Snowy Mountains Information
Drive Time:
Sydney to Jindabyne 5hrs,
Melbourne to Jindabyne 7-9hrs
National Park Fees: Summer $16 / Winter $27 (per day/car)
Kosiusko Mt: 2,228m
Contact Numbers:
Fire: 000
Ambulance: 000
Police: 6456 2244
Cinema: 6457 1777
Weather: 02 6450 5550
Park Use Fees: 02 6450 5552
Road Conditions: 02 6450 5551
Snow Report (winter): 02 6450 5553
Fishing Report (summer): 02 6450 5553
Snowy Region Visitors centre: 1800 004 439
Ski n Save Snowholidays: 1800 020 622 / 02 6456 2633
How Mt Kosciusko was Named
As a national hero of both Poland and the USA, Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko became the namesake of numerous places around the world. Polish-born traveller and researcher, Pawel Edmund Strzelecki, explored Australia between 1839 and 1843. He climbed and named the highest peak on the Australian continent, Mount Kosciuszko, in memory of the Polish and international hero.
