b'CLUB SPOTLIGHT WANGARATTA 4X4 CLUB COBBLER HUT CHIMNEY REBUILD AND CLEAN UP1113 APRIL 2025BY: GRAHAM ABOTOMEYOn 11-12-13th April our members in conjunction with Parks Vic Whitfield Office, had a working bee at the Lake Cobbler Hut. We replaced the old metal fire box with a new fabricated one, concreted the floor, lined the internal walls with board, removed graffiti and had a general cleanup.Below is a bit of history re our clubs association with the Lake Cobbler Hut.The present Lake Cobbler Hut was built by the A short history of the Lake Cobbler Hut Wangaratta 4X4 Club in conjunction with Parks Victoria after fire burnt down the previous hut in 1986. The Wangaratta 4x4 Clubs association with Parks Vic and the iconic Cobbler Hut go back to thewas logged for timber. early 1980s.Over the years the Wangaratta 4X4 Club hasThe original hut was thought to be built inmade many trips to Cobbler to maintain the hut. the 1920s as part of the Lovicks grazing licenceMaintenance over the years has included the followed by another built by Sam Christophercleaning out of the fire place, removal of rubbish left and Frank Gorman who held the Cobbler grazingbehind by others, removing Graffiti, re concreting licence from 1929 to the 1940s. There have beenthe stone work and parts of the fire place, replacing various other huts built and other operationsthe roofing nails with Tek screws, replacing wall carried out over the years following the expirationtimber slabs torn down and burnt by vandals and of the grazing leases. The Lake itself was createdour latest and current project of replacing the in the 1960s by damming the swamp area aroundrusted-out fire chimney, concreting the floor, the the Dandongadale River near Mt. Cobbler. This wasremoval of graffiti and the placement of wall boards thought to have happened when the Cobbler areainside the hut as well as a cleanup around the area.22 TRACKWATCH| Spring 2025'