Thark Ridge Dec 2022
Wednesday 21 December 2022 On a pleasant warm day, we walked along the Thark Ridge Track as far as the Municipal Cairn and retuned on a slightly different route for part of the way. This diversion was over a wide part of Thark Ridge past some large old cairns before re-joining the track where it leads down to Devils Throne. A couple questions arose during the day, and I have looked up the information. Thark Hut and by extension Thark Ridge are documented by Maria Grist as follows: The name of this hut came from a play which was currently popular in the city, "Thark", a farce in 3 acts, by Ben Travers, 4/7/1927. The play was made into a film in 1932. There are two stone foundations left, marking the northern and southern ends of the hut. The other structure near the hut site, which we pondered if it had been a toilet was in fact one of Hutchisons Fireplaces. According to Placenames Tasmania: The surveyor H. R. Hutchison spent a great deal of time around