Hello cocky! Sulphur-crested cockatoo at Jindabyne

The Crackenback Range on the way to Thredbo – looking forward to a crackin’ good time.

What are you two ravin’ on about?

Wild sky – 12 degrees and 65 km winds at the top of the range.

The Kosciusko Express chairlift – the ride takes 15 minutes one way and rises 560 vertical metres.

From Eagles Nest at 1730 metres

The start of the walk to Ram’s Head Range and Kosciusko Lookout

Daisy in the alpine zone

Ridgeline of the Crackenback Range

The track changes to an elevated metal walkway to protect the fragile ecosystems.

Merritts Creek with the Ram’s Head Range in the distance

The joy of alpine areas

Sphagnum bog above 2000 metres – home of the Corroboree frog

Ram’s Head

Close-up of the Ram’s Head

The walkway approaching Kosciusko Lookout

Mount Kosciusko from Kosciusko Lookout

The Snowy River valley from its headwaters

The way back

Despite no rain for a while, seepage from the bogs keeps the creeks flowing

Alpine daisy

Despite the apparent isolation, 4G is available

Looking south into Victoria

Kosciusko Express Top Station

Beginning the descent

Good view

Looking up the Thredbo valley towards Dead Horse Gap

Good old trusty Chair 20 – never fails

Waving at my shadow

Nearly back to Thredbo

Red branchlets on a snow gum

Snow gum flowers

Driving back into Jindabyne in the late afternoon

Sheep country with lots of granite north of Berridale just before sunset

Dinner at Alpine Hotel Cooma – lively locals’ pub for dinner with great food

Cooma Courthouse – part of the historic precinct from the 1850s and 1860s

Wombat burrow count : 5 (they are nocturnal)