World of Waterfalls Blog

Jourama Falls was an intriguing multi-tiered waterfall that tumbled over at least five or six visible sections (from what we could tell). We don’t know the cumulative height of this waterfall…

Cedar Creek Falls (sometimes known as just Cedar Falls) was our waterfalling excuse to explore the famously beautiful white sand islands and reefs of the Whitsundays. Unfortunately, this waterfall…

Araluen Falls (sometimes known as Araluen Cascade) was our excuse to break up the long drive between Rockhampton and Airlie Beach along the central coast of Queensland. This was supposed…

Mapleton Falls looked to be a fairly tall and impressive waterfall as it was where Pencil Creek cascaded over 120m into the ancient rainforest below. Unfortunately, as you can see from the photo…

Cameron Falls was a light-flowing waterfall that didn’t seem to have a whole lot of life left in it during our visit to Tamborine Mountain (in the Gold Coast Hinterland) in May 2008. Our visit…

Cedar Creek Falls was a small cascade (maybe 15-20m or so tall) tumbling over a mostly rocky area. From looking at the infrastructure and old paths, it looked like there used to be access…

JC Slaughter Falls was supposed to be one of those rare waterfalls situated within the urban sprawl of a big time city. In this case, that urban city was Brisbane, and with all the people…

Unfortunately, JC Slaughter Falls was bone dry! I knew it was a bad sign when we didn’t hear any water in the neighboring creeks. I guess it wasn’t meant to be despite there being…

Purling Brook Falls (I’ve also seen it spelled as Purlingbrook Falls) was one of those waterfalls that Julie and I anticipated seeing prior to our visit. We knew from the pre-trip research…

The Natural Bridge was an unusual feature of Springbrook National Park in that Cave Creek actually spilled into a hole and emerged from the dark cave within through its opening. The combination of…

Goomoolahra Falls (or Bilborough’s Falls) was one of those look-but-don’t-touch type waterfalls that we took the time to visit as we extended our time in Springbrook National Park after having…

Of all the waterfalls we visited near Killarney in May 2008, Queen Mary Falls was perhaps the most impressive. It consisted of Spring Creek (the very watercourse along which Spring Creek Road was…

Daggs Falls was the second waterfall we visited while driving along the Spring Creek Road (aka the Falls Drive) near the Killarney area. According to the signs here, the Teviott Brook was said…

Browns Falls was a short 10-15m waterfall that was remarkable to us in that it plunged over basalt columns that we could argue were every bit as pronounced as some of the more famous examples…

Minyon Falls was a tall and wispy 100m waterfall in the lush Nightcap National Park near Lismore. We managed to visit this falls while doing a fairly extensive out-and-back half-day trip from Byron…

Protestors Falls was another tall, wispy waterfall in the lush Nightcap National Park near Lismore. We witnessed this fairly light-flowing waterfall in May 2008, which plunged some 25-30m…

Bakers Creek Falls was an unexpected stop for us as a signpost on the Armidale-Dorrigo Road (aka the Waterfall Way or Hwy 78) caught our attention. It was really a series of cascades, but it only…

Julie and I anticipated a visit to Wollomombi Falls considering there had been a fair bit of literature devoted to it as being one of Australia’s tallest single-drop waterfalls at a reported 220m…

Dangar Falls was a waterfall that we didn’t expect to see going into our trip in May 2008. We happened to be aware of its existence only after making a stop at the visitor centre in the nearby…

Ebor Falls seemed to us to be a pair of attractive waterfalls with a gorgeous two-tiered upper falls (see photo above) and a plunging lower tier. This was yet another waterfall in the waterfall-…