Mount Kosciuszko

Mount Kosciuszko at 2,228 metres is the highest point in Australia and the Australian Alps, situated within Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of southern New South Wales. A chairlift from Thredbo village provides access to the summit trail, which can be walked on a 13-kilometre return route across alpine meadows and snowfields in summer. The mountain's broad rounded summit is characteristic of ancient glacially-worked terrain, contrasting with the more dramatic peaks of the main Great Dividing Range further north.