Araluen Falls

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…

Cedar Creek Falls

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…

Mapleton Falls

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…

JC Slaughter Falls

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…

Cedar Creek Falls

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…

Cameron Falls

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…

Goomoolahra Falls

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…

Natural Bridge

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…

Purling Brook Falls

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…

Queen Mary Falls

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…

Browns Falls

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…

Daggs Falls

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…