Mt Kosciuszko

The real reason we went to Jindabyne was to climb Mt Kosciuszko. the highest peak in Australia. Admittedly at 2,228m it's not actually all that high, and its shape is not all that distinctive, but it is a landmark and the whole of the Snowy Mountain area is very beautiful. We walked the 22km Main Ridge Track.



Snowy River



Ram's Head Range



Seamans Hut in the distance





Seamans Hut





Mt Kosciuszko





Standing on top of Down Under



Lake Albina





Mt Kosciuszko





Alpine wolf spider - pretty isn't it? I saw several. They are venomous and chase their prey. I didn't know that at the time, or I might not have got so close...





Carruthers Peak







On the top of Mt Townsend - Australia's second highest mountain - looking back towards Mt Kosciuszko





Blue Lake





Hedley Tarn



The confluence of the Snowy River and Club Lake Creek





Beautiful patterns of snowy gum trees



The next day we went for a relaxing drink at the Snowy Vineyard and Microbrewery in Dalgety. We felt we had deserved it. I realised quite how much exposure we had suffered - look how pink we are! The sunburn pain over the next few days was immense, not to say blistering. Ouch!

On the way home, we passed this roadside sculpture by Richard Moffat in the Cooma wilderness. I love it! It rounded off our weekend nicely. Do you see what I did there?


Large steel ball by Richard Moffat