About Dangar Falls
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 town of Dorrigo. Nonetheless, Julie and I were certainly glad to have made the visit because we were treated to a classic block type waterfall said to be plunging 30m over a basalt wall. This waterfall should not be confused with the similarly named Dangarsleigh Falls (also called Dangars Falls for short) near Armidale, where that one was dry during our visit despite it being taller. At least the one pictured above was gushing, which further reinforced to us the variability of the quantity of water captured in the drainages of the New England area during our trip.
From the car park and picnic area (see directions), we first went right to the upper overlook which was merely a few paces away. It was from this vantage point that yielded the photo you see at the top of this page, and you might be able to tell that we could also see a smaller upper tier further upstream that didn’t appear to be accessible given the infrastructure in place already.
Then, when we walked along the gorge rim away from the waterfall, we encountered a shadowy path that descended in the same direction before switching back and going right towards the front of the falls. As we got closer to the falls, it definitely got a little misty, but we didn’t need a rain poncho. Nevertheless, there was enough mist to refract the late morning light and produce some rainbows at the very base of the waterfall, which further attested to the healthy volume that the Beilsdown River was getting.
Julie and I also noticed some faint basalt-like columns in its underlying bedrock, which hinted at the area’s volcanic origins while also providing the means that gave rise to the waterfall itself. In fact, such features seem to be fairly common amongst many of Australia’s waterfalls (e.g. Browns Falls, Trentham Falls, and Ebor Falls, among others).
Finally, Julie and I remember Dangar Falls in a rather infamous way. Basically what happened was that we were picnicking near the car park when an insect that looked just like a leaf showed up and disrupted our lunch. As we were fumbling around trying to take macro photographs of it, somehow we managed to drop Julie’s Sony Cyber-shot
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