The summit
Wide views.
Thennicke — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dhx1 — CC0 · Dhx1 — CC0 · Dhx1 — CC0 · Dhx1 — CC0
Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on mainland Australia at 2,228 metres above sea level, on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, near the Victorian border and about 32 km west of the town of Jindabyne in a straight line. The Polish explorer Paweł Edmund Strzelecki named the mountain in 1840 in honour of the Polish general Tadeusz Kościuszko, for its resemblance to the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków. Strzelecki reached the summit on 12 March 1840 with James Macarthur and the Aboriginal guides Charley Tarra and Jackey. The Ngarigu people call it Kunama Namadgi. Rounded alpine plateaus surround the summit, covered in snow in winter and in grass and wildflowers in summer, dotted with granite boulders, with views over ranges of blue mountains to the horizon, and at sunrise the snow turns pink. In summer visitors walk up from the top of the Thredbo chairlift or from Charlotte Pass, a return walk of several hours on a fairly easy track. In winter snow covers the area and skiers reach it; the weather changes fast, so carry warm clothes.
Wide views.
In winter.
In summer.
Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Fairly easy in summer.
Warm clothes.