Tuesday, Nov 16, 2010 at 13:44
Three springs, bubbling
forth from the flanks of
Forest Hill, 1430 metres above sea level, and only 40 kilometres from Australia’s highest mountain, Mount Kosciusko, mark the source of Australia’s greatest river, the Murray. Here, in south-eastern New South Wales, it begins its long journey of over 2756 kilometres to
Goolwa and the Southern Ocean in South Australia. Along the way it is joined by the waters of the Swampy Plain,
Mitta Mitta, Ovens,
Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon, Murrumbidgee and Darling rivers.
Everything you need to know about getting there,
camping etc etc.
Discover the Upper Murray River
The road does not carry much traffic and has no shops or service stations between
Khancoban and Thredbo. The towing of trailers or caravans is not recommended on the Alpine Way between
Tom Groggin and
Dead Horse Gap. Chains must be carried in winter.
Access by foot to Mount Cobberras is via the
Australian Alps Walking Track at
Dead Horse Gap. The track leads to Big Boggy,
The Cascades, Tin
Mine Falls, Tin
Mine,
Mount Pilot,
Cowombat Flat, the
Murray River, Mount Cobberras No 2, Middle Peak and Mount Cobberras No 1. The track continues towards Mount Misery and finally onto
Walhalla in Victoria. For detailed descriptions see Alpine Walking Track by John Siseman.
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