In the early 1960s, Eric Linton and his young son, Stephen, built a single room hut on land given to them by Alf Bye at the Sandbanks on the southwestern end of the Great Lake. Much of the hut was prefabricated in their Longford backyard, with materials such as the bull-nose corrugated iron, the window and the floor sourced from various Longford buildings and carted to the Sandbanks site on a flat tray truck.  Basic construction was completed in a single weekend with the fireplace, pine lining and bunk bed added during successive trips.  Used by the Lintons as a hide-away on fishing trips, it was compulsorily acquired by the H.E.C. when, in 1967, the Hydro stated that the new Poatina scheme would increase Great Lake water levels  and the area would be flooded.  Flooding never eventuated but by then the Lintons had vacated the hut and soon after Alf Bye modified it and turned it into a hay shed. The little wooden hut still stands today, just outside the entry gate to the Sandbanks.