Sights in Snowy Mountains
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Perisher
Perisher Valley, Smiggin Holes, Mt Blue Cow and Guthega make up the massive resort of Perisher. The terrain is roughly 22% beginners, 60% intermediate and 18% advanced with most of the action in Perisher Valley. Guthega (1640m) and Mt Blue Cow (1640m) are mainly day resorts so they're smaller and less crowded. From Guthega, cross-country skiers head to the Main Range or Rolling Ground.
Mt Blue Cow is accessible via the Skitube. Because of Perisher's sporadic layout, it doesn't have the village ambience of Thredbo, but it's widely held (though still debated) that the skiing is superior. Boarders should head for the half-pipe park where there are rails, boxes, kickers etc …
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Thredbo
At 1370m, Thredbo has the longest runs and some of the best skiing to be had in this big ol' sunburnt country. The village itself is eye-candy compared with other Australian ski villages, with blue, green and grey tones ensuring chalets and lodges blend with the surrounding snow gums and alpine flora.
It sleeps approximately 4300 people and most of the infrastructure has been built on one side of the valley so that visitors holed up in their lodges on the other can kickback and watch the ski action. And of course Thredbo is an all-season resort, so if you can't afford it in winter, summer has got a lot to offer too. Thredbo is generally cool in summer with average tempera…
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Yarrangobilly Caves
Perhaps the most underrated in Australia, the Yarrangobilly Caves were formed in a belt of limestone around 440 million years ago. There's also a thermal pool, which retains a constant 27°C - if it's snowing, even better. There's a NPWS visitors centre but not much in the way of food or petrol so come prepared.
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NSW Department of Corrective Services Museum
Next to functioning Cooma Gaol is the new NSW Department of Corrective Services Museum exhibiting artefacts from convict time through to the present prison system. Inmates conduct tours and sell their art and craft.
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Murray 1 Power Station
Murray 1 Power Station, has an informative visitors centre explaining the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme and a pleasant café on the pondage.
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Pioneer Women’s Hut
In Tumbarumba, the Pioneer Women’s Hut is praised as one of Australia’s most interesting small museums.
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