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xenithRaiding my postcard collection today, to provide a quick trip into the past.
Around the turn of the last century, these huts were built on the lower slopes of Mt Wellington. Not your usual utilitarian mountain hut though. These were creations of some fancy, and inhabited by ladies and gentleman of leisure.
That's Clematis Hut, in amongst the gum trees and tree ferns. I'll do a close-up
The areas around the hut were developed with similarly fanciful bridges and outbuildings.
The Fern Retreat
"The proprietors of these charming resorts frequently leave their hut doors open with billies, cups, and saucers, etc., available for picnickers, and quite recently the huts have again been robbed of some of those things. Several huts have been broken into, and the proprietors are bitterly complaining of the treatment they have received, and that they will be compelled to remove all their utensils, etc., from the huts, thus inconveniencing themselves, and depriving the public of a very great convenience." Mercury. 1906
Falls Hut, Cascades, Hobart
Not sure if that is Falls, but it might be an earlier image or from a different angle to usual.
Falls Hut, Hobart in Winter 1910
This one is Falls Hut. It says so over the door. I first saw this postcard in an antique shop on the edge of Battery Point, but decided against buying it. For years afterwards, I thought about it but never saw it again. In the meantime, I started collecting over photos of similar vintage, until a couple of years ago on Ebay. So now it's mine (along with an album of other postcards.)
Falls Huts, Cascades, Hobart
This one is obviously the same hut. Same window, verandah, peak over the name plate and bridge leading up to it. But look at the decoration round the entrance and the verandah poles.
Little remains of the huts now. Time and bushfires have removed the more obvious signs.
For more information: The mountain huts are one of those subjects everyone knows about but no one writes about. The best information I'm come across so far is this website. I'd suggest looking there for more information, also some photos of the remains.
Around the turn of the last century, these huts were built on the lower slopes of Mt Wellington. Not your usual utilitarian mountain hut though. These were creations of some fancy, and inhabited by ladies and gentleman of leisure.
That's Clematis Hut, in amongst the gum trees and tree ferns. I'll do a close-up
The areas around the hut were developed with similarly fanciful bridges and outbuildings.
"The proprietors of these charming resorts frequently leave their hut doors open with billies, cups, and saucers, etc., available for picnickers, and quite recently the huts have again been robbed of some of those things. Several huts have been broken into, and the proprietors are bitterly complaining of the treatment they have received, and that they will be compelled to remove all their utensils, etc., from the huts, thus inconveniencing themselves, and depriving the public of a very great convenience." Mercury. 1906
Falls Hut, Cascades, Hobart
Not sure if that is Falls, but it might be an earlier image or from a different angle to usual.
Falls Hut, Hobart in Winter 1910
This one is Falls Hut. It says so over the door. I first saw this postcard in an antique shop on the edge of Battery Point, but decided against buying it. For years afterwards, I thought about it but never saw it again. In the meantime, I started collecting over photos of similar vintage, until a couple of years ago on Ebay. So now it's mine (along with an album of other postcards.)
Falls Huts, Cascades, Hobart
This one is obviously the same hut. Same window, verandah, peak over the name plate and bridge leading up to it. But look at the decoration round the entrance and the verandah poles.
Little remains of the huts now. Time and bushfires have removed the more obvious signs.
For more information: The mountain huts are one of those subjects everyone knows about but no one writes about. The best information I'm come across so far is this website. I'd suggest looking there for more information, also some photos of the remains.
