Annual General Meeting
The KHA held its annual general meeting on 14 May 2022 in Jindabyne at the Rydges Horizons Snowy Mountains.
KHA presents at heritage symposium
KHA President Simon Buckpitt delivered a presentation to this year’s ACT region Heritage Symposium in Canberra on 13 August.
KHA Woodskills 2023: A trip report by Mark Grundy
Woodskills is a weekend KHA camping event run once every two years, demonstrating colonial timbercraft and carpentry. Held at the Kellett family’s property in Wee Jasper, it’s run by volunteers for members, interested staff from NSW NPWS and ACT Parks and Conservation Service, and for Wee Jasper locals.
List of Huts to be rebuilt after 2019-2020 wildfires in KNP- 23 October 2021
NPWS has announced the list of Huts to be rebuilt subject to environmental assessment:
List of huts to be rebuilt in KNP
In October 2021, the New South Wales NPWS announced the list of huts to be rebuilt, subject to environmental assessments:
Post Fire Reconstructions
NSW Update
If you are interested in helping out with the reconstruction of the huts in NSW then please register directly with NPWS NPWS by emailing
Rebuild update: Delany's Hut
Our good friends at NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service were busy in December working on Delany's Hut (aka Delany’s No. 3), battling unseasonal snow and wind to install the roof and complete other tasks.
Vickery's Hut rebuild - supplies still needed 19/1/2023
Wanted: flattened or whole kerosene/oil cans for rebuilding Vickery’s Chaff shed.
Coming in from the other Side
An article by Carolyn MacDonald
Photos: Carolyn Macdonald
While volunteering on the Orange Hawkweed program this year I learnt from the local Park ranger that Bob the taxi driver in Corryong can drive people up the Cabramurra Road in winter. Coming from Adelaide this made sense to cut out the Alpine Way and reducing our drive time and distance. This was especially relevant this year as we would have been trying to drive the Alpine Way just after it had been blocked by the landslide. Not only that, Bob supplies you with a pile of yummy homemade sandwiches, tea, coffee and hot chocolate to help you on your way.
Blackberry Jam - High Country Style
Everyone loves home-made blackberry jam. The pesky plants that can overrun a house in a few years bear, arguably, the most delicious of berries.
Francis Dunn's Grave
A GRAVE AND ITS STORY. By John Gale, 10 March 1903
Whilst at Peppercorn some of our party paid a visit to a lonely grave out on the plain about half a mile from the homestead.