First Rays Mount Kosciuszko Snowy Mountains New South Wales landscape print in black frame by Matthew Sherren

First Rays print preview Mount Kosciuszko sunrise Snowy Mountains New South Wales by Matthew Sherren

First Rays Mount Kosciuszko Snowy Mountains New South Wales landscape print in white frame by Matthew Sherren

First Rays Mount Kosciuszko Snowy Mountains New South Wales landscape print in raw oak frame by Matthew Sherren

First Rays print detail close-up top left corner Mount Kosciuszko Snowy Mountains by Matthew Sherren

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Mount Kosciuszko Walking Trail, Kosciuszko National Park

Kosciuszko National Park, established 1967

First rays of sunlight seen from near the summit of Mount Kosciuszko

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Mount Kosciuszko Walking Trail, Kosciuszko National Park

Kosciuszko National Park, established 1967

First rays of sunlight seen from near the summit of Mount Kosciuszko

Travel Photography Print / Wall Art

310gsm archival cotton paper
Additional white border included
Ready to hang frames
Free shipping in Australia

the STORY

Mount Kosciuszko stands at 2,228 metres, the highest point on mainland Australia. Polish explorer Paweł Strzelecki named it in 1840 after the military leader Tadeusz Kościuszko, because the summit reminded him of the Kościuszko Mound in Kraków. The spelling stayed "Kosciusko" until 1997, when the z was officially put back.

There are two main ways up. From Thredbo it's a 13km return walk from the top of the Kosciuszko Express chairlift. From Charlotte Pass it's 18.6km return along the old summit road. Cars could drive almost all the way to the top until 1977, when the road closed to them. Rawson Pass, about 1.4km below the summit at roughly 2,100 metres, is now home to Australia's highest public toilet, built in 2007.

The mountain sits inside Kosciuszko National Park. It started as the National Chase Snowy Mountains in 1906, became Kosciusko State Park in 1944 and was renamed Kosciuszko National Park in 1967. At around 690,000 hectares it's the largest national park in NSW.

This image was captured after a dawn walk to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko which started from the Charlotte Pass trail to the mountain. Following sunrise I started my descent back to Charlotte. Whilst the view from the summit is stunning it doesn’t necessarily translate to great photos.

Along the way down I caught this gorgeous understated scene, the distant valley had rays of light pouring in giving way to subtle shades of luminance on the hills. Using my then go-to travel camera, the Fujifilm X-Pro 1, I zoomed in, framing the first rays of light pouring through the landscape.

First Rays - Travel Photography Print

First rays of sunlight seen from near the summit of Mount Kosciuszko