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Snowy River National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Snowy River is a national park in Victoria (Australia), 323 km east of Melbourne. McKillops Road is the northern park boundary, with the Alpine National Park to the north of the road. Little River gorge is Victoria's deepest gorge, with the Little River dropping 610 metres off the Wulgulmerang plateau over 14 km to the Snowy River at an elevation of 122 metres above sea level. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Snowy_River_National_Park   (272 words)

Snowy River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article The Snowy River is also a river in the (The larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait) South Island of (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand. During the 1990's the low level of water in the Snowy River was a major environmental concern in Victoria, with a political campaign to increase the water from one per cent to 28 per cent of its original flow from the dam at Jindabyne. The Snowy River is a major river in south-eastern (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sn/snowy_river.htm   (381 words)

Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Warrumbungle National Park and the Little River Gorge area in the Snowy River National Park are two of the last remaining natural habitats. The first six Kawau brush-tails trapped were taken to the Waterfall Springs Conservation Park north of Sydney, New South Wales. It is known as “the shadow” because it is rarely seen and extremely shy. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brush-tailed_Rock_Wallaby   (270 words)

Victoria Cann River - Orbost - Lakes Entrance Australia Orbost, population 2150, is situated on the banks of the Snowy River and is surrounded by spectacular coastal scenery and the mountain terrain of the Snowy River National Park and surrounds. The National Park covers a coastal area from the New South Wales border to the Sydenham Inlet in Victoria. Cann River, 171 kilometres, 106.2 miles south of Cooma, is a popular town for a break in the inland journey between Sydney and Melbourne. www.discoveraustralia.com.au /explore_by_state_victoria_cann_river_orbost_lakes_entrance.html   (312 words)

The Cobberas & Snowy River The Cobberas Wilderness and Snowy River National Park The original bridge was built to withstand any size flood the Snowy River could muster up, unfortunately it designers didn’t plan for the 19XX floods which were XX meters above the record level, the flood wiped the bridge out one day before it was due to be opened. We parked near some old cattle yards, just north of Mt Wombargo, we followed the road back for a couple of hundred meters before finding what we were looking for; a massive rock slide. www.users.bigpond.com /benhowell/Places/the_cobberas_&_snowy_river.htm   (1528 words)

Country Roads Motor Inn ORBOST Victoria Australia Orbost, 375 kilometres east of Melbourne, is a paradise of forests, rivers and beaches 16 kilometres from the coast on the banks of the legendary Snowy River. Boasting a mild climate it is the hub for exploring the splendour of Snowy River Country. The history of the Snowy River is rich and varied. www.ocri.com.au   (182 words)

The Snowy River The Snowy River stretches right through the eastern side of the park. The Snowy River was one of the wildest rivers in Australia. Basically half of the water is diverted to the Murray by the Snowy river Mountains scheme. teachit.acreekps.vic.edu.au /cyberfair2002/snowyriver.htm   (590 words)

Parks Victoria: Snowy River National Park page Snowy River National Park is in East Gippsland, 450 km east of Melbourne and 135 km north-east of Lakes Entrance (Melway ref: 529 E2). Located in eastern Victoria along the Snowy River, this park is in a remote wilderness area and features some magnificent river scenery, spectacular deep gorges and forests of Grey Gum, Alpine Ash, Messmate and Native Pine. Little River Gorge, Victoria's deepest gorge, is to the west of McKillops Bridge and downstream from the junction of the Little River and Snowy River. www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1park_display.cfm?park=186   (894 words)

Melbourne 4WD Nature Tours - East Gippsland and Snowy River Explore the wilderness of the Snowy River National Park, shielded from rain under the lee of the Australian Alps, dry and precipitous in the extreme. Although the Snowy River begins on the flanks of Australia's tallest mountain, Kosciusko (2228 metres), much of its course is in the rainshadow of the same mountains from whence it rises. Immediately to the east of the Snowy is the Gelantipy Plateau and the Rodger River Wilderness where rainfall exceeds 1400mm a year and dense thickets of rainforest can be found. www.io.com /~jmc12/gipp.html   (2835 words)

Buffalo National River, A comprehensive vacation-planning guide to the Buffalo National River Country and the Arkansans Ozarks, near the Ozark Mountains. The Buffalo River, America's first national river, begins its 132-mile tumble down toward the White River in the upper Ponca wilderness, some of the most remote and rugged country in the Ozarks. But the river reaches the historic Boxley Valley and begins a peaceful meandering that stretches the length of the long, narrow break in the hills before it begins its magnificent sweeps around the high limestone bluffs for which it is famous. This stretch of the river is not suitable for floating, has little access and is mostly seen only be dedicated hikers. www.buffalonationalriver.com   (715 words)

