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JC Slaughter Falls is one of those rare waterfalls situated within the urban sprawl a city. In this case, that urban city is Brisbane. We happened to be there on Mother's Day Weekend so the Mt Coot-tha Reserve (in which the falls resides) was very busy. With all the people around, we would've never guessed that the falls would be dry, but that was precisely the way we saw it. I understand that the city had gone through some water restrictions due to drought so apparently the area didn't fully bounce back from the flooding and heavy rains from the recent Summer (we were there in May 2008). I guess it's either that or the falls only flows after very heavy rains.
Directions: From the Brisbane CBD, we took Milton Rd (Route 32) west following it until it junctioned with both the Hwy 5 (Western Fwy) and the Mt Coot-tha Rd on the right. Turning right onto Mt Coot-tha Rd, we then drove about 1.4km (eventually becoming Sir Samuel Griffith Dr).
I don't remember if we parked here or not, but according to my GPS tracks, we made a left onto a road eventually stopping at its end where the track to the falls started.
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Cedar Creek Falls Jan 2008
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