDEN Rapahoe (Twelve BRUNNER Creek State GREYMOUTH Grey River No3Y RÉWANUI RAILWAY STATION BATH HOUSE TRAMWAY (HORSE) Backshunt SERVICE O'BRIÊN BINTY INCLINE REWANUI To Dunollie'

Glenn Johnston
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Yes it is the horse tram, as shown on your map, that I used this latest trip to get to the upper township & beyond.

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