Guide Falls (North West, Tasmania, Australia)

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Guide Falls

Guide Falls is Ridgley's premiere attraction.

With its two-tiered wall of water, this was one of the more impressive Tasmanian waterfalls we saw in this part of the island, and is certainly worth a visit during our visit to the Burnie area (or anywhere in the vicinity of the north west of the state). We noticed that this waterfall was quite popular with locals and tourists alike and the infrastructure built here (e.g. big car park, picnic area, developed track and lookouts) was definitely indicative of its popularity.

We were able to see the falls from various angles at its top as well as its base. An overlook platform made it pretty easy to see the falls from the top. But from the base, we were able to do a little bit of a walk where there were wildflowers blooming near the base of the falls. There was also a smaller cascade further downstream.

Moreover, there was a longer walking track from a different car park that follows the watercourse downstream from the falls as well as an Alpaca (similar to a llama and taller than a sheep) Park nearby though we didn't prolong our stay enough to include these.

Directions: From Burnie, we followed the Bass Hwy to its intersection with Mount St. Going south on Mount St, it eventually joined with Mount Rd/Ridgley Hwy (B18). We followed this road into the town of Ridgley where just past town we turned right onto West Ridgley Rd (signs indicate to turn here for Guide Falls and Alpaca Park).

All in all, it's about 15km from Burnie.

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Me approaching the falls

Looking down at the profile of the main tier of the falls

View from the base of the waterfall with lots of wildflowers

Closer look at the base of Guide Falls

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For more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.

November 27, 2006

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