Disappointment Spur Hut
The place
Disappointment Spur Hut in the Snowy Mountains Council area, Jindabyne/Perisher sector (Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia), at 1666 m altitude, Main Range plateau of the Australian Alps. Continuous Australian NSW Kosciuszko cluster (batches 200-367). Historic pastoral/hiking hut in Kosciuszko (Disappointment Spur, a settler-era toponym, Alpine Grazing 1830s-1958 + Kosciuszko NP, 6900 km², 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko, 2228 m, Australia's highest peak, named by Strzelecki, an 1840 Polish explorer + Snowy Hydro Scheme, 1949-1974, 16 dams, 145 km of tunnels, the largest engineering project in the Southern Hemisphere until Three Gorges + Perisher Blue, Australia's largest ski resort, 12 lifts + heritage of the Ngarigo (Aboriginal people of the Southern Highlands, Ngarigu language, Alpine Country + Bidjigal, Ganungan language, Snowy River + bogong moth migration rites, Agrotis infusa, Nov-Feb, 5,000 million, 2,000 km from Queensland to the Alps + rare 2019 crash, 99.5% biomass collapse).
The setting
Snowy Mountains Jindabyne/Perisher Kosciuszko NP NSW AU 1666 m Main Range plateau of the Australian Alps, continuous cluster batches 200-367, pastoral/hiking hut Disappointment Spur, settler-era Alpine Grazing 1830s-1958 + Kosciuszko NP 6900 km² 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m + Snowy Hydro 1949-1974 16 dams 145 km of tunnels largest in the Southern Hemisphere until Three Gorges + Perisher Blue Australia's largest ski resort 12 lifts, Ngarigo Southern Highlands Ngarigu Alpine + Bidjigal Ganungan Snowy River + bogong Agrotis infusa Nov-Feb 5,000 M 2,000 km QLD-Alps + 2019 crash 99.5% biomass collapse.
