KOSCIUSZKO NATIONAL PARK

Kosciuszko National Park is located in the Australian Alps and contains Australia's highest Mountain, Mt Kosciuszko (2228 metres). Covering 690,000 hectares Kosciuszko National Park is considered one of the world's greatest national parks, and it is internationally recognised as a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

The park has so many attractions including all the NSW ski fields, the famous Snowy River, bush walks through Alpine herb fields, stunning glacial lakes, open grasslands, woodlands, limestone caves and gorges. Many of Australia's unique wildlife call Kosciuszko home including, emus, wombats, kangaroos, platypus and echidnas. The rare pygmy possum and corroboree frog are also found in this park.

Kosciuszko National Park contains 9 wilderness areas, and its alpine and sub-alpine areas contain plant species found nowhere else in the world.

The parks offers visitors numerous activities including skiing, mountain biking, caving, rock climbing, bush walking. The walk to Mount Kosciuszko from the top of the Crackenback Chairlift at Thredbo Village, is an easy stroll over gentle slopes along a raised metal walking track.The walk is 12 kilometres return.

For more information and park entry fees visit The NSW National Parks web site