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Josephine Falls

Mt Bartle-Frere / Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia

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Josephine Falls was a multi-tiered cascade that seemed to be more of a swimming hole and waterslide than it was a waterfall attraction with scenic allure. Given the heat and humidity of the tropical northern coast of Queensland, it wasn’t hard to see why this place was popular to cool off. But despite its popularity, it certainly contained hazards from strong undercurrents as well as sudden flash floods. We didn’t necessarily need to contend with these hazards because Julie and I didn’t have any intention of going in the water, but it was certainly understandable why we would have to know before go to minimize the likelihood of a fatal accident.

Speaking of accidents, Julie and I remembered this waterfall well for an entirely different reason. It was during an attempt to try to improve the view of the falls from one of the lower vantage points did I manage to slip on a loose, slippery rock and fell. There was no injury from this little mishap, but I did happened to break off a leg of our travel tripod. The moral of the story here was to be careful around the water for you never know when mishaps like these might occur.

We went on a short 1.2km return walk (600m each way) that took Julie and I about an hour at a very leisurely pace. The walk was well-signed and easy to follow. Once we got to near the falls, there were at least two or three lookout platforms that went progressively higher up the Josephine Creek. We showed up at the falls around 10am, which turned out to be not a good time for photographs as we were looking somewhat against the sun at the falls while the morning shadows made our photos either washed out or too dark.

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