It was months long travel for the pale skinned folk before they found the chill belt , and longer still before wisps of campfire smoke were sighted above the snowy trees just as Pohany had predicted . Richvel muttered a prayer to the Accords and nodded to his comrades as they moved forwards , shaggy shorter figures with heavy sacks upon their backs , and long iron spears held high like staffs . Hello ? ! He called out , People of the Snowleaf ? ! We are cousins of yours , man of the far flat mountains ! We come seeking trade and shelter ! Are you there ? !<| sep |> was surrendered by NSW in 1915 to the Government so the ACT could have access to the see , and when the ACT reached selfgovernment in 1989 , it was released , and is now administered by the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development , although it ' s subject to the laws of the ACT , it is also policed by the AFP , and the only role NSW has in it is Fire , Community Health and Shoalhaven City Council does the council stuff . It is surrounded by NSW , but is NOT in NSW .