Lower Snowy Drive (Barry Way)

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Lower Snowy drive, Kosciuszko National Park. Photo: Luke McLachlan
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Kosciuszko National Park

18 current alerts · Checked 13 Oct 2026, 9:05 pm

  • Other planned eventsUntil 2 Feb 2027

    Notification of ongoing 1080 baiting - wild dogs and foxes

    The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) will be conducting an ongoing baiting program from Friday 7 August 2026 to Tuesday 2 February 2027. The operation will use 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) poison for the control of wild dogs and foxes. This program is designed to minimise predator impacts on wildlife, especially threatened species, and to minimise the impact of wild dogs on neighbouring stock.

    Baiting programs will take place across Kosciuszko National Park Wild Dog Plan Areas including:

    • Thredbo/Ingebyra
    • Dalgety/Paupong
    • Corrowong/Tombong/Merriangaah

    This includes the following sections of Kosciuszko National Park:

    • Sawpit Creek
    • Island Bend
    • Thredbo Valley
    • Moonbah
    • Ingebyra
    • Paupong
    • Numbla Vale
    • Corrowong

    Baiting programs will also take place in nature reserves including:

    • Paupong Nature Reserve
    • Merriangaah Nature Reserve
    • Quidong Nature Reserve

    Signs will be placed at the entry to the baiting location. Domestic pets are not permitted in NSW National Parks managed lands. Pets and working dogs may be affected (1080 is lethal to cats and dogs). Pets and working dogs must be restrained or muzzled in the vicinity and must not enter the baiting location. In the event of accidental poisoning seek immediate veterinary assistance.

    For further information, please call the Jindabyne area office on 02 6450 5555.

About

Kosciuszko National Park is so vast, that you need a car to be able to explore all it has to offer. Lower Snowy drive is perfect for just that – it’s a sprawling, open-ended road trip that swings past some outstanding attractions before crossing the NSW state line.

Starting from the park entry at Ingebyra, the road twists down toward the Snowy River valley, where an ideal first stop comes at Wallace Craigie lookout, offering scenic views of the surrounding area, as well as great birdwatching. From here, you’ll pass Jacobs River campground – the first of many beautiful picnic areas. Bring a packed lunch and find your own private retreat beneath some eucalypts. You might even like to bring along the swimmers and a fishing rod.

After reaching Pinch campground, the road climbs up and away from the river, leading to Jacks lookout, which lets you peer back at the scenic way you’ve come. Barry Way then winds down and passes more campgrounds and picnic areas, before heading for Victoria.

Lower Snowy River area · Kosciuszko National Park · Snowy Mountains

Lower Snowy drive is a sprawling road trip that takes travellers past picnic spots, swimming holes, campgrounds and lookouts in the Snowy River valley.

Distance
74km one-way
Time
2hrs
Accessibility
Medium

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Get in touch

Park office

02 6450 5600

Where you'll be

Barry Way

Ingebirah NSW 2627