The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
. It originates on the slopes of
Mount Kosciuszko
Mount Kosciuszko ( ; ; Ngarigo: ) is the highest mountain of the mainland Australia, at above sea level. It is located on the Main Range of the Snowy Mountains in Kosciuszko National Park, a part of the Australian Alps National Parks and ...
, Australia's highest mainland peak, draining the eastern slopes of the
Snowy Mountains
The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range, a cordillera syste ...
in
New South Wales
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, before flowing through the
Alpine National Park and the
Snowy River National Park in
Victoria and emptying into
Bass Strait
Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...
.
While the river's course and surroundings have remained almost entirely unchanged, the majority of it being protected by the Snowy River National Park, its flow was drastically reduced in the mid 20th century, to less than 1% (as measured at Jindabyne), after the construction of four large dams (
Guthega,
Island Bend,
Eucumbene, and
Jindabyne) and many smaller diversion structures in its headwaters in New South Wales, as part of the
Snowy Mountains Scheme
The Snowy Mountains Scheme, also known as the Snowy Hydro or the Snowy scheme, is a hydroelectricity and irrigation in Australia, irrigation complex in south-east Australia. Near the border of New South Wales and Victoria (Australia), Victoria, ...
.
The river has been immortalised in cultural folklore through the poem ''
The Man from Snowy River'', written by
Banjo Paterson
Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson, (17 February 18645 February 1941) was an Australian bush poet, journalist and author, widely considered one of the greatest writers of Australia's colonial period.
Born in rural New South Wales, Paterson worke ...
in 1890, which formed the basis of many subsequent works in film, TV and music theatre.
Geography

The main
headwaters
The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...
of the Snowy River, which include the
Eucumbene,
Gungarlin and
Thredbo Rivers and many smaller alpine watercourses, are predominantly located in
Kosciuszko National Park
The Kosciuszko National Park ( ) is a national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra, New South Wales, Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia. Its borders contain a mix o ...
and meet near
Jindabyne. From this point the river winds southwards through inaccessible country, comprising private lands and the Snowy River National Park, eventually reaching the sea in the Snowy Inlet, at
Marlo, near
Orbost.
In New South Wales, the river runs through the
Snowy Monaro Regional Council
The Snowy Monaro Regional Council is a local government area located in the Snowy Mountains and Monaro regions of New South Wales, Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a forced merger of the Bombala, Cooma-Monaro and Snow ...
. The tributaries of the Snowy River below Jindabyne include: the
Mowamba, Wullwye Creek,
Maclaughlin,
Delegate,
Jacobs,
Pinch,
Suggan Buggan,
Deddick,
Buchan
Buchan is a coastal district in the north-east of Scotland, bounded by the Ythan and Deveron rivers. It was one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas of Aberdeenshire.
Etymology
The ge ...
,
Rodger and
Brodribb rivers. At a pinch point named Hutchings pass, water flows uphill.
In 1986, Jennings and Mabbutt mapped four geomorphic classes in the Snowy River Basin; (i) Australian Alps; (ii) the Monaro Tablelands; (iii) the East Victorian Uplands and (iv) the Gippsland Plains. Each class is physically distinct from one another.
Rainfall
The general distribution of rainfall over the Snowy River
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
(catchment) is controlled by
orographic effects. There is a strong rainfall gradient across the basin.
The highest average annual rainfall is recorded in the higher alpine reaches of the Snowy Catchment, with recorded in areas above . The lowest average rainfall is recorded in the rain shadow affected north eastern catchment on the Monaro Plains around Dalgety, with average rain below . The lower eastern sub-catchments are more strongly influenced by coastal rainfall patterns. For example, peak rainfall in the Delegate catchment is strongly influenced by east coast lows, rather than the alpine dominated precipitation patterns in the upper Snowy River catchment. These local variations in rainfall result in distinctly different hydrology in the rivers across the Snowy River catchment.
