Little Millstream Falls

Atherton Tableland / Far North, Queensland, Australia

About Little Millstream Falls


Hiking Distance: 800m round trip (to plunge pool)
Suggested Time: 30 minutes

Date first visited: 2008-05-18
Date last visited: 2022-06-30

Waterfall Latitude: -17.62354
Waterfall Longitude: 145.47806

Waterfall Safety and Common Sense

Little Millstream Falls seemed to be a convergence of a handful of cascading waterfalls on The Millstream watercourse.

Unlike its larger namesake further down The Millstream, there wasn’t much in the way of signage nor fanfare concerning this waterfall.

Little_Millstream_Falls_015_05172008 - Little Millstream Falls
Little Millstream Falls

As you can see from the photo above that this lack of notoriety largely has to do with its fairly underwhelming appearance as nothing more than a disjoint series of smaller waterfalls.

In fact, I’d argue that this waterfall is really more of a swimming hole as opposed to a waterfall attraction.

In any case, from the Little Millstream car park (see directions below), I took a track that gently descended towards the large plunge pool at the base of the Little Millstream Falls.

Along the way, I was afforded contextual views of the waterfall itself, and I’d argue that this was where you get the most satisfying views of the falls.

Little_Millstream_Falls_043_06292022 - Context of the trail leading down to the Little Millstream Falls with a hint of the waterfall itself seen through the foliage
Context of the trail leading down to the Little Millstream Falls with a hint of the waterfall itself seen through the foliage

The trail eventually curled towards the waterfall before making a brief switchback as it descended towards the plunge pool.

Aside from a partial close-up view of part of the Little Millstream Falls, the trail pretty much degenerates into a bit of a muddy and slippery rocky scramble at the end.

Once along the shores of The Millstream at the large plunge pool, I’d have to scramble even further downstream in order to get a more satisfying frontal look at the waterfalls.

But other than that, this spot is really more suited for swimming as opposed to taking pictures.

Little_Millstream_Falls_009_05172008 - This was as close to the Little Millstream Falls as I was willing to go
This was as close to the Little Millstream Falls as I was willing to go

Overall, this visit should take no more than a half-hour covering roughly 800m round-trip.

Authorities

Little Millstream Falls resides in the Atherton Tablelands Region near Millaa Millaa, Queensland. It is administered by the Tablelands Regional Council. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, visit their website or Facebook page.

Little_Millstream_Falls_002_06292022 - Looking across some of the parking spaces as well as signage at the car park for Little Millstream Falls on my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_008_06292022 - Looking downstream at The Millstream from the start of the track leading down to the Little Millstream Falls
Little_Millstream_Falls_010_06292022 - Starting to get my first glimpses of the Little Millstream Falls from the trail to its plunge pool during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_012_06292022 - This was probably the best view that I'd be able to get of the Little Millstream Falls during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_013_06292022 - More zoomed in look at the Little Millstream Falls from the trail during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_017_06292022 - Context of the trail and plunge pool as it continued further towards the base of the Little Millstream Falls as seen on my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_020_06292022 - Looking back in the other direction downstream towards the plunge pool and the scenery beyond from further down the trail to the plunge pool before Little Millstream Falls on my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_022_06292022 - Partial view of Little Millstream Falls as I got pretty close to the plunge pool during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_026_06292022 - Looking down at the muddy and very slippery rocky scramble at the bottom of the trail near the plunge pool before Little Millstream Falls during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_027_06292022 - Looking towards the plunge pool before Little Millstream Falls from the end of the official trail during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_029_06292022 - Looking back up at the slippery and muddy rocky part of the end of the trail by the Little Millstream Falls during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_030_06292022 - Looking upstream at a level but partial view of the Little Millstream Falls from the banks of its plunge pool during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_034_06292022 - Closer look at the slippery and muddy section of the very end of the maintained part of the Little Millstream Falls Trail as seen during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_035_06292022 - Starting to head back up after having had my fill of the bottom of the Little Millstream Falls during my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_037_06292022 - Noticing some interesting boulders and cliffs on the gradual climb back up to the car park after starting to leave the Little Millstream Falls on my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_039_06292022 - Continuing the climb back up to the car park for Little Millstream Falls on my late June 2022 visit
Little_Millstream_Falls_004_05172008 - Looking down towards the Little Millstream Falls as I was walking along the track towards its base during a visit in May 2008
Little_Millstream_Falls_013_05172008 - Last contextual look at the Little Millstream Falls as I returned to the car park in May 2008


For the purposes of this write-up, I’ll start the driving directions from Ravenshoe, which was about 25km southwest of Millaa Millaa along a combination of the Palmerston Hwy and Kennedy Hwy.

From the Kennedy Hwy (Hwy 1) at Ravenshoe (that’s “ravens hoe” not “raven shoe”), we turned left (south) onto Tully Falls Rd then continued for about 500m.

Little_Millstream_Falls_004_iPhone_06302022 - On the pretty beat up access road leading to the car park for Little Millstream Falls in Millstream Falls National Park
On the pretty beat up access road leading to the car park for Little Millstream Falls in Millstream Falls National Park

Then, we turned right onto Wooroora Rd, where we then followed this road for the next 1.5km to the turnoff on our right for Millstream Falls National Park.

From there, we followed the signs to the car park and trailhead though the access road was a bit rutted and beat up (causing a passenger car to easily bottom out as of my latest visit in late June 2022).

Alternatively, it was about 28km between Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe along the combination of Hwy 25 (Millaa Millaa-Malanda Rd and East Evenlyn Rd) and Hwy 1 (Kennedy Hwy).

Going this latter route, we saw an impressive wind farm that I believe is called the Atherton Wind Farm.

Little_Millstream_Falls_004_06292022 - Context of the car park for the Little Millstream Falls
Context of the car park for the Little Millstream Falls

For additional geographical context, Ravenshoe was 85km (over an hour drive) west of Innisfail and 118km (2 hours drive) south of Cairns.

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Brief video showing the falls from an impromptu view on the way down to the big plunge pool


Partial view of the falls from the end of the maintained part of the trail


Brief sweep showing first clean look at the falls from the trail before zooming in and trying to get the camera to focus on it

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