Snowy Mountains
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.
- by Catherine Naylor
Latest
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.
- by Julietta Jameson
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.
- by Mike Foley
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.
- by Olivia Ireland
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.
- by Catherine Naylor
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Police
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.
- by Catherine Naylor
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.
- by Mike Foley
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.
- by Mike Foley
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.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons and Angus Dalton
The job advert has been seen thousands of times. But no one has applied
A rewarding job in a stunning region is going begging despite the best efforts of the community to fill it.
- by Catherine Naylor
Cloud-seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended
Hundreds of kilograms of silver iodide have been unleashed over ski fields and mountain peaks over a decade.
- by Angus Dalton
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