Dinner Falls

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Dinner Falls
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Dinner Falls, at Mount Hypipamee near Herberton, circa 1935.
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Dinner Falls
Location Far North Queensland, Australia
Coordinates 17°25′59″S145°29′00″E / 17.43306°S 145.48333°E / -17.43306; 145.48333 [1] [2]
Type
Number of drops3
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.

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Location and features

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

References

  1. ↑ "Dinner Falls (QLD)". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  2. ↑ "Dinner Falls (entry 10150)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Things to Do Dinner Falls Circuit". Wet Tropics Management Authority. Archived from the original on 26 February 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Dinner Falls". World of Waterfalls. Johnny T. Cheng. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2014.


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