Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre and Cafe

Fantastic and informative place to learn about the original Snowy Scheme. So much information and history from the original snowy scheme. You can spend hours and hours looking and reading about the snowy hydro scheme, the workers and locations that had to work in. The staff working there are super nice and helpful answering all questions. Will definitely be back as I didn’t spend enough time there the first time. Well worth the visit especially if travelling into Cooma.

Great place to learn about the Snowy Hydro Scheme. Cafe is also reasonably good. Selection of sweet and savoury items plus coffee for sale.

Great place to learn about one of our biggest engineering marvels. They have two talks one is a 1975 video and the other is a presentation with some fly overs and a more modern video. Cafe has great coffee. And a selection of warm food like sausage roll, pie, quiche and then sandwiches and other snacks. Great cakes.

I never imagine mankind is able to do this. Amaze with the megamoth project benefiting the community with green clean energy for life! Congratulations to all especially the masterminds and designers of this remarkable contribution. I love the video presentation. It is the best way to describe the creation. To the kind gentlemen who introduced us to the video presentation, I appreciate it very much. It just gave us a deeper understanding of the 360 angle. Souvenir shop ranges from affordable to premium. Even the souvenirs came with more information of the Snowy Hydro. Good to bring back home. All the success on Snowy 2.0. I'll be back here with grandkids after Snowy 2.0 completed. Lotsa smiles and warmth from Kuala Lumpur!

I'm so glad i stopped by at Snowy Hydro Centre on my way back to Sydney. You get immersed in the history of how the Grand Snowy hydro projects came to life and the great people behind it.
I was greeted by this lovely lady (she reminds me of this sweet character 'Holly Flax' from the show The Office) who gave me a mini tour and put a short movie in their Immersive theatre about the Snowy project.
Overall I loved it and would highly recommend a visit if you are a Science/Engineering/History enthusiast.

Free Entry.

So interesting, amazing construction and foresight of the government of the day. Enjoyed it a lot. Free entry. On site cafe is delicious and reasonably priced. Great coffee. We even went back on our way home for another coffee.

As a civil engineering student myself learning about the Snowy Hydro was a very fascinating and educational experience. A must visit if you're passing Cooma or on a trip to the snowy mountains!

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the staff who helped make all the coffees for Cooma North Public today! So appreciated as there were a lot of coffees and the little biscuits that came too just hit the spot. Great way for us to start the school year!! 👍👍

We went through on Australia Day. Great little stop. No entry fee. All the staff were lovely. Our kids were provided colouring in pages & pencils. Displays were very interesting.

Very educative for the Snowy Hydro system and development. Stopped here during my trip from Thredbo to Canberra. They have a nice Café and Shop Centre. Enjoy guys!

Such a great place, and open on Sunday’s which was really nice as we went before heading back to Sydney. Super informative and the staff are incredibly helpful and knowledgeable. Theatre experience was especially great.

A good place to get knowledge about the snowy hydro and how it works. Entry is free. You could get a couple of gifts there too. Don't miss the memorial outside on the left hand side when you exit.

Free entry, and has immersive theatre, which plays the video of the history of snowy hydro. And some very old and nice survey instruments.

This is great place to visit. It is open to all. We had good experience with staff. Very welcoming staff. It has cafe and organised sitting areas.

Good thing about this place is it has theatre that you can watch all history and related power generators plants by snow using all natural resources. This place has great small museum of historical and interesting information chats and activities for kids with learning new things.

Very interesting to see how the Snowy River Hydro was made and what they arr planning for the future well worth watching the videos .
Cafe staff very friendly and very helpful.

A must-visit if you're in the area. The audio-video presentation is well-executed with plenty of knowledgeable staff available to answer questions. A well-curated and cleanly presented museum section rounds-out the experience. Highly recommend.

Cafe has good selection of treats with friendly staff. Selection of souvenirs, books and clothing available at the gift shop display. And a great place to learn about the Snowy Hydro Scheme

Informative and fascinating displays.
Short 10-minute video on the Snowyhydro scheme.

Very interesting visit here. A very good and informative (short) guided tour and then a detailed video presentation. Excellent cafe and good choice of souvenirs, as well as some educational toys and models.

Prefect location, open space indoor and outdoor sitting, clean toilet. Me and my son we enjoyed our breakfast and Coffee. Friendly and experienced staff.
Highly recommend. 5 ⭐😊