Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim the Yowie Man

He spent 60 nights a year at Australia's highest mountain lodge

This column's recent exposé on our beloved high-country huts including the former Lake Albina Lodge prompted one Canberra man to confess to his long love affair with the now demolished landmark.

Lake Albina Lodge, the day after a blizzard in 1974. Picture by David Evans

The timber and stone eyrie overlooking one of Australia's most dramatic cirque lakes so enamoured Steve Allen of Charnwood that he admits he "used to virtually live there in the winter from the 1970s until they pulled it down in the early 1980s".

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.