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Destinations: WATERFALLS - ATHERTON TABLELAND, QLD

Malanda Falls
The pool at the foot of the falls is a great place for a swim. There are picnic facilities on its banks and the Malanda Environmental Information Centre is close by.
Location: at the northern end of the town of Malanda near the Duncan Brown Bridge.


Millaa Millaa Falls
Millaa Millaa is the first of three magnificent falls on the Millaa Millaa Waterfall Circuit, all are within short distance of each other. Millaa Millaa falls has probably the prettiest setting of any falls in Australia, and one of the most photographed images in the Wet Tropics. It has excellent barbecue and picnic facilities.
Location: Millaa Millaa Waterfall Circuit, Millaa Millaa


Zillee Falls
One of the three magnificent falls on the Millaa Millaa Waterfall Circuit, all are within short distance of each other. A short walk takes you through rainforest  to the viewing area near the top of the falls.
Location: Millaa Millaa Waterfall Circuit, Millaa Millaa


Ellinjaa Falls
One of the three magnificent falls on the Millaa Millaa Waterfall Circuit, all are within short distance of each other. One of the best falls in the Atherton Tableland for swimming, with a lagoon style water basin that gradually moves from shallow to deeper. There is also a ledge behind the falls allowing swimmers to be immersed by the waterfall.
Location: Millaa Millaa Waterfall Circuit, Millaa Millaa


Tchupala Falls
Tchupala Falls is part of a network of walks in the Palmerston section of Wooroonooran National Park.
Tchupala Falls is just a pleasant stroll down from the track head. Cascading over two major falls, they can be viewed from above at the lookout, or you can walk down a set of concrete stairs to view the lower falls
Location: Wooroonooran National Park (Palmerston section) is situated on the Palmerston Highway, midway between Innisfail and Millaa Millaa (63 kilometres).

Wallicher Falls
Part of a network of walks in the Palmerston section of Wooroonooran National Park. It can be walked separately or as part of a longer walk from Henrietta Creek to Tchupala Falls Track head and possibly on to Crawfords Lookout and the North Johnstone River. Wooroonooran National Park is an integral part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area.
Location: Wooroonooran National Park (Palmerston section) is situated on the Palmerston Highway, midway between Innisfail and Millaa Millaa (63 kilometres).


Dinner Falls
This series of rapids and falls are in Mount Hypipamee National Park, the only park that protects high altitude rainforest. Mount Hypipamee is the cone of an extinct volcano which has a lake in it. Dinner Falls, on the Barron River, are nearby and are passed on the path to the crater lake.
Location: 30km from Atherton on the Kennedy Highway


Souita Falls
Another of the lesser known waterfalls of the Tablelands, Souita is in fact two cascades/falls. These falls are not easy to find, which would explain why few people go here.
Location: off Old Palmerston Highway between Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe and turnoff on Middlebrook Road.

Davies Creek Falls
Situated in Davies Creek National Park, Davies Creek cascades over huge granite boulders as it flows through eucalypt woodland from its source in the Lamb Range. Walk to lookouts above Davies Creek Falls, two kilometres beyond the campground.
Location: Davies Creek National Park, Mareeba


Emerald Creek Falls
Emerald Creek passes over a series of cascading waterfalls over granite boulders at the falls. A walking track takes you alongside the creek to the numerous falls and lagoons, up to the lookout with views of the valley towards Mareeba. The site is an ideal picnic spot and has several great swimming holes.
Location: Cobra Road, Mareeba


Mungalli Falls
At 90 metres, Mungalli Falls is the highest waterfall on the Tablelands. It is a 15 minute walk from the top of the falls to the bottom. There are swimming holes above and below the falls.
Location: 1
3km from Millaa Millaa along the Palmerston Highway


Pepina Falls
One of the more obscure waterfalls in the Atherton Tablelands area east of Ravenshoe. The track down to the base of the 5 metre falls is short, but quite steep and overgrown. Location: off the Old Palmerston Highway between Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe.


Millstream Falls
Millstream Falls National Park is on the western edge of the World Heritage Area. These are the widest falls in Australia, spilling over an old basalt lava flow
across the river, resulting in a wide single drop waterfall. A 400m path leads down to the base of the falls. This park was the site of an army camp during World War II and many former soldiers make nostalgic visits to remember those times.
Location: 3km from Ravenshoe off Wooroora Road at Millstream Falls National Park


Barron Falls
The town of Kuranda is at the top of Barron Gorge; Barron Falls is a little further down. The best known view of the Barron Falls is from above the Barron Falls railway station on the Cairns Kuranda railway. The view can also be reached by car or foot from Kuranda, and has been the premier vantage point for over a century. There are also views of the gorge from the Skyrail. The once mighty flow is today diverted for hydroelectricity, so now the full Falls are only seen in flow during the extreme wet season, as pictured above. In such a flow, the water tumbles over 260 meters to the river below.
Location: Barron Falls Road, south of Kuranda.


Nandroya Falls
The 6.6 kilometre Nandroya Falls Circuit begins to the west of the Henrietta Creek camping area. You can either cross the creek or walk along the highway and across the bridge to reach the track head. About 500m before the Nandroya Falls are the Silver Creek Falls. 
Location: Wooroonooran National Park (Palmerston section) is situated on the Palmerston Highway, midway between Innisfail and Millaa Millaa (63 kilometres).

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