Wallaman Falls
The Wallaman Falls, a cascade and horsetail waterfall on Stony Creek, is situated in the Wet Tropics, an area of northern Queensland, Australia, that has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The waterfall is famous for its 268 meter main drop, making it the largest single-drop waterfall in the nation. The waterfall's bottom pool is 20 meters deep. Annual waterfall attendance is thought to be 100,000.
The formation's geological history dates back around 50 million years, when contemporary landforms were produced in the area by the uplift of the continental margin. The Herbert River, which had been flowing west, started to slash through the landscape on its way to the Coral Sea. At a rate of 40 centimeters (16 in) per hundred years, the gorge created by this erosive process progressively receded inland following the Herbert River's path. This movement finally left the river's tributaries suspended, creating their own gorges.
It was pretty simple for us to appreciate the falls and catch a few rainbows in excellent weather because they could be seen from a variety of locations across the gorge at the top and from their misty base (after the Djyinda Walk through some of the oldest rainforest in the world).
Location: Girringun (Lumholtz) National Park, Queensland, Australia