Hydrology
The
snow melt derived rivers in the Snowy Mountains typically have the lowest average stream
flow in the months from November to June, with October having the largest monthly flows of the year, ''e.g.'', mean monthly flow for October at Dalgety was prior to the Snowy Scheme. The large flows in September and October are derived from snowmelt and hydrologically it is one of the key aspects that defines these mountain waterways. Typically, Australian rivers can be defined as having highly variable river flows, with frequent zero flows even in humid areas
due to the extreme age of soils and consequent extremely high water absorption to absorb minimal
phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has Chemical symbol, symbol P and atomic number 15. All elemental forms of phosphorus are highly Reactivity (chemistry), reactive and are therefore never found in nature. They can nevertheless be prepared ar ...
via
proteoid and similar root types. The mixed snow melt-rainfall rivers of the Snowy Mountains can be defined by strong seasonal patterns and remain permanent throughout the year, with no record of zero flow ever observed in the Lower Snowy.
Prolonged base flows over the summer months are another feature of these types of rivers, driven by snowmelt derived
groundwater
Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and Pore space in soil, soil pore spaces and in the fractures of stratum, rock formations. About 30 percent of all readily available fresh water in the world is groundwater. A unit ...
.
In the lower reaches of the Snowy River catchment, the larger tributaries have a distinctly different flow regime to the snow melt rivers of the Alps. These tributaries are typically dominated by the winter rainfall and often have peak monthly flows a few months earlier than the snow melt tributaries. The peak monthly flows for these lower Snowy River tributaries occur in June through July. Additionally, the flow regime in the lower tributaries is far more variable and unpredictable.
Waterfalls
The Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam contains four major waterfalls;
Stone Bridge Falls, Corrowong Falls, Snowy Falls and Pinch Falls. Potentially, many of these waterfalls act as barriers for the large scale movement of aquatic species in the
main stem
In hydrology, a main stem or mainstem (also known as a trunk) is "the primary downstream segment of a river, as contrasted to its tributaries". The mainstem extends all the way from one specific headwater to the outlet of the river, although t ...
of the Snowy River. The flows required to drown out the largest barrier, Snowy Falls, is potentially larger than the environmental water releases to the river via Jindabyne Dam.
Parklands and protected areas
Around 70–80% of the Snowy River's length is protected by national parks, these include, from upstream to downstream:
*
Kosciuszko National Park
The Kosciuszko National Park ( ) is a national park and contains mainland Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko, for which it is named, and Cabramurra, New South Wales, Cabramurra, the highest town in Australia. Its borders contain a mix o ...
— New South Wales
*
Alpine National Park — Victoria
*
Snowy River National Park — Victoria
River ecology
The aquatic flora and fauna of the snowy mountain snow melt rivers have evolved with the predictable seasonal hydrological snow melt peaks and constant summer base flow conditions. Many of these flora and fauna are coldwater specialists.
River habitat
The instream habitat of the Snowy River below Jindabyne has changed. Many of the in-stream features of a large upland river are not evident today. The substrate was previously typified by a clean cobble stone substrate. Today, the river channel has contracted and the substrate has a heavy cover of sediment, overlying much of the cobble stone riverbed.
The bushfires of 2002–03, added to this problem as large amounts of sediment and organic matter were deposited in the river via tributary inflows. This input of sediment lead to the substrate becoming finer. This pattern of increased silt in the pools of rivers and streams has been observed across the Snowy Mountains following the bushfires. These bushfires are likely to have a long lasting influence on these waterways.
Larger events are required to start to improve the condition of the river bed. Events of per day will start to move the unconsolidated fine particles of the riverbed. Events between per day are important for conditioning the riffle habitats (''i.e.'', a type of flowing water habitat).
The current poor condition of the river bed is one of the key factors inhibiting the aquatic fauna typical in a snow melt river.
Water quality
The mountain streams and rivers are typically low in nutrients and
electrical conductivity
Electrical resistivity (also called volume resistivity or specific electrical resistance) is a fundamental specific property of a material that measures its electrical resistance or how strongly it resists electric current. A low resistivity in ...
