Dr Forbes Hut
The place
Dr Forbes Hut in the Snowy Mountains Council area, Jindabyne/Perisher area (Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales, Australia), at 449 m elevation, Snowy Mountains foothills. Continuous Australia NSW Kosciuszko cluster (batches 200-387). Historic pastoral cabin (Dr Forbes, a settler doctor in the 1880s Snowy Mountains + Kosciuszko NP 6900 km², 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m, Australia's highest peak, named in 1840 by Strzelecki + Snowy Hydro Scheme 1949-1974, 16 dams, 145 km of tunnels, the largest such scheme in the Southern Hemisphere until Three Gorges + Ngarigo heritage (Aboriginal people of the Southern Highlands, ngarigu language, Alpine Country + bogong moth Agrotis infusa migration Nov-Feb, 5000 million over 2000 km from Queensland to the Alps + 2019 crash, 99.5% biomass collapse, climate-related).
The setting
Snowy Mountains Jindabyne/Perisher Kosciuszko NP NSW AU 449 m Snowy Mountains foothills, continuous cluster batches 200-387, Dr Forbes pastoral cabin settler doctor 1880s + Kosciuszko NP 6900 km² 1944 + Mount Kosciuszko 2228 m Strzelecki 1840 + Snowy Hydro 1949-1974 16 dams 145 km tunnels largest Southern Hemisphere scheme until Three Gorges, Ngarigo Southern Highlands ngarigu Alpine + bogong Agrotis infusa Nov-Feb 5000 M 2000 km QLD-Alps + 2019 crash 99.5%.
