In the winter of 1899 a party travelled by horseback from Jindabyne to Snowy Plain, Diggers Creek.
KHA member John Purves enjoyed many years ski touring to our huts over many years and sent in this collection of prints for the enjoyment of members. The indefatiguable Rex Cox, champion of the rebuilding of Broken Dam Hut, and serial KHA donor, features regularly. The collection included photos of John & Patty Purves and fellow ski tourer Colin Brown.
Brochure produced by the Government Tourist Bureau, extolling the beauty of the drive.
Story compiled by George Copeland.
all photos Nordic Ski Club
Participants: Craig Austin, Kenn Clacher, John Croker, James Cryer, Chris Darby, Marion Davies and Paul Jennings.
Peter Woolley sent some amazing photos from a walk in 1947 by his aunt and uncle who were members of the Sydney Rucksack Club.
A collection of Reet Vallacks' photographs was passed to KHA in 2018.
An history of the Ski Tourers Association' sites - Albina Lodge, Kunama Hutte, the Northcote tow and Illawong Lodge 1951-83
David Scott August 2013
7th - 9th August 1999
As published in the "Australian Scout" magazine, October 1999. P. 2-7.
Cross country with Ted Winter from Bett's Camp to Pretty Plain and finally to the Boardman's at Khancoban.
In the 1950s people idolised champion sports people whatever their sport. Ted Winter was a champion in the true sense and a great all rounder. Academic, poet, writer, bushman, skier, you name it and Winter met the challenge.
Graham Scully continues to talk to the people of the Snowy, and collect fascinating stories of the history of the area. Here is one of my favorites - the arrival of the first motor car in Cooma, 1905, compliments of Neville Locker:
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
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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.
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.
Kosciuszko huts rebuild update
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service provided an update on recent work to rebuild Round Mountain Hut and the Linesman Huts.
New website shows huts in 3D
The Kosciuszko Huts Association is contributing to a project managed by the Australian Alps National Parks Co-Operative Management Program to digitally capture and produce 3D digital twin models of over 100 heritage huts across the Australian Alps National Parks and Reserves of the ACT, NSW and Victoria.
The Huts
The heritage huts of the Snowy Mountains are structures of national significance
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