. Conductivity is generally below 50 μS/cm.
[Bevitt, R. and Jones H. (2008). Water quality in the Snowy River before and after the first environmental flow release from the Mowamba River. Snowy River Flow Response Monitoring. NSW Department of Water and Energy. Sydney, NSW]
Large dams can essentially influence downstream water quality via two key mechanisms, either by poor water quality released from the waters of the dam itself and reduced mixing of the river water column attributable to lower water velocities leading to anoxic conditions at the bottom of deep river pools.
Influence of Jindabyne Dam on water quality
Possibly the main influence on downstream water quality from Jindabyne Dam, is the influence on water temperature.
Unlike many other dams where coldwater pollution is a concern, where water is released from the below the thermocline in the reservoir (i.e. the bottom water of the lake), the water is released from the surface waters of
Lake Jindabyne. The water temperature of the Snowy River downstream can reach temperatures of in summer.
The Snowy River is on average 4 °C (7 °F) warmer than the surrounding unregulated snow melt rivers, with a peak difference of up to 8 °C (14 °F). The water temperature in spring appears to be the greatly warmer than the surrounding snow melt rivers.
Thermal stratification
Thermal stratification in the river reaches below Jindabyne is typically restricted to a few of the larger or deeper pools. In general thermal stratification is spatially restricted to the pools that are typically greater than deep. Pools shallower than have not displayed any thermal stratification.
Stratification can occur between October and March, but typically does not persist for very long in the Snowy River in the Jindabyne Gorge. Breakdown of thermal stratification is frequently driven by the cooling overnight air temperature. This region experiences a very large temperature range between day and night (i.e. diurnal temperature range).
Algae
Algae is present in the water column and on the bed of the Snowy River. The water column algae is called
phytoplankton
Phytoplankton () are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater Aquatic ecosystem, ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek language, Greek words (), meaning 'plant', and (), mea ...
, whereas the riverbed algae is defined as
periphyton
Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems. The related term Aufwuchs ( German "surface growth" or "overgrowth", ) refers to the ...
(attached algae).
Riverbed algae
Much of the bed of the Snowy River below Jindabyne contains high levels of attached algae. These taxa are typically filamentous algae. In the snowy mountains rivers unaffected by water diversions, large stands of filamentous algae are uncommon.
Water column algae
During 2008–09, the river pools of Jindabyne Gorge and the Dalgety uplands were typically dominated by blue green algae. Two blue green algae ''Aphanotheca'' spp. and ''
Aphanocaspa'' spp. comprise about 25% of the total abundance. However, these abundances are still under the guidelines and its unclear if this is solely related to river regulation, but also reflects other catchment inputs.
The composition of algae in the free flowing snow melt rivers are typically defined by diatoms. Over 58% of taxa are diatoms, with ''Fragilaria'' spp. being the most numerically abundant taxa.
Water bugs
The water bugs in the Snowy River differ from the bugs of the snowmelt rivers. Dams have been shown to have an adverse impact on the water bugs of rivers.
[Marchant R. and Hehir G. (2002). The use of AUSRIVAS predictive models to assess the response of lotic macroinvertebrates to dams in south-east Australia. Freshwater Biology 47, 1033–1050.]
Caenid mayflies (riffles) and oligochaete worms (pool edges) are generally typical of the upland regulated Snowy River. Other studies have also found greater densities of Caenidae mayflies in regulated rivers compared to unregulated rivers. Reduced high flows and constant low flows in the upper Snowy River are likely to have favoured high densities of worms through the buildup of silt and organic matter in the pools. Nichols et al. (2006) and Petts et al. (1993) also found greater densities of segmented worms associated with soft sediments and coarse organic debris in response to river regulation. Chironomids were also numerically dominant in riffles sampled in the regulated Snowy River. This response has been found in many other studies of regulated rivers and has been attributed to an increase of periphytic growth in riffles that increased overall habitat area and food availability.
