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Fortescue Falls
Fortescue Falls is a rare year-round waterfall in Dales Gorge in Karijini National Park. It tumbles some 20m over a series of red rock steps into a deep plunge pool at its base. This pool is one of the most popular swimming holes in Karijini National Park.
Location: off Banjima Drive, Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA


Handrail Pool Falls, Weano Gorge
Weano Gorge is one of the three gorges which meet below the Junction Pool lookout. A short walk down steps and along the floor of Weano Gorge brings you to the stunning Handrail Falls and Pool, which is great for swimming.

Location: Weano Gorge, Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA


Joffre Falls
The 100 metre high Joffre Falls is at the head of Joffre Gorge in the Pilbara region's Hamersley Range. A short track runs from the carpark to the lookout overlooking the falls, which are often dry, and the plunge pool at their base. Downstream of the waterfall at the bottom of this picturesque gorge is the first pool. (3 kilometres, 3-hour return walk.) From Joffre Lookout, the unusual curved wall which forms a natural amphitheatre is visible. The fails is particularly spectacular after a rain when water cascades down its face.
Location: Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA


Knox Gorge Slide
The slide is in fact a waterfall which drops around 8 metre through a rock chute down which visitors can slide before being launched into a free-fall for another 4 metres into a deep, cliff-ringed pool.
Location: Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA

Python Pool Falls
The Chichester Ranges in WA's Pilbara region are a series of low hills and mesas that dip gently into the Fortescue Valley to the south. Before climbing Mt. Herbert in the Chichester Range, the road from Roebourne to Tom Price passes by Python Pool, a perennial waterhole at the base of towering rocks and overhanging gum trees to the south-east of Mt. Herbert. A waterfall flows over the rocks during the wet season.
Location: Chichester Ranges, Pilbara region, WA


Kalamina Falls
A small seasonal waterfall sitting at the head of the Kalamina Gorge in Karijini National Park. The falls itself is a 5-minute walk from the car park. There is an attractive Rock Arch pool at the end of the walk along the base of the gorge (3km return).
Location: Kalamina Gorge, Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA


Fern Pool
Fern Pool near Dales Gorge is considered by many as the hidden jewel of Karijini. One of the most beautiful swimming holes in Karijini, the pool is fed by a small waterfall.
Location: Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA


The Chute, Hancock Gorge
This is one of a number of narrow rock chutes in the gorges of Karijini National Park, however it is one of the few that is considered safe enough to traverse. The Chute drops about 35 metres down through some of the oldest rocks in the world, cascading into Regans Pool. Guided tours use a safety line to provide each participant with cowtails to secure themselves as they traverse about 20 metres above the pool. Care is needed here since the much-used footholds can be wet and slippery.
This pool is named after a volunteer rescue team member, Jim Regan, who was swept to his death in the Chute by a flash flood that occurred while he was participating in a rescue in Hancock Gorge.
Location: Karijini National Park, near Tom Price, WA

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