High Peaks of the Australian Alps is a bushwalker’s guide to the most spectacular and mountainous regions of the Australian Alps which lie in the south-eastern corner of the Australian mainland and are protected to a large extent by the Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales and the Alpine National Park in Victoria. This large tract of wilderness is famous for its spectacular and high rolling mountainous terrain as well as its long-distance walking tracks that traverse this wild country.
 This guide includes a chapter per high peak region of the Alps—the ones that peak-baggers love to climb. These peaks include Mount Kosciuszko, Mount Townsend, Mount Jagungal, Mount Bogong, Bogong High Plains, Mount Feathertop, Mount Hotham, Mount Howitt, Mount Speculation, the Razorback, the Crosscut Saw and others. In addition to these verbal descriptions, a series of maps is included which complement the written word so that confusion over route directions is reduced to a minimum. There is also a myriad of photographs, some with place names marked for easy identification. There is a chapter on the environment as well as chapters on the history of human exploration and adventure in the region. Adventure is a more fitting term than exploration because many of the participants deliberately took on challenges that put them in uncomfortable and uncertain situations—circumstances that the explorer normally avoids. These historical accounts describe some of the more extreme undertakings possible and it is hoped that these stories will inspire those with similar inclination, skill and fitness to create their own.