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Mt. Kossy is the highest point in Australia, dashed with snow in the warmer months and completely covered in winter. It looms over the High Country, tall, sloping and majestic. Its treeless rock-studded inclines are slight enough to climb, and the view from the top is phenomenal.

This highland lake nestles in a basin between Mt. Kosciusko and the North Ramshead. Its waters are clear and still, and it freezes over solidly in winter. Its banks are sloping, and void of vegetation.

The northern-most peak of the Ramsheads, it leads on from the range up to Lake Cootapatamba. The granite tors are steep here, and should be navigated with caution.

The middle of the three peaks, the Ramshead connects the North and South Ramshead, and its sporadic grazing can support small herds.

These precarious tors and caves were the birthplace for the legendary Thowra.

These three peaks make up the Ramshead Range, and provide brumbies with alpine slopes and paths on which to evade any would-be captors. Legend speaks of Thowra here who was born on the Southern-most peak.

Impassable but for the bravest brumbies, the Murray River twists southward along the western border of the High Country. Its tributaries include Dead Horse Creek, Cascade Creek, and Tin Mine Creek! The river is wide and deep, and is a raging torrent during spring, but the path it cuts is the easiest to follow when traveling.

This human hut is situated in prime territory for cattle grazing. Sat at the edge of Dead Horse Gap, the hut is well supplied for water by Dead Horse Creek.

The men often use this creek when finding a water source for themselves and cattle. It feeds into the Crackenback, originating in the hills to the West.

The Ridge is a rise of land to the South of Dead Horse Hut that follows the line of the Cascade Creek, passing Yarraman's Valley and eventually reaching the Brolga's Country. Its northern point is a good vantage point for observing the men but quite open.

Ideal for cattle grazing, this wide open area between the ridge and the man's hut is often frequented by man during the warm months. In winter, however, brumby herds have been known to graze here.

Fed by Dead Horse Creek and other streams from the Ramshead, the Crackenback heads East through the deeper country. Its valley is the main travel route to reach the Bogong. It is one of the largest and fiercest rivers, and should be crossed nearer to Dead Horse Gap than further downstream.

The Bogong is a favoured grazing area for many herds, and came support quite a few smaller mobs at one time. It is wide and open, interspersed with the occasional copse of trees or boulder field. It is situated on a high plateau to the south of the Crackenback.

Hidden away to the east of the Bogong is a Valley thats almost impossible to find and gain entry to. This is where the legendary Thowra once hid his herd, but it's position has been forgotten over time. Now, a white mare called Loorea has found it, and only she and those she tells can find this valley.

To the South West of the Bogong is the Brindle Bull, tors of rock with ample grazing for one or two herds. Brumbies that know the area well can use the rocky trails to lose man or other brumbies without a trace.

The Boggy surrounds the largest tributary of the Crackenback to the South of the Brindle Bull and is smothered in tussocky grass and reeds. The swamp can prove fatal to horses in particular in the wetter months, but it can also be a useful tool to those that know how to exploit its advantages.

Situated to the South of Dead Horse Ridge, Yarraman's Valley is rich in good grazing. Once inhabited by the father of Thowra, the bones and spirit of Yarraman lie here forever.

Cascade Creek is a wide and easily passable river but its large amount of tributaries, the Cascades. make it a raging torrent in spring with the amount of snow melt that runs into it. It runs Northward from the Brolga's Country, passing Cascade Hut and the southern end of Yarraman's Valley.

This seasonal retreat is usually frequented by men interested in organising runs for the cascade brumbies. Its is perfectly located half way down Cascade Creek between Yarraman's Valley and the Brolga's Country.

Once inhabited by the infamous Brolga, this collection of valleys and hills are a good grazing spot for the winter, and a favourite location for the larger herds in summer.

Once the country of White Face, Stockwhip Hill is rugged country, ridges pockmarked with rock and snowgrass sloping gently down to shallow creeks. Wind-beaten trees scattered across the hills provide little shelter, but the area is spacious and plentiful

These groves of towering mountain ash trees cling to small river valleys to the West of the Brolga's Country. The provide shelter from the heat and hiding for the more secretive brumbies but the grazing is not so good.

Perhaps the most dreaded place in the High Country. There are little to no signs of brumbies living in this area, as it is rumoured to be the home of the infamous Nightrunners. The ground is swampy, the river is surrounded on both banks with a dense forest of old and gnarled mountain ash and tea tree. Not a place you want to be caught at night!