Lyrebird Cottage is in the northern precinct of Kosciuszko National Park. To get there:

From the Monaro Highway:

• At Cooma, take the Snowy Mountains Highway and continue for approximately 110km
• Turn left into Yarrangobilly Caves Entrance Road
• Follow the unsealed road for approximately 6km to Yarrangobilly Caves
• Continue past the visitor centre and turn into the first road on the left and continue for approximately 200m

From the Hume Highway:

• At Gundagai, take the Tumut exit and follow Gocup Road to Tumut
• Continue on Snowy Mountains Highway south for approximately 75km
• Turn right into Yarrangobilly Caves Entrance Road
• Follow the unsealed road for approximately 6km to Yarrangobilly Caves
• Continue past the visitor centre and turn into the first road on the left and continue for approximately 200m

Road quality

• Yarrangobilly Caves entrance and exit roads are graded gravel. They're suitable for 2WD and 4WD vehicles up to 12.5m in length, however the Roads and Maritime Service (RMS) advise that the roads are unsuitable for caravans.
• RMS recommends snow chains are carried by all vehicles driving in the park in winter, including 4WD and AWD, in case of extreme weather. Visit the Live Traffic website for road conditions.

• Unsealed roads

Vehicle access

• 2WD vehicles

Weather restrictions

• Snow chains required after snow

Parking

Parking is available for two vehicles at Lyrebird Cottage.

• 1 bathroom with separate toilet.
• There is no mobile phone reception at the property and only limited coverage along Snowy Mountains Highway. A phone is available for use for a fee.
• Please leave the property in the same condition as you arrived. Additional housekeeping fees may apply if the property is left in an unsatisfactory condition or used items are not washed, dried and put away.
• Lyrebird Cottage uses hydro and diesel power. 

Barbecue facilities

A gas barbecue and heater are available for use on the deck. Please note outdoor open fires may not be lit.

• Gas/electric barbecues (free)

Drinking water

Water is UV treated on site.

Kitchen

Plates and cutlery

Pots and pans

Bed linen

Sheets, doonas, blankets, towels and pillows are provided for each bed.

Heating

There's a gas heater in the open plan kitchen, dining, lounge room and an electric heater in each bedroom.

TV

There's a stereo and a television with DVD, but no local reception.

Towels

Washing machine

Washing machine, laundry basin and clothes rack.

Fan

There's a ceiling fan in each bedroom and in the the open plan kitchen, dining, lounge room.

• Lyrebird Cottage factsheet
• Lyrebird Cottage map (1.6MB pdf)

Disability access level - hard

Wheelchairs can access this area with some difficulty owing to the width of bathroom doorways.

• Jersey Cave Step back in time on a guided tour of Jersey Cave. You’ll be awed by some of the most colourful and diverse decorations at Yarrangobilly Caves in Kosciuszko National Park.
• Jillabenan Cave Take a fascinating guided tour of Jillabenan Cave. It's the smallest and most accessible of the Yarrangobilly Caves in Kosciuszko National Park, but it's packed with incredibly delicate formations.
• South Glory Cave Take a leisurely self-guided tour through the lofty chambers of South Glory Cave at Yarrangobilly, near Tumut. It never fails to astonish. 

• Yarrangobilly Caves thermal pool walk Take the short Yarrangobilly Caves thermal pool walk and enjoy a swim in the spring-fed natural pool. It's easily combined with a picnic, bushwalk or cave tour in the Yarrangobilly area of Kosciuszko National Park.
• Yarrangobilly Caves Visitor Centre Yarrangobilly Caves Visitor Centre is your one stop destination for information on cave tours and tickets, and top tips on where to stay and what to do in the Yarrangobilly and northern areas of Kosciuszko National Park.

Animals

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  Bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

  A large, squat marsupial, the Australian bare-nosed wombat is a burrowing mammal found in coastal forests and mountain ranges across NSW and Victoria. The only other remaining species of wombat in NSW, the endangered southern hairy-nosed wombat, was considered extinct until relatively recently.

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  Eastern water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii lesueurii)

  The eastern water dragon is a subaquatic lizard found in healthy waterways along eastern NSW, from Nowra to halfway up the Cape York Pensinsula. It’s believed to be one of the oldest of Australian reptiles, remaining virtually unchanged for over 20 million years.

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  Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

  One of the most fascinating and unusual Australian animals, the duck-billed platypus, along with the echidna, are the only known monotremes, or egg-laying mammals, in existence. The platypus is generally found in permanent river systems and lakes in southern and eastern NSW and east and west of the Great Dividing Range.

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  Superb fairy wren (Malurus cyaneus)

  The striking blue and black plumage of the adult male superb fairy wren makes for colourful bird watching across south-eastern Australia. The sociable superb fairy wrens, or blue wrens, are Australian birds living in groups consisting of a dominant male, mouse-brown female ‘jenny wrens’ and several tawny-brown juveniles.

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  Superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)

  With a complex mimicking call and an elaborate courtship dance to match, the superb lyrebird is one of the most spectacular Australian animals. A bird watching must-see, the superb lyrebird can be found in rainforests and wet woodlands across eastern NSW and Victoria.

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  Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)

  The swamp wallaby, also known as the black wallaby or black pademelon, lives in the dense understorey of rainforests, woodlands and dry sclerophyll forest along eastern Australia. This unique Australian macropod has a dark black-grey coat with a distinctive light-coloured cheek stripe.

Plants

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  Billy buttons (Craspedia spp. )

  Billy buttons are attractive Australian native plants that are widespread throughout eastern NSW in dry forest, grassland and alpine regions such as Kosciuszko National Park. The golden-yellow globe-shaped flowers are also known as woollyheads. Related to the daisy, billy buttons are an erect herb growing to a height of 50cm.