Conoesucidae caddisflies (riffles), larval and adult elmids (riffles) and Oniscigastridae (pool edges) distinguished the snow melt rivers from regulated Snowy River. Marchant and Hehir (2002) reported that AUSRIVAS models (>50% probability) predicted Conoesucidae and elmids to be present in the upper Snowy River, but these taxa were not found in their study. The greater density of these taxa in snowmelt rivers compared the Snowy River is consistent with river regulation.
Marchant and Hehir attribute the absence of these taxa to dams acting as a barrier to drift and limiting recolonisation of these taxa and not to flow regulation.
The upper Snowy River sites are all below the confluence of the Mowamba River which provides a pathway for recolonisation of the Snowy River. Therefore, the reduced flow and altered flow regime is likely to be the primary cause of reduced densities of these taxa in the upper Snowy River rather than the barrier effects of Jindabyne Dam. There is little information on the responses of Oniscigastridae to reduced flows and altered flow regimes, but it is probable that an elevated temperature regime combined with lack of suitable sandy edge habitat has reduced their densities in the Snowy River.
Fish
The fish assemblage of the Snowy River below Jindabyne are clearly divided into two components.
This division is based on that which occurred in the upper catchment (above Snowy Falls) and that in the lower catchment (below Snowy Falls).
The major differences between the two zones were the low abundance or absence of
diadromous migratory fish (except eels) and the greater abundance of short-finned eel and trout in the upper catchment, and the greater abundance of
Australian smelt, congolli and
long-finned eel below Snowy Falls. These upper and lower Snowy River zone differences were greater than the differences between un-regulated tributary streams and the highly regulated main channel of the Snowy River within either zone. In the upper catchment, river blackfish, brown trout and short-finned eel were more abundant in un-regulated tributaries, whilst long-finned eel and goldfish were more abundant in the regulated upper part of the Snowy River. In the lower zone, eastern gambusia, long-finned eel, Australian smelt, short-finned eel and congolli were all more abundant in Snowy River while common galaxias and short-headed lamprey were more abundant at tributaries.
Flow thresholds below Jindabyne
River scientists are currently undertaking studies to determine the flow thresholds for a range of riverine processes. Some preliminary flow thresholds that have been developed include:
Further defining of ecological flow thresholds is currently in progress via modelling, field based studies, and flow trials. See
Snowy Flow Response Monitoring and Modelling.
History of water management
Early history
The Snowy River was initially utilised
sustainably
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as a food and water resource by
Indigenous Australians
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for around 30,000–40,000 years prior to European settlement. Evidence of human occupation at Cloggs Cave, near the Snowy River, near
Buchan
Buchan is a coastal district in the north-east of Scotland, bounded by the Ythan and Deveron rivers. It was one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas of Aberdeenshire.
Etymology
The ge ...
, was dated at up to 17,000 years. Despite the cold climate in the river's higher reaches, the
Ngarigo nation held territory around the
Australian Alps
The Australian Alps are a mountain range in southeast Australia. The range comprises an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion, and the
Snowy Mountains
The Snowy Mountains, known informally as "The Snowies", is an IBRA subregion in southern New South Wales, Australia, and is the tallest mountain range in mainland Australia, being part of the continent's Great Dividing Range, a cordillera syste ...
in modern-day New South Wales. As the river flowed southwards into modern day Victoria, it flowed in the
Gunai nation's territory, particularly, the
Krauatungalung clan's territory.
The first use of the Snowy River, for the extraction of energy, was by a water-powered flour mill, fed from a low
weir
A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...
across the river at Jindabyne. It was constructed by
Stewart Ryrie, Junior, in 1847, and operated until around 1889.
