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Main Range walk.

This new alpine walk crosses Australia’s highest suspension bridge

The new Snowies Alpine Walk takes hiking to even greater heights, and there’s one peak that everyone wants on their hiking resumé.

  • Andrew Bain

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The new Mount Perisher chairlift construction

The $26m gamble at the top of Australia

It’s perched thousands of metres above sea level, and when finished will be second only to a toilet block as Australia’s highest building.

  • Catherine Naylor
The final 12-kilometre section of the 55-kilometre trail – running from Perisher Valley to Bullocks Flat – has just opened.

Epic hiking trail across ‘the roof of Australia’ finally complete

The 55-kilometre Snowies Alpine Walk has opened in Kosciuszko National Park, offering hikers the chance to immerse themselves in Australia’s highest terrain.

  • Julietta Jameson
Dave Evans feels a sense of pride in the legacy being created by the Snowy 2.0 project.

Bogged, blown out by $10 billion, but not beaten: Snowy 2.0’s rocky path to power millions

Hampered by challenging expectations from the outset, the team behind this ambitious mega-project – set to power 3 million homes – is finally feeling optimistic.

  • Mike Foley
Newly-elected councillor Andrew Thaler.

Big swagger, broad hat, fighting words: How serial pest Andrew Thaler held a council to ransom

The Snowy Monaro Region Council’s first meeting usually takes 10 minutes. With Andrew Thaler opposing almost every motion, it took more than two hours.

  • Olivia Ireland
The Tumut River Brewing Company, which lost trade during 18 months of roadworks.

The $15m roundabout that ended a popular local brewery

The craft brewer is closing down after losing almost $1 million in trade during roadworks after failing to secure compensation from the state government.

  • Catherine Naylor
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Conditions near the top of Mount Kosciuszko this morning.

Man found after ‘walking through the night’ in freezing conditions near Thredbo

Police say a member of the public came upon 61-year-old Bing Wei on The Alpine Way at Thredbo just before 9am, and alerted searchers.

  • Catherine Naylor
The Florence tunnel boring machine is jammed again.

Florence the machine to get a boring friend at Snowy 2.0

A fourth giant tunnelling machine will be added to the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in a bid to keep it on track.

  • Mike Foley
The headrace tunnel that Florence has been excavating.

Light at the end of the tunnel: After seven weeks wedged in rock, Florence is finally free

The giant tunnel boring machine has been stuck for months in hard rock deep below the Kosciuszko National Park.

  • Mike Foley
An Antarctic blast has brought snow to regional NSW.

The ‘polar-powered storm’ bringing snow and bitter temperatures to NSW

The east coast of Australia is getting a dose of proper winter as a cold front moving north from Tasmania brings Antarctic winds and snow.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Angus Dalton

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