Minyon Falls

Minyon Falls is a tall, wispy 100m waterfall in the lush Nightcap National Park near Lismore.

We kind of went a bit out of the way from Byron Bay to see this waterfall, but from seeing photos from the literature, I guess we should count our blessings that we actually got to see this waterfall flow (albeit rather weakly). The key was that during the Wet Season in the tropical part of

We managed to see Minyon Falls from two different vantage points - both reachable from separate car parks and drives.

The main car park was the first option we exercised, and it took us to a platform at the very top of the falls. From up here, we got a glimpse of not only the upper reaches of the falls, but we also got a scenic panorama looking over and beyond the falls as well.

According to the signs, there was a pretty involved 4.5km (3 hours) hike each way leading to the base of the falls. And given how much driving we had to do on our visit to even get here, we opted to skip that walk (though we normally value experiencing waterfalls from the base).

Fortunately for us, the other vantage point allowed us a full-on view of the waterfall from an area known as Minyon Grass. But in order to even see Minyon Falls from this distance, it had better be flowing fairly well.

Admittedly, the directions to the falls I've given seem a bit convulted, and we actually had the aid of Garmin City Navigator Australia loaded on a laptop and hooked up to a GPS for navigation.

Maybe there's a better way that we took, or the signs were obvious enough to find Minyon Falls. I can't say for sure.

Once we were in Nightcap National Park, we reached a T-intersection with a signpost. We first took the fork on the right, which eventually led to a small car park area with a short walk leading to the lookout platform right at the top of the falls. The fork on the left led to Minyon Grass where there's a lookout platform near the car park of the entire waterfall from the frontside.

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The lookout platform at the top of the falls

Julie checks out Minyon Falls from a lookout near Minyon Grass

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