Dinner Falls
| Dinner Falls | |
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 Dinner Falls, at Mount Hypipamee near Herberton, circa 1935. | |
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| Location | Far North Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 17°25′59″S 145°29′00″E / 17.43306°S 145.48333°E[1][2] |
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| Number of drops | 3 |
| Watercourse | Barron River |
The Dinner Falls is a mix of three waterfalls that display plunge, segmented and cascade characteristics on the upper Barron River located in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia.
Location and features
[edit]The waterfall is located approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Atherton on the Atherton Tableland near the Mount Hypipamee Crater in the Mount Hypipamee National Park.[3] The bottommost of the waterfall series is a long cascade fall; the middle section of the falls is a trio of segmented drops; while the uppermost section of the falls has a triangular shape as it plunges off the tableland plateau.[4]
Access to the falls is via a walking track.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Dinner Falls (QLD)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ "Dinner Falls (entry 10150)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Things to Do Dinner Falls Circuit". Wet Tropics Management Authority. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
- ^ "Dinner Falls". World of Waterfalls. Johnny T. Cheng. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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