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Dangar Falls is a classic block type waterfall plunging 30m over a basalt wall.
Unlike our experience with the similarly named Dangarsleigh Falls (also called Dangar Falls for short) near Armidale, at least this one (situated near Dorrigo) was gushing and even produced rainbows when seen near its base. We were able to see the falls from the upper overlook right next to the car park, but we were also able to take a shadowy path that initially descends gently away from the waterfall into the gorge before switching back and going right towards the front of the falls. And from down here, it can definitely get misty, but we didn't need a poncho.
The faint columns in its underlying bedrock indeed hints at the area's volcanic origins. Such features seem to be fairly common amongst many of Australia's waterfalls, we've noticed (see Browns Falls and Trentham Falls among others).
Not that this has to do anything with you, but Julie and I remember this waterfall in a rather infamous way. Basically what happened was that we were picnicking near the car park when an insect that looked just like a leaf showed up and disrupted our lunch. As we were fumbling around trying to take macro photographs of it, we managed to drop Julie's Sony Cyber-shot and broke it (she still blames me for this mishap). So if you've noticed there's no movie of this waterfall (a real shame in this case), this is the reason why. It wasn't until we were up at Byron Bay a few days later did we finally have a replacement.
Directions: Dangar Falls is about 2km north of the Dorrigo town centre. I think we headed left the Waterfall Way at Myrtle Street and headed north to the falls (the street changes names a couple of times en route [e.g. Vine St and Corambie Rd]). The car park is on the right.
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