11 places to discover
Baw Baw National Park is a 13,530-hectare protected area on the Baw Baw Plateau in eastern Victoria, about 120 kilometres east of Melbourne. Established in 1979, it protects subalpine plateau, snow-gum woodlands, alpine meadows and cool temperate rainforest. Adjacent to Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort, the park is known for its plateau walks, Mushroom Rocks, winter snow sports and spring wildflower displays, offering year-round nature-based recreation.
Charlotte Pass is Australia's highest alpine resort village at 1,760 metres elevation, located in Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Monaro region of New South Wales. Situated on Kosciuszko Road beyond Perisher Valley, it is known as a snow sports destination in winter and a base for alpine hiking in summer, providing access to Mount Kosciuszko and surrounding alpine landscapes within the national park.
Dinner Plain is an alpine village on the Great Alpine Road in the Victorian Alps within Alpine Shire, Victoria, about 13 kilometres from Mount Hotham. At 1,570 metres elevation, it is Australia's highest freehold village and is known for distinctive huts with rounded snow-shedding roofs. Surrounded by Alpine National Park, it operates as a year-round resort offering snow sports in winter and hiking and mountain biking in summer.
Falls Creek is an alpine ski resort village located in the Bogong High Plains of the Victorian Alps within the Alpine National Park, about 350 km northeast of Melbourne. Situated at around 1,600 metres elevation, it is Victoria's largest alpine resort. Developed from the 1940s around hydro-electric works, it is notable for its extensive downhill and cross-country ski terrain, snow-gum woodlands, and year-round alpine recreation including hiking and mountain biking.
Lake Mountain Alpine Resort is Victoria's most accessible alpine resort, located about 120 km northeast of Melbourne near Marysville in the Yarra Ranges. Situated at 1,433 metres elevation, it is primarily a cross-country skiing and snow-play destination in winter, with extensive groomed trails and dedicated toboggan slopes. In the warmer months it offers mountain biking, hiking and adventure activities. Rebuilt after the 2009 bushfires, it serves as a year-round family-friendly mountain recreation area.
Mount Baw Baw is an alpine mountain and ski resort in eastern Victoria, about 120 km east of Melbourne within the Baw Baw National Park and the Mount Baw Baw Alpine Resort unincorporated area. At 1,567 metres elevation, it is known as Victoria's closest downhill ski resort to Melbourne, offering snow sports in winter and hiking and mountain biking in summer amid snow gum woodlands and sub-alpine plateau.
Mount Buffalo National Park is a 31,000-hectare alpine national park in Victoria's High Country, within Alpine Shire, 350 km northeast of Melbourne. Established in 1898, it is one of Victoria's oldest national parks. The park is notable for its massive granite plateau, sheer cliffs, tors and waterfalls, rising to 1,723 m at The Horn, and for its year-round recreation including hiking, rock climbing and winter snow activities.
Mount Buller Alpine Resort is a major alpine resort in the Victorian Alps, about 208 kilometres northeast of Melbourne in the unincorporated Mount Buller Alpine Resort area. Centred on Mount Buller (1,805m), it is Victoria's most accessible large ski resort with extensive lift-served terrain. Notable for winter skiing and snowboarding and summer hiking and mountain biking, it operates as a year-round mountain village with accommodation, services and alpine scenery within the Australian Alps.
Mount Hotham Alpine Resort is a major alpine ski resort in the Victorian Alps, Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Alpine Road between Harrietville and Omeo within the Alpine National Park surrounds. Situated at around 1,750 metres elevation, it is known as one of Australia's highest alpine villages. The resort offers extensive downhill skiing and snowboarding terrain in winter and hiking and mountain biking in summer, with village accommodation, lifts and services.
Perisher is Australia's largest alpine ski resort located in Perisher Valley within Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. Comprising four interconnected resort areas — Perisher Valley, Blue Cow, Smiggin Holes and Guthega — it offers the most extensive ski terrain in the Southern Hemisphere. Notable for its Skitube Alpine Railway, extensive lift network and village facilities, it serves as the central hub for winter snow sports and summer alpine recreation.
Perisher Valley is the central village of Perisher, Australia's largest alpine ski resort, located in Kosciuszko National Park in the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales. Situated at about 1,720 metres elevation on Kosciuszko Road, it forms the hub of four interconnected resort areas - Perisher Valley, Blue Cow, Smiggin Holes and Guthega - with extensive lift-accessed terrain and village accommodation.