Walkabout - Suggan Buggan To the east of the entire Buchan to Suggan Buggan road is the Snowy River National Park. Further east is the McKillops Bridge area, on the banks of the Snowy River, which is an ideal locale for swimming and relaxing in summertime. West Tree Trail Rides (03 5155 0237) and Snowy River Mountain Rider Tours (03 5155 9245) offer trail rides in the area, while Snowy River Expeditions (03 5155 9373) are rafting and canoeing specialists, also catering for abseilers and horse riders. www.walkabout.com.au /locations/VICSugganBuggan.shtml   (490 words)

Parks Victoria: Parks and Reserves page Victoria's national parks, like those in other states and countries, are areas of land permanently set aside from sale or development to protect their natural and cultural values for the benefit of people now and in the future. An area of land containing natural environments and features, scenic landscapes and one or more land types complementing those found in national parks to provide a system representing the major land types of the State. List parks according to an accessibility rating out of 6, where 6 has the most accessible sites for those visitors with limited mobility. www.parkweb.vic.gov.au /1parks.cfm   (272 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - The Man From Snowy River Man From Snowy River, The, motion picture about an Australian boy who comes of age while trying to tame a herd of wild horses, based on the poem by... He is featured in the bush ballads "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow" by... Search for Magazine Articles on "The Man From Snowy River" encarta.msn.com /The_Man_From_Snowy_River.html   (211 words)

Snowy Mountains --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia On their slopes rise the Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Tumut rivers, which flow inland, and the Snowy River, which flows southward to Bass Strait. The chief river of Australia, the Murray, flows 1,609 miles (2,589 kilometers) from the Snowy Mountains to the Great Australian Bight of the Indian Ocean. Its chief tributaries are the Eucumbene, Thredbo, and Bombala rivers in New South Wales and the Buchan in Victoria. www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9277107   (851 words)

SEPARATE - Online Information article about SEPARATE rivers and lakes—a work continually progressing —renders it year by year easier for producer and consumer to come together. river systems was brought out by the journeys of many travellers. RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SEPARATE.html   (3980 words)

Professor Martin Westbrooke - Selected Publications Westbrooke, M.E. and Prevett, P.T. (2002) The mammals of Parker River Inlet, Otway National Park Victorian Naturalist 119 (2) 60 -68. Westbrooke, M.E. and Miller, J.D. Vegetation of Mungo National Park. Westbrooke, M.E., Leversha, J., and Kerr, M.K.C. (2001) The Vegetation of Kinchega National Park. www.ballarat.edu.au /ard/sci-eng/staff/mwestbrooke_pubs.shtml   (572 words)

Snowy River National Park Famous for its mighty gorge the 98700 hectare Snowy River National Park varies from tall wet eucalypt forest to dry rainshadow woodland and sub-alpine woodland. Vehicle access through the park is by 4WD only along the Deddick River Trail, though Raymond Falls in the south is accessible by 2WD. The main access to the river is at McKillops Bridge, where there is a picnic and camping ground. lakesandwilderness.com.au /SnowyRiverCountry/Contacts/MoreInfo/SnowyRiverNationalPark.htm   (174 words)

Welcome to Outward Bound Australia The Snowy River National Park (98,700 ha) is one of five national parks which make up the Australian Alps region. The Snowy River runs for 390 km from the eastern side of Mt Kosciusko, winding it's way majestically down through the valleys and gorges from the High Country. It is Victoria's largest national park and is also known by its Aboriginal name of Gariwerd (pronounced 'gury-weird'). www.outwardbound.com.au /pages/c_l_vic.html   (216 words)

China Tourism The snowy days of the southern China is coming, in order to meet the demand of the tourists, Shenyang National Forest Park, in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, has already made full preparations to welcome the ice and snow festival. The Qinhuaihe, a branch of the Yangtze River, is the mother river of Nanjing. A comprehensive project was initiated in Nanjing in mid-December to clean the Qinhuaihe, the city's mother river, and to improve the environment in the area. www.chinainfotravel.com /China_Tourism.htm   (15054 words)

Lakes Entrance accommodation, victoria, travel australia Buchan is an ideal base for exploring the Alpine and Snowy River National Park and surrounding towns. Explore Snowy River National Park and Alpine National Park or visit protected rainforests with mountain ash trees, some over 100 metres tall. Take a wild, exhilarating white water raft trip down the Snowy, Mitta Mitta or Mitchell Rivers. www.travelaustralia.com.au /vic/lakes_and_wilderness-8.html   (285 words)

