#00285, The Main Range

The Main Range is the name for the highest part of Australia, a region of barren but beautiful peaks, in the Snowy Mountains.

It's a desolate, boulder strewn, treeless area prone to very bad weather. It's also one of the best places in Australia to bushwalk.

The dark hill on the right is Mt Townsend, Australia's second highest mountain and in the centre, sunlit and on the horizon, is Mt Kosciuszko, the continent's highest point.

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South from Alice Rawson Peak, Kosciuszko National Park, NSW

Technical: Tachihara 5x4 field camera, 90mm Schnieder, 1/4s, f32
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