AusEmade: The Alpine Way (Snowy Mountains) Travel Information and Attractions Guide, New South Wales (NSW), Australia

Kosciuszko Road

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New South Wales, Australia

Kosciuszko Road
• Kosciuszko Info
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• Adaminaby
• Adelong
• Anglers Reach
• Batlow
• Berridale
• Bombala
• Cabramurra
• Charlottes Pass
• Cooma
• Dalgety
• Dinner Plain
• Falls Creek
• Jindabyne
• Khancoban
• Kiandra
• Mount Beauty
• Mount Buffalo
• Mount Buller
• Mount Hotham
• Nimmitabel
• Perisher Blue
• Selwyn Snowfields
• Talbingo
• Thredbo
• Tumbarumba
• Tumut
• Yarrangobilly

Nearby NSW destinations
• The Alpine Way
• Barry Way
• Kosciuszko Road
• Kosciuszko National Park
• Murrumbidgee
• Murrumbidgee River
• Snowy Mountains
• Snowy Mountains Hwy
• Snowy Mountain Links
• Three Mile Dam
• Victorian Alps Region
• Victoria Alps Links

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Kosciuszko National Park - Snowy Mountain and Victorian Alps Townships and Localities

Together with the Alpine Way, the Kosciuszko Road is a popular drive that starts from the Snowy Region Visitor Centre and ends at Charlotte’s Pass, a total of 42.3 km.

When the road was completed in 1909, it ran to the top of Mount Kosciuszko. In 1974 it was closed at Charlotte’s Pass because of safety and environmental problems and the lack of parking space.

Park passes can be purchased at any of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service Snowy Mountain offices in Khancoban, Jindabyne, Tumut and Yarrangobilly Caves.

The Kosciuszko Road

0km	Snowy Region Visitor Centre
9.8km	Thredbo River picnic area
10km	Visitor entrance station
12.2km	Waste Point Road turn-off
15.4km	Kosciuszko Education Centre
15.8km	Sawpit Creek picnic area Late last century alpine ash logs were sawn near this creek. One man stood in the ‘sawpit’ with another above and the logs were sawn using a double-handed saw. Now it is the track head for several short walks.
20.3km	Wilsons Valley Named after a gold prospector.
22.9km	Rennix Walk Change in vegetation from montane to sub-alpine.
24km	Guthega Road turn-off Turn off to Island Bend, the site of a Snowy Hydro township from the early 1950s to the mid 1960s, and pondage. Further along is Munyang (Guthega Power Station), an entry point into the Jagungal Wilderness area.
24.8km	Diggers Creek One story is that the creek was worked for gold.
24.9km	Sponars Chalet All that remains of the Hotel Kosciusko which was built in 1909 and destroyed by fire in 1951. The present chalet was the hotel’s staff quarters. You can see a cross of daffodils (Known by locals as Mrs Mac’s Cross) in spring from here which was planted to inspire safe driving but became a memorial to many who lost their lives in the area.
26.3km	Rainbow Lake walk
29.9km	Dainers Gap Named after a stockman who believed to have had a camp here.
28.3km	Wragges Creek Clement Wragge as a meteorologist who operated a weather station on Mount Kosciuszko between 1898 and 1902.
30.2km	Prussian Creek Named after one of Spencer’s bullocks.
31km	Pipers Creek Named after another bullock.
31.6km	Smiggin Holes Scottish name for shallow depressions caused by cattle around salt lick.
33.3km	Perisher Visitor Centre Turn-off to Porcupine Walk. Mount Perisher and The Paralyzer named by Spencer in reference to the climate.
38.8km	Perisher Gap Just beyond the gap, Mount Kosciuszko can be seen as a rounded peak in the far distance.
36.9km	Guthries Creek Named after a professor at Sydney University.
37.5km	Betts Creek Named after a district surveyor.
39.3km	Spencers Creek
41.4km	Turn-off to Charlotte Pass village The first chalet ws built in 1931 and destroyed by fire in 1938. It was rebuilt in 1939.
42.3km	Charlotte’s Pass Named after Charlotte Adams, reputed to be the first European woman to reach Mount Kosciuszko. Start of the Summit and Main Range walks into the alpine area. Source: NSW Parks & Wildlife Service Check out their free ‘Kosciuszko Today’ from the local Visitor Centre