craigs hut official opening this sunday

All extremely valid points, infact I asked in the other thread if there will be detailed costings available to the public on where 300k went.

apparently they had "Consultants" involved in the process... why I have no idea!

Craigs Hut is not a "real" cattlemans hut is it ?

It was a movie prop.

$300k including consultants to rebuild . . . sorry , sounds like a bit of personal pocket lining going on.

LOL where do we sign up to get a consultancy gig like that. Talk about snouts in the trough.

Im with you Gramps, I'd even be happy to go 1/2s!!!!

Craig's Hut is a movie prop that you can drive to (almost) in a 2wd.
Not sure what the big deal is.

Consultants?? Consultants??
Since when has the former Bracks or current Brumby government even considered using consultants??
And of course they would never consider changing their policy now to use consultants would they??

(Sorry its all sarcasm if you have not gathered)
This labour government should be shot for the amount of money spent (Wasted) on consultants.

no 2wd could get up there last week end, had about 78mm of rain, plus thy 2 days be four doze and graded the track, very slip slip,
this week end is a big opening with a minister ect

so the minister is flying in or by Parks 4b?

You and a heap of others I'd say!

Yeh we'll assess it when we get near. might be worth bypassing and head somewhere else.

People should go to some of these display home villages and see what house they can get built on their land for $300k!!!!! most would die!

$300K A very swish 60 square home.....MMMMM

Hey, Jim, hey Jim, it has to be an authentic movie prop ;-))))

is it Upper Jamo thats been half a dozen poles sticking up for years now? They could have thrown $20k at that to finish it.

>> Have a looks at Lovick's Hut, The Bluff and any number of others that have been damaged by fire or time over the years.

None of them had 10's of thousands spent on them, let alone 100k's...

Do 50k couldnt have been spent & a hut erected? Im sure you have heard of Golden Point hut, is that being rebuilt for 300k? I doubt it.

LMAO!! depends if membership goes up to counteract it!

Why would you want to rebuild it anyway??
As has been said its a movie prop for $hit sake, it has no historical significance its just "Make Believe"

I went up over The Bluff last week and there has certainly been some work on the hut restoration. Same for Lovicks. In fact there was a bloke working on the hut at the time and he was (I think) an employee of the Lovick's, working up there, doubling as support for one of the horse riding tours.

I certainly didn't see evidence of government funds being wasted up there...just a bloke with a chainsaw........ Might take a couple of years for them to be finished.

Cheers,

Mark

what they got was robbed! LMAO!

Will go and see it on the annual trips up there, but .. no use sayin it again!

Rather see it spent all over the High Country than given to some struggling artist to produce crap that my 4 yr old cocker spaniel could do after a feed of chocolate

You make a lot of noise about the cost to rebuild it and that it's not a true high country hut. If you feel so strongly why don't you boycott it and not go back to see it? I can see your point, and it is a valid one, but being a fence sitter is not fair dinkum. So, on our national day, lets just agree to disagree on this one and enjoy all that our great land gives us.

I agree Bonz, dont get me wrong, I'm not sayin dont spend the 300k, what Im sayin is that they should have spent the 20k on rebuilding Craigs with the volunteers as they did, but the 280k left over instead of lining peoples pockets who have no interest in it or the high country, could have gone to the Parks Vic to look after the dunnys, tracks, and other goodies up in the HCountry.. People keep complaining that tracks are crap, dunnys are never cleaned or non existant due to funding shortages - with spending like this, its no wonder theres a funding shortage!
You upgraded that grenade yet?

The grenade is going great guns T-man, and theres no offering from Nissan that I believe worthy as a replacement as yet