by John Sampson | Feb 25, 2019 | Stories from Kosci
People who care about Australia’s waterways and catchments joined a traditional narjong (water) healing ceremony held by senior lore men and led by Uncle Max Dulumunmun Harrison in February 2019. The ceremony was held near the birthplace of the Murrumbidgee River, a...
by Alison Swain | Feb 12, 2019 | Stories from Kosci
Mike Bremers gives an overview of a field trip into Kosciuszko with paleobotanist, Professor Geoff Hope, learning about alpine wetlands and how they are impacted by feral horses. At 10 am on Saturday 2 February 2019 about 40 people gathered at Long Plain Hut in...
by John Sampson | Dec 8, 2018 | Stories from Kosci
After 36 days, 790,000 steps and 560 kilometres, five walkers protesting legislation that protects feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park were joined on the summit of Mt Kosciuszko by around 200 enthusiastic supporters. The long-distance Save Kosci walkers, who...
by John Sampson | Dec 5, 2018 | Media releases, Stories from Kosci
Pull on your hiking boots folks and join us for the final push to the top of Mt Kosciuszko as we send a loud and clear message to the NSW Government – Kosciuszko: It’s a park, not a paddock! Join the long-distance Save Kosci walkers who have hiked all the...
by John Sampson | Nov 28, 2018 | Stories from Kosci
In the late 1970s I started working in the Dead Horse Gap – Main Range area on my PhD. I was studying small mammals and insects. I set up camp in a pleasant spot just above the treeline and near my study areas, and used the faint footpad from the crest of Dead...
by John Sampson | Nov 28, 2018 | Stories from Kosci
Four Mile Hut is a few kilometres gentle walk or ski from Kiandra or the Selwyn resort in the northern part of Kosciusko National Park. Built in 1937 by gold fossicker Robert Hughes, it has a colourful history. Until about 1981, there was a box of very live dynamite...
