Editing Corryong (section)

==Geography==

Its location makes it the Victorian gateway to the New South Wales snowfields, including the [[Thredbo, New South Wales|Thredbo]] ski village, and the [[Snowy Mountains Scheme]].  It is a way station for many travellers, particularly those on [[motorcycle]]s, travelling across Australia's highest mountains.  Other tourists come to fish in the river and other nearby waterways, or to partake in horseriding around the mountain areas surrounding the town.

It is also of note as the home of Jack Riley, a hermit [[stockman (Australia)|stockman]] employed by John Pierce of [[Greg Greg|Greg Greg Station]] for 23 years to run cattle at Tom Groggin {{convert|60|km}} upriver from {{NSWcity|Khancoban}}.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} The local government uses this claim extensively in its tourist promotions, and holds The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival annually <ref name = "bushfestival">{{Citation | title = The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival | url = http://www.manfromsnowyriverbushfestival.com.au/ | access-date = 6 October 2018 | archive-date = 21 January 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100121145439/http://www.manfromsnowyriverbushfestival.com.au/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Corryong is close to the [[Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park]] and the massive [[Alpine National Park]].  The [[Kosciuszko National Park]] is located nearby across the state border. Both of these areas were extensively burnt in the bushfires which raged through the region in January 2003 and in the summer of 2019/20.