CABRAMURRA LOOKOUT SNOWY MOUNTAINS, NSW, HIGHEST TOWN IN OZ
CABRAMURRA IN THE
SNOWY MOUNTAINS
Claimed as Australia's highest town. But certainly able to be reached by two wheel drive vehicles. At least in the summer months when there is no snow.
Cabramurra is not quite on top of the range. It sits at 1,488m AHD (4,880 ft) in the western Snowy Mountains of the Great Dividing Range. New South Wales.
The name Cabramurra may be derived from native aboriginal meanings of "crooked hand". In comparison the highest point in Australia is Mount Kosciuszko at 2,228 metre's. A distance of fifty-five km north as the crow flies.
Cabramurra is a 'company town'. Workers live here and work in the nearby Tumut 2 hydro-electric power station and surrounding infrastructure dam etc. Only persons directly employed by Snowy Hydro, and their families, are allowed to live in Cabramurra.
Cabramurra Township
The town has about one hundred and fifty houses and units. A distinctive feature are the very acute angles of roof pitch on buildings. Needed for the high amount of snowfall for three to four months of the year. There is a general store, petrol station, primary school, canteen (tavern), indoor swimming pool, single ski slope, and tennis courts. The residents are due in future to be replaced by drive in/drive out crews. The nearest small public town by road is Adaminaby due east, about sixty km distant. The nearest large city is Canberra, and the small high country towns of Tumut and Cooma.
A heli pad is onsite. Emergency evacuations can be conducted by helicopter.
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