Stories

A collection of stories about interesting places, events and people.

The Seaman-Hayes Tragedy 1928

18th July 2023

Kiandra to Kosciusko revisited. The Reader Expedition of 1954

30th June 2023

Mt Tate Village

21st May 2023

Disappearing buildings

4th November 2022

Perisher Ski Instructors of the 1950s

21st September 2022

The First Australian Ski Championship

16th September 2022

Early Ski Lifts of Perisher

20th August 2022

Kunama Huette

8th August 2022

Lake Albina Lodge

5th August 2022

Fire in Kosciuszko National Park 2003

31st July 2022

The World’s Longest Chairlift

30th July 2022

Hotel Kosciusko during the 1950s

29th July 2022

Kiandra to Kosciusko, the first crossing, 1927

10th July 2022

Kosciusko Alpine Club Fire

8th July 2022

Sundeck Hotel Fire

8th July 2022

Northcote Ski Tow Fire

8th July 2022

Kosciusko Chalet Fire

6th July 2022

Hotel Kosciusko Fire

22nd May 2022

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The Crackenback or Thredbo

By “Samford” (G.W. Kenyon) Article from INTO THE BLUE Coast and Mountain Walkers of NSW No 26, July 1943  One blazing hot afternoon two cattlemen, sitting crosslegged on the cool verandah of their shack, were astonished to see two footsloggers raising the dust on the Wollondibby Road. We may forgive them, however, for not knowing…

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Kiandra to Kosciusko c1942

By Bill Kenyon (written c 1990) Fifty one years ago six members of the Coast and Mountain Walkers arrived in Cooma after a long journey on the overnight Cooma Mail. The Railway Refreshment Room served a hearty breakfast most welcome after a sleepless night. Frank Yen was waiting with his Mail Car to take us…

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Squirrels at Mawson

The Exclusive Squirrel Club

THE EXCLUSIVE SQUIRREL CLUB By Bill Kenyon In 1962 six members of the Kosciusko Alpine Club agreed to spend a week each year ski touring. Mawson Hut was to be the base for this. About April each year the winter supplies were to be carried in and buried in a cache near the hut. Because…

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