Canberra
Cooma
Gateway to the snowy mountains
Monaro Highway
Cooma, NSW 2630
Nearest Train: One hour and 10 minutes drive from central Canberra.
Phone: +61 2 6450 1742 (Tourist information)
Set in the open grasslands of the Monaro region, Cooma rose to fame in 1860 when gold was discovered at Kiandra and thousands traveled through the town. A second boom lasted for the 23 years it took to build the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme, swelling the population with immigrants and endowing the town with a cosmopolitan atmosphere. Today Cooma is the gateway for skiers to Kosciusko National Park, headquarters for the Snowy Mountains Authority and centre of an extensive pastoral district. Cooma offers cafes, accommodation, ski supplies, historic buildings and the wreckage of an aircraft, which crashed in 1931.
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