Comprehensive guide to the technology of GPS, purchsing a GPS receiver, and how to use it.
Published by NSW Department of Lands.
If anyone is interested in the geology of the region (and one of the webmasters is very interested) the resources below may help.
GPS Locations
Our Objectives
Our aim is to progressively and carefully provide Latitude and Longitude positions for all standing huts.
Published by NPWS.
Coverage of the Kosciuszko National Park only, not including Namadgi.
Lots more information than you will find on Google maps
Find out which roads are suitable for 2WD cars, or for cycle riding in summer.
An enthusiastic group of KHA members and NPWS personnel gathered at Currango over the weekend of 26th/27th May 2012 to attend the GPS Workshop.
Survival
The magnificence of the Australian outdoors on a sunny summer's day, can blind us to the reality, if bad weather hits.
This photograph was taken in April 1985 at Blue Lake, a time when snow is not normally expected. When the tent was pitched the evening before, the weather was fine and warm and there was no snow at all.
The attached PDF files are maps of the squatter's runs and homesteads from 1885 maps.
Explains some of the science and technology behind GPS, and how to avoid errors.
This guide hopes to explain some of the reasons why readings can be so different, and how you can collect the most accurate locations possible.
What we do
- Protect and enhance the cultural heritage values
- Conserve historic huts and associated structures
- Provide input into government planning processes
- Create heritage awareness amongst the general public
- Maintain the art and craft of traditional bush building skills and knowledge.
400 + Members
75 + Huts
Latest News
For over 50 years KHA has carried out maintenance activities
on most of the 90 or so remaining huts and homesteads in KNP and NNP.
Learn more about what we have been up to recently.
KHA in the news: Inside the lifesaving huts scattered throughout Australia's high country
Read the article by James Tugwell from ABC South East NSW published on Monday 2 June 2025. It describes the NSW hut rebuild program, the work of our caretakers and the 3D scanning project.
2025 Annual General Meeting
The association held its 2025 Annual General Meeting in Tumut on 17 May.
Linesman and Round Mountain rebuilds
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recently provided these pictures of the rebuilt Linesmans huts and Round Mountain Hut.
The Huts
The heritage huts of the Snowy Mountains are structures of national significance
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Support KHA
Our association relies heavily on membership revenue, donations and bequests to fund our work. As we are staffed entirely by volunteers, all funds contribute to protecting the heritage huts and homesteads of the Snowy Mountains.
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