Dinner Falls Dinner Falls is an unusual set of cascades and waterfalls set in the Mt Hypipamee National Park on the northwestern outskirts of the Atherton Tablelands. Sharing this park is another eccentric attraction - the Hypipamee Crater, which is a 138m vertical crater that drops right into a stale-looking but eerily scenic concentrated green lake. The falls consists of three main sections. The uppermost section (the one pictured above) has the most unusual shape as it appears triangular from the viewing area. The middle section is a segmented waterfall (at least when we saw it) of three parallel cascades. The lower section is another tumbling cascade, but it's hard to get a decent photo of it as the falls continues to tumble well past the viewing area and towards the forested stream below. A well-constructed path makes a circuit past all sections of the falls as well as link with the out-and-back trail to the platform overlooking the crater. When we were there, there was a sign warning about a cassowary sighting. Even though we didn't see the bird, apparently they're known to be very aggressive and attack people despite their endangered status. Cassowaries are pretty big flightless birds with an interesting-looking fin-like shape on its head. Tell us about your experience with this waterfall. [Back to top] [Go to previous waterfall: Malanda Falls] [Go to next waterfall: Nandroya Falls] [Go to the Queensland Waterfalls Page] [Go to the Australia Page] [Return from Dinner Falls to the World of Waterfalls Home Page]
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The segmented middle section cascades
Sideways view of the lower section of the falls
Hypipamee Crater