Volunteers who have been maintaining historic alpine huts in the Kosciuszko for decades are frustrated and annoyed at an ACT government decision not to allow the rebuild of two huts destroyed in ...

The ACT government has reversed its position on rebuilding two huts destroyed in bushfires almost three years ago.

The blaze had so far burned through more than 55,000 hectares but the ESA said firefighting efforts had saved some historic sites in Namadgi ... Max and Bert Oldfield's Hut and Gudgenby Homestead.

While Canberra's 2003 bushfires impacted local suburbs and claimed lives, the fires this year in Namadgi National Park burned with an intensity veteran firefighters "had never seen" before.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Namadgi National Park is looking to do away with overhead powerlines to a remote site in the ranges due to bushfire risks.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A fleck-sized jumping spider resting on a yellow leaf caught the eye of Stuart Harris while on a bushwalk to Boroomba Rocks in ...