Comprehensive guide to the technology of GPS, purchsing a GPS receiver, and how to use it.
Published by NSW Department of Lands.
If anyone is interested in the geology of the region (and one of the webmasters is very interested) the resources below may help.
GPS Locations
Our Objectives
Our aim is to progressively and carefully provide Latitude and Longitude positions for all standing huts.
Published by NPWS.
Coverage of the Kosciuszko National Park only, not including Namadgi.
Lots more information than you will find on Google maps
Find out which roads are suitable for 2WD cars, or for cycle riding in summer.
An enthusiastic group of KHA members and NPWS personnel gathered at Currango over the weekend of 26th/27th May 2012 to attend the GPS Workshop.
Survival
The magnificence of the Australian outdoors on a sunny summer's day, can blind us to the reality, if bad weather hits.
This photograph was taken in April 1985 at Blue Lake, a time when snow is not normally expected. When the tent was pitched the evening before, the weather was fine and warm and there was no snow at all.
The attached PDF files are maps of the squatter's runs and homesteads from 1885 maps.
Explains some of the science and technology behind GPS, and how to avoid errors.
This guide hopes to explain some of the reasons why readings can be so different, and how you can collect the most accurate locations possible.
What we do
- Protect and enhance the cultural heritage values
- Conserve historic huts and associated structures
- Provide input into government planning processes
- Create heritage awareness amongst the general public
- Maintain the art and craft of traditional bush building skills and knowledge.
400 + Memberships
75 + Huts
Latest News
Over the past forty two years KHA has carried out maintenance activities
on most of the 90 or so remaining huts and homesteads in KNP and NPP.
Learn more about what we have been up to recently.
Four Mile Hut reopens
On Saturday 20th April, a group of 70 people watched on as Four Mile Hut was reopened after being rebuilt following destruction during the 2019/2020 bushfires.
Delanys Hut rebuilt and reopened
Watch the video of the re-opening of the newly rebuilt Delanys Hut. The new hut uses a number of fire protection features like a sprinkler system and fire-retardant timbers to protect the hut from future bushfires. Image and video produced by Tom’s Outdoors.
KHA Woodskills 2023: A trip report by Mark Grundy
Woodskills is a weekend KHA camping event run once every two years, demonstrating colonial timbercraft and carpentry. Held at the Kellett family’s property in Wee Jasper, it’s run by volunteers for members, interested staff from NSW NPWS and ACT Parks and Conservation Service, and for Wee Jasper locals.
The Huts
The heritage huts of the Snowy Mountains are structures of national significance
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Support KHA
Our association relies heavily on membership revenue, donations and bequests to fund our work. As we are staffed entirely by volunteers, all funds contribute to protecting the heritage huts and homesteads of the Snowy Mountains.
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