Australia is “old and flat”– well….

geography May 30, 2015

Just watched a great UK documentary on Hidden Britain where they went up Mt Ben Nevis – the highest mountain in the British Isles. I knew that Australia was very old and eroded away. So that our mountains were not high compared to Europe and the USA etc. But I was surprised when they said that Mt Ben Nevis was 1,344 metres. I thought “that doesn’t seem that high”. So time for some quick research – on the Victorian and Australian peaks – and a bit of Excel graphing. Turns out I was right:

Notes:

The first 3 are my local ones; only about an hour from Melbourne and regular bushwalking targets
Donna Buang is (arguably) the closest snow to us in Winter. Toboggan level, but not really skiing. However, it’s only 93km from Melbourne in the Yarra Valley.
Hotham is a proper ski venue, 370 km away.
Bogong is the highest one here in Victoria and very rugged.
Kosciusko is the highest in Australia