From the well-signed car park, a short downhill walk takes you alongside the upper tiers of the falls to a viewing platform. From here, you get a direct view of the main upper parts of the falls as well as a nice panoramic downstream look towards the rest of the foothills and valleys. The waterfall actually continues to cascade and tumble below the platform, but those sections are difficult to photograph without off-trail scrambling, which is strongly discouraged.

From looking at our GPS records, the key is to get to Tidbinbilla Road (Road 5). The turnoff for Gibraltar Falls is off of this road. And whether you get there from the west via Bullen Range Nature Reserve or from the east via Point Hutt (that's the way we went), the road loops on the southwest outskirts of Canberra.

Our route from Canberra CBD took us south on Monaro Hwy exiting at Tharwa Drive. We followed this road to Drakeford Drive, hanging a right, and then shortly thereafter turning left onto Woodcock Drive. We then turned right onto Jim Pike Ave and eventually merging onto Point Hut Road. And as we headed west, Point Hut Road eventually merged into Tidbinbilla Road.