Victorian High Country Huts Association

Photos for 2013 Calendar please

We are looking for some great hut photos to publish in next year’s VHCHA Calendar. If your photo is selected, it will be published in our popular calendar that gets distributed Australia wide, and even internationally. But most importantly, you will be helping us to preserve the huts through funds raised by the calendar sales.

This year’s theme is “REBUILT HUTS”. That is, any Victorian Hut that was substantially destroyed or demolished, and has since been rebuilt. The hut need not be rebuilt in exactly the same location, or look exactly the same, but should bear the same name and have the same purpose as the original hut. There are plenty of huts out there that fit this theme, so get out there and take some photos, or send us photos from your archives.

Each entrant who has one or more photos published will receive two (2) free copies of the Calendar

CONDITIONS

All photos must have be taken by the person who is submitting them
Any VHCHA Member whose membership expires on the 30th June 2012 or later can submit photos. This includes corporate members
You may submit as many photos as you like, as long as they fit the theme.
The VHCHA Committee has exclusive selection rights for photos to include in the calendar.
If selected, you will be contacted by email and may need to send a high resolution version, suitable for printing at A4 size to the secretary.
Photographers own their own copyright and submit photos for inclusion in the Victorian High Country Huts Association 2013 Calendar of their own free will. As a the condition of submission, photographers agree to a non-exclusive transfer of worldwide rights allowing the Victorian High Country Huts Association the following uses: publishing the image(s) in the VHCHA 2013 Calendar, the VHCHA Newsletter, and displaying the image(s) on the VHCHA website. Non-exclusive use allows the photographer to continue to market the image as they choose.

HOW TO SUBMIT PHOTOS

Please email your photos to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it including your name and contact number. Photos should be at least 1200 X 800 pixels.

Please send you photos prior to JUNE 30^th 2012 to ensure they are included for judging.

OTHER ENQUIRIES

Please contact the association secretary at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or the president at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Coming up soon !

Next Meeting

Saturday 19th May in Wondonga commencing 10.30 am

The venue is the Grove Cafe in the main street of Wodonga. Lunch will also be at this venue.

This place is easy to find, just drive to the water tower on High street. Parking is available in High Street and Hovell Street with all day parking behind Coles off Hovell Street.

This is a Committee Meeting, but as always, members are welcome to come along.

. Store Point Hut Works 2 NOTE : DATE HAS CHANGED

After a very successful first working bee, we will be back at Store Point to finish off on

April 21st /22nd

We will be building the chimney and doing general finishing work.

If you want to come and help email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Welcome

The Victorian High Country Huts Association was founded in February 2003 after bushfires swept through Victoria and destroyed many of the historic High Country huts.

These huts were built from the mid 1800s through to fairly recently, by cattlemen, fishermen, loggers, and forest rangers. Our small team of volunteers does their best to provide a voice for the huts, to maintain and to rebuild them using traditional techniques.

An essential part of our charter is that the huts remain freely accessible for the use of all.

We rely on volunteers for labour and membership fees, donations and grants to buy materials so that they can continue to be available.

The Association works with other groups concerned for the future of our huts and with caretakers who look after individual huts.

Despite these efforts, since 2003 more than 90 more huts have been lost to fires and other reasons, leaving some 200 that are in need of ongoing care.

The Association maintains an excellent working relationship with Parks Victoria, DSE and a number of private land holders. We are registered with Parks Victoria as a “Friends Group” and are affiliated with the “Friends Network” to promote our “hands on” work of hut maintenance.

We welcome involvement from any member of the community who wishes to assist to preserve our historic huts. Come and join us in our activities, and meet some great people as well.

Moroka Hut Works ( photos )

Extensive repairs to Moroka Hut were undertaken recently.

This included a total rebuild of the chimney. Thanks to all those volunteers who helped.

We are Volunteers

The Huts Association Huts Maintenance Officers, Huts Maintenance Coordinator and the Committee members are all volunteers who give willingly of their time and skills to make the Associations work and to repair and maintain our high country huts.

If you can assist in any way, by donation, hands on work, becoming a member, contributing to our knowledge of the history of our huts, specialist skills then we would love to hear from you. Register on our forum and leave a post or contact our This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

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