Snowy Mountains Scheme.

The Snowy Mountains Scheme is one of the engineering wonders of the modern world. With seven power stations (two are underground), 16 dams and over 140km of tunnels it is truly one of Australia's greatest achievements. The scheme is a vision that became a reality, turning water westwards to provide irrigation to dry inland Australia while producing clean, renewable hydro-electricity ( - SMHEA).

The Scheme had a need for all wheel drive trucks during the construction phase and used a large number of Land Rovers for transporting workers over rough roads and four wheel drive tracks.

Go to the 50th anniversary (1999), Scheme's Land-Rovers, Cooma, Mud, Sweat and Snow [a book], and Australia pages