Snowy Mountains
Australia’s highest mountains, the Snowies are a winter wonderland for skiers and snowboarders. Too low, to maintain year-round snow, the mountains attract hikers in the warm months. Kosciusko National Park, home of Mt. Kosciusko (2228m; Australia’s highest peak) and 9 other mountains reaching over 2100m, covers much of the area. Car entrance fees for the park are a steep; take advantage, when possible, of winter bus service. The Snowy Mountains Hwy and the Alpine Way, major routes through the area, feature rambling, boulder-strewn countryside, and clear passage for most of the year.
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Snowy Mountains
Australia's highest mountains, the Snowies are a winter wonderland for skiers and snowboarders. Too low, to maintain year-round snow, the mountains attract hikers in the warm months. Kosciusko National Park, home of Mt. Kosciusko (2228m; Aus¬tralia's highest peak) and 9 other mountains reaching over 2100m, covers much of the area. Car entrance fees for the park are a steep; take advantage, when possible, of winter bus service. The Snowy Mountains Hwy and the Alpine Way, major routes through the area, feature rambling, boulder-strewn countryside, and clear passage for most of the year.
Riverina
Dry, brown, and flat, much of the Riverina's terrain doesn't look like a land suited for farming, yet heavy irrigation has turned the soil into fertile plains. Although not a prime sight-seeing destination, the Riverina attracts budget travelers seeking seasonal farm or fruit-picking labor in order to save up for more exciting destinations. Two riv¬ers fertilize the system; the Murrumbidgee starts as a trickle in the Snowy Mountains and then widens into a major waterway that eventually joins the Murray.
Blue Mountains Rhododendron Garden
This famous garden in Blackheath that features the worlds most magnificant specimens of Rhododendrons and Azaleas. This garden is set in Blue Mountains with the best of the natural bushland surroundings . Open from 9-5, these delicate attractions are one of the Blue Mountains many symbols of beauty.
Tathra
From Bega, an alternative route to Merimbula takes you along the coast road via the small holiday and fishing village of TATHRA. Tourist information is dispensed at the helpful Tathra Wharf Trading Post right on the wharf an all-purpose place which also rents out fishing, diving and surfing gear, and has a decent café; there’s a maritime museum upstairs (daily 8am–5pm) Just to the south, coastal Bournda National Park features stunning beaches, brackish lagoons and freshwater lakes: there are NPWS campsites at Hobart Beach on the southern end of Wallagoot Lake
Accommodation ranges from the motel-style units at the Tathra
New South Wales
From a historical perspective, there's no disputing that New South Wales is Australia's premier state. It was here that British convicts lived through die first bitter years of colonization, dreaming of what might lie beyond the impassable Blue Mountains, and here that explorers first broke through the Great Dividing Range, opening the interior of the country for settlement and ensuring the stability of the colony. In the central plains and on the rich land of the Riverina, Merino wool and agricultural suc¬cess provided the state with its first glimpses of prosperity. Then, in 1851, prospec¬tors struck gold just
