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Marschalls Hut

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Coordinates

Grid ref: 001 170

Latitude: -34.168823
Longitude: 138.831360

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https://www.heysentrail.asn.au (Friends of the Heysen Trail)

This hut is maintained by Friends of the Heysen Trail volunteers and reserved for Heysen Trail walkers and Mawson Trail cyclists. It is located on private property and not accessible to vehicles or caravans.

Facilities

hut, walker’s platform, bunks, water, fireplace, table, seating, toilet.

History

Marschalls Hut: The original dwelling was built in the mid 1850s. The current hut was rebuilt in 1995 by craftsman from Mission SA in the same style as the original homestead. They used stones from the 5-room homestead ruins. Christian and Elise Marschall and their eight children arrived in South Australia in October of 1854 having left their home in Babow in present day Germany. Christian’s grave is in the adjacent cemetery.

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What visitors have to say…

  1. Neil Waterhouse

    Stayed here the night of 12th July ’25 with family. Also home to brushtail possum “Beady”, and an active chocolate wattled bat “Flederick”. Was an experience having a microbat flitting about our ears when playing cards.
    Very windy night and morning but spectacular skies.
    Main tank has more than 75% but slightly yellow. Tastes ok. Toilet tank less than 25%.
    Smoke alarm not operational and needs replacing. Quite dusty, gave the bunks and floor a good sweep before departing.
    Would be interested in volunteering for a maintenance/ tidy up if one is planned.

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  2. Anne Marschall Bush

    As a direct descendant of Christian and Elise I’m so thankful that I can visit this little bit of my history. They were my G G Grandparents and my grandmother lived next door, she was Martha Dreckow . Henry Edwin Jackson Marschall was my grandfather and grew up here.

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  3. Jon Holbrook

    Stayed here 22/7/22. Didn’t seem to be much in the tank, which was a surprise after recent rains. Otherwise it was great. Clean and tidy, and I tried to leave it that way

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  4. Mark Darter

    Camped here 26/5/22. Fire wood and toilet paper provided by the land owner was very much appreciated. Water tank is full. Heard about a big rat here so we brought in a six pack of Talon rat treats.

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  5. Friends of the Heysen Trail

    FOHT Trail Development team visited the hut on 7/4/2022. Water level in the Hut tank was approx 95%.

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  6. Michael Noonan

    E2E S2N 20.5.21
    Fantastic Hut, great views. Main water tank around 2/3 full. Toilet tank around 1/2 full. Tap in toilet running slightly when we got here, turned it off. May need attention.
    Mick & Carol

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  7. Allison

    Cycling the Mawson trail S-N. Detoured to spend the night in the hut. Beautiful spot. Tank still very low (just above the tap line), but enough water to fill a couple of bottles. Rain was forecast after we left so may have filled a little more.

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  8. Friends of the Heysen Trail

    Visited the hut on a maintenance trip on 23/8. The tank at the hut is at only 10% capacity. Inspected the gutters and they were blocked. Cleared them, so depending on rain over the rest of winter, water level should improve.
    There is a small tank at the toilet that feeds the sink tap. The level is also low, but provides a back up supply.

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    1. Philip Colebatch

      What a wonderfull story, thank you

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  9. Paul Nicholas

    This hut and a few others were restored by unemployed and homeless men. see their story here: https://youtu.be/pGIzdQRJT-8

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  10. Friends of the Heysen Trail

    Hi Terry, trail huts like this are designed for trail users to stay in and share with other trail users for an evening

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  11. Terry

    Do you have to be a trail Walker to use these huts or can they be used by others and are their stay restrictions

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  12. Paula Stephenson

    I left Marrabel early on 5:9/15, very warm day with strong northerly. Stayed at this lovely hut until 4 pm (daylight saving has started). Then walked on 15 Kms to bush camp south of Martvsle road. Easy to carry water as walking pleasant and easy, through back roads and light forest. This considerably shortens the journey to Kapunda.
    The tank at Marschalls is small and only 1/5 full when I was there. There is a small tank on the toilet but seems to feed into the toilet basin??
    I think this hut is used a lot by visitors with cars.
    No evidence of posssums. The cemetery made me want to weep. So many young deaths.

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  13. Rundave

    Excellent hut in a beautiful location. Currently being shared with a possum, so there is a little bit of a smell, but nothing too bad. Sheep provided some vocal company through the windy night.

    Bumped into Trailwalkers led by Colin Edwards there on Sunday. Nice to meet you all if you are reading this.

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  14. sneaky

    Exceptional hut!

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