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    Top Tips for Climbing Mount Kosciuszko, Australia
    • May 5, 2015
    • 2 min

    Top Tips for Climbing Mount Kosciuszko, Australia

    How to get there Plan how you’re going to get to Thredbo – It’s not the easiest place to get to via public transport - driving would be your best bet. Book your accommodation before you go, it can get booked up pretty quickly especially when it’s high season. There is free parking in the village Check out the Thredbo Website at www.thredbo.com.au What to take on the walk? Take enough water with you – about 2 Litres Have some food or snacks as well to keep your energy levels u
    Why is it called Mount Kosciuszko?
    • May 2, 2015
    • 1 min

    Why is it called Mount Kosciuszko?

    In 1840 there was a Polish explorer called Paul Strzelecki who named the mountain after a Polish freedom fighter called General Tadeusz Kosciuszko whose tomb is of a similar shape back in Krakow. Before 1997 the name was spelled Kosciusko without the ‘z’. The Geographical Names Board of New South Wales agreed to change the spelling to ‘Kosciuszko’ which is the correct spelling of the General Surname. #Kosciuszko #Australia

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