"Green season" in the mountains relies on a lack of snow, not an abundance - here are six ways to enjoy the alpine areas of NSW and Victoria this summer.
Climbing Australia s highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, is easy
SHARE
Photo: Leigh Henningham
There s a fine line between being merely unprepared and being incredibly stupid. And that line is arguably crossed when you get up at 6am to climb the highest mountain on a continent with only the sketchiest of idea of what that might entail.
Mercifully, Mount Kosciuszko is not quite in the Everest league. And frankly, it s nowhere near the Elbrus or Kilimanjaro league either. But a common thread amongst those who haven t climbed it is that no-one seems to know just how hard getting to the top is. Can you pretty much drive up then amble along a boardwalk? Or does it take a proper multi-day thigh-burning, scrambling hike?
When travelling between Sydney and Melbourne, the main alternative to flying is to take the unspeakably tedious journey down the Hume Highway for nine hours. This is usually a surefire way of boring yourself into insanity, while picking up a speeding fine or two for good measure.
So why not turn it into a road trip instead, zigzagging around the Hume, and stopping at places that are genuinely worth visiting instead? Here are ten places to drop by if you turn the Sydney to Melbourne inland drive into a genuinely excellent road trip.
See Also
Bowral, Southern Highlands
Sure, there are lovely gardens and national parks around Bowral, but any cricket tragic has only got one destination in mind – the Bradman Oval. One of the world s most picturesque cricket grounds, it also plays host to the International Cricket Hall of Fame. As sports museums go, this is really well put together. Archive footage and talking head video interviews will appeal to the obsessives while interactive fiel