In Australia more than 30 000 people annually pack their holiday bags, skis, boats and stocks and head for the snowfields in Australia's Great Dividing Range. More than a dozen holiday villages in NSW, VIC and TAS cater for the visitors with the best in accommodation. Major resorts are in the Kosciusko-Thredbo area of the Southern Alps of NSW and Mt Buffalo-Mt Buller areas of the Victorian Alps. The two snow cats which carry guests to and from Australia's newest snow hotel the Man From Snowy River high up in the Mount Kosciusko region of NSW. Roads in the area closed throughout winter and travel is by snow cat or skis