Australian National Parks in New South Wales including Mount Kosciuszko National Park The park is approximately 150 kilometres in long, running from the Victorian border to the west of the Namadgi National Park. Kosciuszko National Park Kosciuszko is one of the most known and appreciated national parks in Australia, attracting some 3,000,000 visitors each year. It is the largest park in New South Wales and the Australian Alps at 690,000 hectares. www.asiacarhire.com /National_Parks/NewSouthWales.htm   (340 words)

CNN.com - Nature - Australia works to restore once-mighty Snowy River - October 6, 2000 The Snowy River Scheme now pumps 1.8 trillion gallons of water -- enough to fill Sydney Harbor 13 times over -- into the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers west of the Great Dividing Range, which splits the east coast from the rest of Australia. Conservationists and locals along the Snowy's original route have for years urged reviving the river, which they say has been reduced to a series of muddy, weed-choked pools at its highest reaches. After decades of debate and infighting, state authorities agreed Friday to return the once-mighty Snowy River to, if not a cascading torrent, then at least a respectable flow. archives.cnn.com /2000/NATURE/10/06/australia.river.ap   (515 words)

OneDayHikes.com - News The separate fire in the north of the Snowy River National Park remains active and has now burnt an area of approximately 5, 000 hectares. In the Snowy Mountains of south-east NSW, there are severe fires in and around Kosciuszko National Park, with around 40 bushfires currently affecting national parks and reserves. Mount Buffalo National Park and the Chalet are still closed to the public, although the Mount Buffalo Tourist Road re-opened to traffic on February 7, 2003. www.onedayhikes.com /NewsRO.asp?NewsID=58   (453 words)

Australia The Snowy Mountains Scheme, in the southeastern highlands in New South Wales, is an enormous, multipurpose engineering project that was financed by the federal and state governments to supply water for irrigation, domestic and livestock use, and for the generation of hydroelectricity. The Ord River Scheme is an irrigation project in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. the main rivers flowing north to the Gulf of Carpentaria are the Mitchell, Flinders, Gilbert, and Leichhardt. www.ovayonda.net /lodging/country/au.html   (2045 words)

GECO Media Release - Department of Natural Resources and Environment Jeopardises Snowy River Flow Volume. Again. Local conservationists with the Goongerah Environment Centre are dismayed that the old growth coupe, which adjoins the Snowy River National Park, is being destroyed despite extensive evidence that clearfell logging terminally reduces water flow. This morning another chapter in the ongoing mismanagement of public forest unfolds as conservationists move to halt continued clearfell logging of the Yalmy block in the Snowy River catchment. Department of Natural Resources and Environment Jeopardises Snowy River Flow Volume. www.nccnsw.org.au /forests/news/media/20020109_snowy.html   (336 words)

Page 1 of the Victorian Photo Album The Snowy River National Park is 390 kilometres east of Melbourne and features unspoiled river country with cliffs, gorges and rapids. The Snowy River is one of the few wild rivers remaining in eastern Australia. The Murray is more than 2500 km in length with its source in the Snowy Mountains and flowing west to form the border between Victoria and New South Wales until it crosses into South Australia before emptying into the southern Ocean South east of Adelaide. www.geocities.com /austfoto/vic/01.htm   (345 words)

Lakes and Wilderness The parks range from the coastal salt water parks like Croajingolong and Cape Conran to the high mountain Coopracambra National Park and the Errinundra cool temperate rainforests. Hear the quiet hum of the rainforests and the roar of the Snowy River. Spectacular river scenery, magnificent deep gorges and wilderness forests. www.tourism.net.au /Victoria/Lakes   (1099 words)

Victoria's High Country : Regions in Brief Frommers.com The Snowy River National Park, with its lovely river scenery and magnificent gorges, protects Victoria's largest forest wilderness areas. The Snowy River was once a torrent worthy of Banjo Paterson's famous poem, but since Snowy Mountain Hydro-Electric erected a series of dams, it's become a mere trickle of its former self. MacKillop's Road (also known as Deddick River Rd.) runs across the park's northern border from Bonang to a little south of Wulgulmerang. www.frommers.com /destinations/victoria'shighcountry/1433010043.html   (508 words)

Snowy Mountains New South Wales travel guide - Australia The largest national park in NSW and one of the world's greatest including the highest mountains in Australia as well as the famous snowy river. The park stretches from the Victorian border north to the edge of the A.C.T., between Khancoban and Talbingo in the west and Adaminaby to Jindabyne in the east covering 690 000ha. This park contains New South Wales' major ski resorts and some of the best cross country skiing areas in the world on the Main Range and Jugungal Wilderness Area. www.atn.com.au /nsw/south/parks-b.htm   (188 words)

NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service - Home The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of the Department of Environment and Conservation - the main government conservation agency in New South Wales, Australia. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service - Home This report follows a rigorous survey of the management of the park system in NSW. www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /npws.nsf/Content/Home   (96 words)

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