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:
Betts Camp, the Lakes' Shelters and the Kosciusko Road
Two articles on early tourists to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko.
Bob Guy - musician and long term KHA member wrote and performs this song in appreciation of Bob Hughes, the builder of 4 Mile Hut. Unfortunately Bob Guy has now passed away and is sorely missed by his many friends in KHA.
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: The ACT government promised to rebuild, but these huts in Namadgi National Park remain in ruins
Deep in the heart of Namadgi National Park, the bush is coming back to life.
But two heritage huts destroyed when 80 per cent of the park burned in the Black Summer bushfires remain in ruins, despite government promises to rebuild.
Read James Tugwell's article on the lack of progress in the ACT hut rebuilds at this link
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.
The Huts
The heritage huts of the Snowy Mountains are structures of national significance
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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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