Cabramurra, New South Wales

Cabramurra is 1488 meters above sea level, one of the most elevated places on the Australian continent. The place is located in the west of the Snowy Mountains in the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales. The name Cabramurra could have come from the language of the Wiradjuri with gambirra marra, meaning " crooked hand" ( curved hand). Canberra is 223 km and 109 km away Cooma.

The place is within the Kosciuszko National Park, was established in 1954 as part of the Snowy Mountains Hydro -Systems, one of the largest dams of the earth, for the workers. He was first called Ghent 's Camp, which was built in 1951 for the construction of two hydroelectric plants and the Tumut Pondage Dam.

The camp was built by the Snowy Hydro, the owner of the Snowy Mountains Hydro - system for the village. Today, the town has a general store, a gas station, a primary school, a restaurant with a swimming pool, a ski slope and a tennis court. Tourists can find in the site can not be accommodated, it can be eaten only in the restaurant located in the Gemischtwarengeschaft. The nearest small towns are Adaminaby and Tumut.

The historic gold mining town of Kiandra, which lies to the north of the Snowy Mountains Highway, and the Selwyn Snowfields ski area are in the vicinity. In winter, snow may lie in Cabramurra three to four months, so was the construction of a particular inclination of the roofs taken that give the homes a special character. The ski slopes of Cabramurra was extended to the first lighted night skiing piste Australia.

From Cabramurra from the Tumut Ponds Dam on the Khancoban Road is reached. The path leads through burned forests, which consist mainly of tree stumps.