Mount Franklin (Australian Capital Territory)

Mount Franklin
The road to Mount Franklin was laid out by the Canberra Alpine Club in the 1930s
height	1646  m
location	Australian Capital Territory , Australia
Mountains	Brindabella Range
Coordinates	35 ° 29 '14 "  S , 148 ° 46' 26"  O Coordinates: 35 ° 29 '14 "  S , 148 ° 46' 26"  O
particularities	Base for Australian ski pioneers in the 1930s

The Mount Franklin is a mountain of the far western Australian Capital Territory on the border of the Australian state of New South Wales . It is part of the Brindabella Range , the main part of which is in the Bimberi Nature Reserve in New South Wales. The eastern capping of the mountains with the summit of Mount Franklin is in the area of ​​the adjacent Namadgi National Park in the Australian Capital Territory.

From Mount Franklin Road , a well-marked hiking trail leads easily to the summit. In winter, the 1,646 m high mountain is often snow-covered and so it served as a base for Australian ski pioneers from the 1930s onwards. Today cross-country skiing is possible in the area if the snow conditions allow it.

Origin of name

Approx. 10 km north of the mountain on the Goodradigbee River is the settlement of Brindabella , where the Australian writer Miles Franklin spent her childhood. The mountain was named after her family.

Skiing on Mount Franklin

In 1938 a ski chalet was built for the Canberra Alpine Club . Some downhill routes and improvised climbing aids were created. The chalet later became a museum, but burned down in the Canberra bushfire in 2003 . A new shelter was built by students at the University of Adelaide and opened in 2008. It serves various purposes, including as a basis for rescue personnel to coordinate search and rescue missions in future forest fires. The border between New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory runs through the ruins of the old Franklin Chalet.

Today you can go cross-country skiing on Mount Franklin and its neighboring mountains if the snow conditions allow it.

Web links

Commons : Mount Franklin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brindabella Cycle Tour . Cycle Australia

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Parks and Reserves of the Australian Alps - Namadgi National Park . Australianalps.environment.gov.au (May 22, 2012). Retrieved August 8, 2012
2. ↑ ^{a b} National Parks and Reserves of the Australian Alps - Bimberi Nature Reserve . Australianalps.environment.gov.au (May 2, 2012). Retrieved August 8, 2012
3. ↑ What's On . Cac.org.au (December 31, 2010). Retrieved on August 8, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ Canberra Alpine Club . Cac.org.au. Retrieved on August 8, 2012 ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.