Tribulation Hut - 10 October 2020

 Uncle Roddus Tramping Diary: Tramp No. 179

Tribulation Hut - 10 October 2020

This looked like an interesting little trip to a new destination for me.  Tribulation Hut is an old musters hut of unknown age located on the upper reaches of the Swift River below Redcliff saddle and Cookies Flat. It was a mild and slightly overcast morning as 26 trampers assembled at the Redcliffe Stream bridge on Double Hill Rd. Flanked on either side by Steepface Hill and Black Hill(both of which I climbed in 2004) we headed through the Redcliffe Stream reserve, following a poled route through scrubby stream bed and Matagauri. 

 Had a break after the first 3 KM to regroup and have a scrog break, before continuing the climb up to the wide flat area below Redcliff Saddle. We reach the 5KM half way point as we followed the fence line that marked the farmland that dominates the flat area at 900M. The group was pretty spread out by now but and the plan was to have lunch at the hut and regroup there before the return trip back the same way.

The 6 bunk hut was in tidy and clean condition but has no fire as there is no wood in this area. We lounged around the grassy area around the hut for about 45 minutes before a pretty fast trip back the 10kms we had walked in. Got back to the cars at 4:45pm after a 7 hours trip.