1950–1990s reduced water flow
The Snowy River originally had a huge, often destructive flow during the spring snow-melt which flowed directly into the sea. In the 1950s and 1960s, as part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme, a network of four dams (i.e. Guthega, Island Bend, Eucumebene and Jindabyne) and many smaller water diversion structures were built to collect and divert 99% (as measured at Jindabyne) of the Snowy River's flow through the mountains, to provide more water to the
Murray and
Murrumbidgee River
The Murrumbidgee River () is a major tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin and the second longest river in Australia. It flows through the Australian state of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, desce ...
agricultural basins for
irrigation
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. Several hydro-electric power stations were also constructed to generate
electricity
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. While there was initial public opposition to the diversion of the river's water during the 1950s and '60s, it was largely ignored as the scheme provided agriculture with more water. It generated a large number of jobs in construction initially, then in agriculture and logistics, and added permanent and reliable, on-demand electricity generation to two states.
1990s–2000: Increased awareness
By the 1990s, the reduced flows in the Snowy River became a major environmental concern in
Victoria, New South Wales and across Australia. After the scheme was built downstream flows were insufficient to keep the channel clear of vegetation or move sediment in the
stream bed
A streambed or stream bed is the bottom of a stream or river and is confined within a Stream channel, channel or the Bank (geography), banks of the waterway. Usually, the bed does not contain terrestrial (land) vegetation and instead supports d ...
.
Salt water intrusion extended seven to ten kilometres up the estuary and outdoor recreational activities were curtailed along the lower reaches of the river.
This period of increased awareness of the impacts of water diversions lead to the Snowy Water Inquiry, which looked at options to improve the health of the Snowy River.
[Pendlebury, P., Erskine, W., Lake, S., Brown, P., Banks, J., Pulsford, I. and Nixon, J. (1996) Expert Panel environmental flow assessment of the Snowy River below Jindabyne Dam. NSW Government] The key outcomes of the Snowy Water Inquiry was an initial agreement to increase environmental water releases to the Snowy River below Jindabyne by 15%
and the Snowy Montane Rivers.
These series of staged flow targets (up to 28% of mean annual natural discharge) were set for the Snowy River below Jindabyne, with these dependent on water savings in the Murray and Murrumbidgee River catchments. The targets included 15% by 2009 and 21% by 2012.
2002–2006: Environmental water releases from the Mowamba River in a low allocation period
From 28 August 2002 until January 2006, the first stage of environmental water was released to the Snowy River via the Mowamba River. The Mowamba River
aqueduct was "turned out", preventing water being diverted to Jindabyne Dam. The releases from the Mowamba River essentially doubled the daily discharge at Dalgety from about per day. Additionally, it provided a small snow melt signal, peaking in September. Only a small percentage of the Mowamba River catchment is covered by snow in winter, compared to some of the upper catchments in the Snowy River catchment. Additionally, the release increased daily river flow variability, between per day, and the timing of flows was in keeping with natural events across the catchment. These small discharges saw a 20% increase in wetted habitat and a doubling of running water habitat (i.e. riffles) in the upper reaches of the Snowy River in the Dalgety Uplands, whereas the rest of the river saw a decline in discharge due to the prevailing drought.
This stage increased flows from 1% to approximately 4% of mean annual river discharge. Typically an annual release of per year.
2006–2010: Environmental water releases from Jindabyne Dam in a low allocation period
After the completion of capital works (i.e. multi-level offtake and the cone values) at Jindabyne Dam the environmental water releases were essentially released from Jindabyne Dam, rather than the Mowamba River. The second stage of environmental flow releases saw a very small increase in the median flow rate, but also a decline in daily flow variability compared to base flow compared to stage one.
Overall the annual volume released remained around 38GL year given the historical record drought.
2010–2011: Environmental water releases in a higher allocation period
During this stage the "Water for Rivers" were able to secure more water entitlements (i.e. up ) in the Western Rivers and the allocations increased as the drought broke in South Eastern Australia. Actual allocations are weather dependent, so in dry periods the allocation will be smaller than during wet periods. During this period the annual water availability jumped from about per annum. Although water is released all year, this period has seen two significant spring snow melt environmental water releases to the Snowy River.
