Archives: Waterfalls
Newtown Falls
Newtown Falls tumbled on Spring Creek beneath the Newtown Bridge in the historic mining town of Beechworth, easily viewable from a lookout near the bridge.
Tuross Falls
Tuross Falls is a remote 35m waterfall accessed by an unsealed drive followed by a two-hour walking track to a lookout in Wadbilliga National Park near Cooma.
Gibraltar Falls
Gibraltar Falls is a tall cascading waterfall accessed by a short track to a lookout in Namadgi National Park near Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory.
Fitzroy Falls
Fitzroy Falls is waterfall on Yarrunga Creek leaping 80m plunge off an escarpment viewed from lookouts on a short walking track in Morton National Park.
Minnamurra Falls
Minnamurra Falls is a pair of waterfalls with the upper falls being accessible via a 1-2-hour well-marked loop track in Budderoo National Park near Kiama.
Carrington Falls
Carrington Falls is a 50m plunge waterfall draining the Illawarra Highlands into the Kangaroo River accessed by short walks to lookouts and picnic areas.
Belmore Falls
Belmore Falls is a 100m pair of plunge waterfalls on Barrengarry Creek in the Illawarra experienced by from a distance by short walks to a couple lookouts.
Twin Falls
Twin Falls is a pair of waterfalls best seen after rain from a lookout along the walking track beyond the Fitzroy Falls Lookouts in Morton National Park.
Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls may be the most scenic waterfall in Australia’s Blue Mountains near the town by the same name. It is accessed by a short 200m panoramic walk.
Katoomba Falls
Katoomba Falls is waterfall with views from easily-accessed lookouts and the Katoomba Scenic Skyway near Echo Point and the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains.
Gordon Falls
Gordon Falls was an unexpected waterfall stop as Julie and I took the scenic route along Cliff Drive from Echo Point to the town of Leura best seen after rain.
Bridal Veil Falls (Govett’s Leap)
Bridal Veil Falls is a tall and light-flowing seasonal plunge waterfall at the panoramic Govett’s Leap Lookout in the scenic Blue Mountains near Blackheath.
Kalang Falls
Kalang Falls is a seasonal waterfall in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park in a remote part of the Blue Mountains, which is accessed by a 60-minute return walk.
Upper Calf Creek Falls
Upper Calf Creek Falls is a lesser known 88ft waterfall sitting upstream from the wildly popular Lower Calf Creek Falls in Grand Staircase National Monument.
Hovea Falls and National Park Falls
Hovea Falls and National Park Falls were the two main seasonal waterfall attractions in the John Forrest National Park in the eastern suburbs of Perth.
Fernhook Falls
Fernhook Falls can be a very wide waterfall on the Deep River spanned by a road bridge in a forest sprinkled with karri trees in the Walpole Wilderness Area.
Beedelup Falls
Beedelup Falls is a 10m waterfall accessed on a short 300m loop walk that included a suspension bridge and tall karri trees near the town of Pemberton, WA.
Lane-Poole Falls
Lane-Poole Falls is a short waterfall at the end of a pleasant bush walk involving a grove of large karri trees including the Boorara Tree in Northcliffe, WA.
Quinninup Falls
Quinninup Falls is an ocean-facing 10m waterfall tumbling onto a sandy beach near the Cape-to-Cape Trail in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park in WA.
Lesmurdie Falls
Lesmurdie Falls is probably the nearest waterfall to the city of Perth that we encountered in WA. It’s seasonal with views back towards the city from its top.