Paddys River Falls Situated near Tumbarumba, Paddys River Falls (or Paddy's River Falls) is one of the rare waterfalls that you get to go behind. In fact, this side of the Australian Alps seemed to be hit even harder by the drought than the regions we had visited earlier between Sydney and Canberra during our November 2006 visit. So its fair bit of volume probably says a lot about the size of its drainage or the relative health of the moisture-retaining vegetation surrounding the banks of the watercourse.
The approach we took from Tumut pretty much followed the Snowy Mountains Hwy (Hwy 18) briefly south before getting off onto the Batlow-Tumut Road. We followed this road towards Tumbarumba (the road undergoes a few name changes along the way), and from Tumbarumba, we headed southeast on Williams St. TRIP REPORTSGUIDEBOOKS / OTHER RESOURCESNEARBY WATERFALLSHave You Been To This Waterfall?
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The alcove behind Paddys River Falls is also very extensive and spacious (try not to mind the graffiti on the walls there), which says something about the age of this waterfall (i.e. it's pretty mature since alcoves are characteristic of older waterfalls). We even saw a bench within this alcove. As for the height of the falls, it's said to drop about 15m.
Looking down towards the falls before the descent
Distant look at the falls during the descent
About to go behind the falls
Behind Paddys River Falls
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