Archives: Waterfalls
Woolshed Falls
Woolshed Falls was a cascading waterfall over a granite surface that gave it an interesting multi-tiered characteristic. While the falls itself was attractive and reason alone to make a visit…
Newtown Falls
Newtown Falls was an unexpected waterfall attraction as it sat relatively hidden in the historic mining town of Beechworth. I noticed that in some of the literature out there, this waterfall may…
Tuross Falls
Tuross Falls surprised Julie and I with its resiliency considering that almost everything about our visit here suggested that the falls should have succumbed to the big drought that affected…
Gibraltar Falls
Gibraltar Falls was memorable to both Julie and I because it was the lone publicly accessible significant waterfall in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) that we were aware of. In fact…
Fitzroy Falls
Fitzroy Falls dazzled Julie and I with its impressive flow (despite the drought during our November 2006 trip to Southeastern Australia) and dramatic cliffside free-fall, which we were able to…
Minnamurra Falls
Minnamurra Falls was an impressive two-tiered waterfall nestled deep in a serene rainforest just a few minutes inland from Kiama (which itself seemed to be known for some pretty active and…
Carrington Falls
Carrington Falls surprised Julie and I with its impressive flow, especially considering our November 2006 trip to Southeastern Australia was in the midst of a severe drought. It was certainly the…
Belmore Falls
Belmore Falls left Julie and I ooh-ing and ahh-ing as we were totally taken off guard with its majestic two-tiered plunge. During our drought-stricken November 2006 visit to Southeastern Australia…
Twin Falls
This Twin Falls sat in Morton National Park, and we were able to visit it after about 600m of walking past the Jersey Lookout of Fitzroy Falls. As the name suggested, the falls consisted…
Wentworth Falls
Wentworth Falls was perhaps the most scenic waterfall in the Blue Mountains. It was certainly our favorite waterfall in this region though admittedly our sampling of waterfalls here was quite…
Katoomba Falls
Katoomba Falls was a gorgeously situated waterfall that Julie and I thought was up there with Wentworth Falls as the most scenic waterfall of the Blue Mountains. When we first saw this falls in…
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. We were actually alerted to this waterfall after having…
Bridal Veil Falls (Govett’s Leap)
Bridal Veil Falls…in this particular case, we’re talking about a wispy, light-flowing, cliff-diving waterfall that may also be known as Govett’s Leap. Given its light-flowing nature when we saw it..
Kalang Falls
Kalang Falls was our waterfalling excuse to go all the way to the Kanangra Walls deep into the southwest side of the famed Blue Mountains. According to our pre-trip research, we were expecting…
Upper Calf Creek Falls
Upper Calf Creek Falls is a little known 88ft waterfall that exist upstream from the wildly popular Lower Calf Creek Falls. The big reason why this waterfall is hidden in obscurity is…
Hovea Falls and National Park Falls
Hovea Falls and National Park Falls were the two main waterfall attractions in the John Forrest National Park in the eastern suburbs of Perth. Hovea Falls was a sliding type waterfall…
Fernhook Falls
Fernhook Falls was supposed to be a very wide waterfall, which you might get a sense of from looking at the span of the road bridge in the photos on this page. Instead, we were only able to see…
Beedelup Falls
Beedelup Falls was perhaps the one waterfall in the southwest of Australia where we saw somewhat satisfactory flow during our June 2006 visit to the area. Perhaps the main reason for its revival…
Lane-Poole Falls
When Julie and I think of Lane-Poole Falls, what comes to mind was a very relaxing experience punctuated with tall karri trees, a relatively easy hike, and a pleasant 10m waterfall at the end of…
Quinninup Falls
Quinninup Falls was an ocean-facing 10m waterfall tumbling onto a sandy beach near the Cape-to-Cape Trail in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park. As you can see from the photos on this page…