World of Waterfalls Blog

Kipu Falls is a tiny but very popular waterfall that is known more as a swimming hole rather than a scenic falls. It probably tumbles about 15ft over some slippery rocks (I saw a guy…

Hoopii Falls (or Ho’opi’i Falls) are a pair of waterfalls hidden in a residential area with lots of ‘No Trespassing’ signs in the Kapa’a Homesteads of Kaua’i.

There are many other Kauai Helicopter waterfalls (all of which are publicly inaccessible) found on an aerial tour of the island. When you couple these waterfalls with an aerial view…

This itinerary covers our second trip to Australia six months after our first trip. This time, however, we focused on the Southeastern part of the country spanning the states of New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory (or ACT), South Australia, and Tasmania…

Russell Falls are two photo-friendly block waterfalls accessed by well-developed tracks that also include Horseshoe Falls as well as tall trees in Mt Field NP.

Horsetail Falls is a waterfall easily seen immediately after rain on the Lyell Highway just east of Queenstown in Tasmania with a new walkway to get closer.

Nelson Falls is a 30m waterfall shaped like an inverted wine glass in high flow reached by a 700m rainforest walk near the edge of the Tasmanian Wilderness.

Victoria Valley Falls (or just Victoria Falls) was kind of an unfortunate follow up act to Nelson Falls as Julie and I were driving from Queenstown in the west towards Hobart out east…

Lady Barron Falls is a small cascading waterfall that was reached on a track away from the commotion at the popular Russell Falls in Mt Field National Park.

Upon closer inspection of the sign, someone marked “Mordor” next to Queenstown. This piqued our interest to see what exactly the perpetrating jokester was talking about…

Montezuma Falls is a 104m year-round waterfall making it the highest such waterfall in Tasmania. It’s reached by a 3-hour return hike along an old tramway.

Hogarth Falls is a 15-20m waterfall on Botanical Creek within the People’s Park in the coastal Tasmanian town of Strahan accessed by a flat 2.5km return track.

Preston Falls is a 25m waterfall on Preston Creek with a lookout accessed by a short 120m track in a blackwood forest near the Gunns Plains and Ulverstone.

Oldaker Falls is an urban waterfall inside a city park within the coastal Northern Tasmanian city of Burnie. We accessed this falls on a short 250-300m path.

Guide Falls is a 25-35m block waterfall on the Guide River with lookouts both above and below the basalt wall easily reached on a 50-320m track near Ridgley.

Waratah Falls is the feature waterfall in the town of Waratah (formerly Mt Bischoff) with a history of industrial use reached by an overlook or a short walk.

Pencil Pine Falls and Knyvet Falls are each 10m waterfalls in Cradle Mountain National Park accessed by a short 1.2km return walk from the Cradle Mtn Lodge.

Crater Falls is a series of cascades each around 5-10m tall reached on a wildlife-rich 3.6km track from Ronny Creek to Crater Lake in Cradle Mountain NP.

I was anxious to see these endangered creatures as was Julie. Both of us knew they would look nothing like the WB’s whirling dervish Tasmanian Devil…

Champagne Falls and Bridal Veil Falls are waterfalls 15m and 20m tall, respectively, reached by a 2.5-hour loop track at the Lemonthyme Wilderness Retreat.