Day 54 – Cattleman Days.

High Country Victoria

Bushfires have claimed many of the cattleman huts that were used in the summer and autumn grazing days of the alpine plains.  Like the resilient cattleman that used to ride and look after their cattle there; some of the huts remain.  The ones left, now offer shelter to alpine walkers, campers from the harsh elements of the high country even in summer.  It is a very ‘hot’ debate between the government, national parks and the high country cattleman to let the cattle graze back in the alpine country.  One that will probably never settle in my lifetime but it is a shame that whilst each side has their ‘rights’ it is another tradition now lost.