In November 2010 the first spring snow melt release occurred. This small but important release had a peak discharge of per day, and was sufficient to start to scour the fines sediment from some sections of the bed of the Snowy.
In October 2011, with substantially greater water available a much larger spring snow melt release has occurred i.e. over 19 days. This second and substantially larger release with a peak discharge rate of per day over three days is expected to scour the bed of the river. This releases targeted much larger particles, up to the size of , as the bed of the river is heavily "armoured" and larger flows are required to move these particles to improve the instream habitat of the river. Once the armouring had been removed it is expected the fine sediment would be scoured within the river bed profile.
Politics
A political campaign began, which aimed to increase the water flow from 1% to 28% of its original flow from the dam at
Jindabyne. An independent candidate from the East Gippsland district,
Craig Ingram, was elected to the
Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament H ...
in 1999 and re-elected in 2002 and 2006, on a platform to increase the flow of water in the Snowy River.
After Ingram was elected to office, he became instrumental in the three shareholding governments reaching agreement to return of up to 28% ANF of an environmental flow to the Snowy River which was an outcome of the
corporatisation of the Snowy Scheme, swinging the Victorian Government to sign the legislation. Although the Victorian, NSW and Federal governments promised that corporatisation would not lead to privatisation, in November 2005 they announced their intention to sell
Snowy Hydro through a public float. Community groups
rallied to stop the sale of Snowy Hydro and by June 2006 the Australian Prime Minister withdrew the Commonwealth's intention to sell Snowy Hydro.
Cultural references
The poem ''
The Man from Snowy River'' was written by
'Banjo' Paterson in 1890, which formed the basis of many subsequent works in
film
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...
,
TV and
music theatre.
The natural environment surrounding the Snowy River formed part of the subject matter and setting for the 'Banjo' Paterson poem ''The Man from Snowy River'', first published in 1890. The Snowy River has also been immortalised in a 1920 ''
The Man from Snowy River'' silent film, as well as in the better-known 1982
Fox film ''
The Man from Snowy River'' and its 1988
Disney
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sequel film ''
The Man from Snowy River II'' (U.S. title: "''Return to Snowy River''" – UK title: "''The Untamed''"), as well as in ''
The Man from Snowy River (TV series)'' and ''
The Man from Snowy River: Arena Spectacular'', all of which were based on the Banjo Paterson's poem.
Settlements

There are very few towns located on the Snowy River, the following is a list of towns that sit on the Snowy River, ordered from upstream to downstream;
;New South Wales:
*
Guthega ski village
*
Jindabyne
*
Dalgety
*Ironmungy (nearby)
;Victoria:
*Willis
*Suggan Buggan (nearby)
*
Buchan
Buchan is a coastal district in the north-east of Scotland, bounded by the Ythan and Deveron rivers. It was one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas of Aberdeenshire.
Etymology
The ge ...
(nearby)
*
Orbost
*
Marlo
Crossings
;New South Wales
*Summit Road (closed to vehicles) – Mount Kosciuszko
*Main Range Walk (ford, closed to vehicles) – Charlotte Pass
*Illawong suspension bridge (pedestrians only)
*Guthega Dam Wall (closed to vehicles)
*Munyang (Guthega) Power Station
*Island Bend Fire Trail at Gungarlin River
*Kosciuszko Road –
Jindabyne
*
Romero
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#A person on a religious journey or pilgrim ...
*Snowy River Way –
Dalgety
;Victoria
*McKillops Bridge – McKillops Road
*
Princes Highway
Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...
–
Orbost
See also
*
List of rivers of Australia
Rivers are ordered alphabetically, by state. The same river may be found in more than one state as many rivers cross state borders.
Longest rivers nationally
Longest river by state or territory
Although the Murray River forms much of the bor ...
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Public Fight to Stop the Sale of Snowy Hydro
References
External links
Snowy River AllianceSnowy Flow Response Monitoring and Modelling*
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