Throughout the 19th and into the 20th centuries , the Mountain was a popular day-resort for residents of Hobart . To that end , many excursion huts were built over the lower slopes of the mountain . However , none of these early huts survive as they were all destroyed during the disastrous bushfires of 1967 , though modern huts are open to the public at the Springs , the Pinnacle , the Chalet – a picnic spot about halfway between the Springs and the Pinnacle – and elsewhere . Sadly , many of the more remote huts have suffered from vandalism , and some are virtually derelict
bushfires of 1967
1967 Tasmanian fires
Mount Wellington (Tasmania)