in the snow at Cabramurra NSW - October 2016

Cabramurra lies 103 kilometres from Cooma NSW & at 1488 metres above sea level is the highest settlement in Australia. It was built in 1951 & has remained a town which only exists to cater for employees of the Snowy Mountain Authority. While there are no private houses, it does have a small general store, a pub & a service station.

The population is 160, although during the peak construction period of the Snowy Scheme, Cabramurra had a population of almost 2000.

A backup electricity power station is located at the township in the event that power transmission lines are brought down by high winds or snow build-up. The plant originally used two ex-submarine engines, but these were replaced in 1998 by modern gas turbines.