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67 waterfalls across 1 country in Australia, the hand-checked guides first. Filter by activity to find the ones that run what you want to do.

Wallaman Falls, Australia UNESCO

Wallaman Falls

Australia · 305 m

Australia's tallest permanent single drop (268 m), 305 m in total

Swimming
Jim Jim Falls, Australia UNESCO

Jim Jim Falls

Australia · 200 m

One of Kakadu's most dramatic escarpment plunge pools

Scenic flightsSwimming
Wentworth Falls, Australia Full guide

Wentworth Falls

Australia · 187 m

A signature day trip from Sydney into the Blue Mountains

Canyoning
Twin Falls, Australia UNESCO

Twin Falls

Australia · 150 m

A twin-stream falls reachable only by 4WD and boat

Swimming
UNESCO

Carrabeanga Falls

Australia · 110 m

A two-day, 20-abseil canyon descent in Kanangra-Boyd

CanyoningAbseiling
Purling Brook Falls, Australia UNESCO

Purling Brook Falls

Australia · 109 m

A full behind-the-falls circuit walk in a Gondwana rainforest relic

Josephine Falls, Australia Full guide

Josephine Falls

Australia · 25 m

A natural waterslide at the base of Queensland's tallest peak

Swimming
Russell Falls, Australia

Russell Falls

Australia · 45 m

Widely considered Tasmania's most photographed waterfall

Wangi Falls, Australia

Wangi Falls

Australia · 32 m

Litchfield National Park's most popular swimming hole

Swimming
MacKenzie Falls, Australia

MacKenzie Falls

Australia · 30 m

Victoria's largest waterfall by volume

Millaa Millaa Falls, Australia

Millaa Millaa Falls

Australia · 18 m

Often called Australia's most photographed waterfall

Swimming
Florence Falls, Australia

Florence Falls

Australia · 15 m

One of Litchfield's two signature twin waterfalls

Swimming

Kanangra Falls

Australia · 800 m

Kanangra Falls is a waterfall on the Kanangra River, in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park, near Oberon, in the…

Canyoning
Blencoe Falls, Australia

Blencoe Falls

Australia · 230 m

The Blencoe Falls is a segmented waterfall on the Blencoe Creek, located in Kirrama, Tablelands Region, in…

Wollomombi Falls, Australia

Wollomombi Falls

Australia · 230 m

The Wollomombi Falls is a horsetail waterfall on the Wollomombi River in the New England region of New South…

Tully Falls

Australia · 210 m

The Tully Falls, a horsetail chute waterfall on the Tully River, is located in the UNESCO World…

Edith Falls, Australia

Edith Falls

Australia · 176 m

The Edith Falls is a series of cascading waterfalls and pools on the Edith River in the Nitmiluk National…

Ellenborough Falls, Australia

Ellenborough Falls

Australia · 160 m

Ellenborough Falls, a horsetail waterfall on the headwaters of the Ellenborough River, is located in the Mid…

Liffey Falls, Australia

Liffey Falls

Australia · 160 m

The Liffey Falls, a series of four distinct tiered–cascade waterfalls on the Liffey River, is located in the…

Yarrbilgong Falls

Australia · 150 m

The Yarrbilgong Falls, a waterfall on the Coomera River, is located within Lamington National Park in the…

Belmore Falls

Australia · 130 m

The Belmore Falls is a plunge waterfall with three drops on the Barrengarry Creek in the Southern Highlands…

Apsley Falls, Australia

Apsley Falls

Australia · 123 m

The Apsley Falls are two waterfalls on the Apsley River in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales…

Steavenson Falls, Australia

Steavenson Falls

Australia · 122 m

Steavenson Falls is a waterfall on the Steavenson River, 4 kilometres southeast of Marysville, Victoria…

Ebor Falls, Australia

Ebor Falls

Australia · 115 m

Ebor Falls is a tiered waterfall on the Guy Fawkes River, located near Ebor and about 37 kilometres…

Davies Creek Falls, Australia

Davies Creek Falls

Australia · 100 m

The Davies Creek Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Davies Creek in the Far North region of Queensland…

Minyon Falls, Australia

Minyon Falls

Australia · 100 m

The Minyon Falls is a plunge waterfall on Repentance Creek in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales…

Fitzroy Falls, New South Wales, Australia

Fitzroy Falls, New South Wales

Australia · 81 m

Fitzroy Falls is a village in the Wingecarribee Shire, located within the Southern Highlands region of New…

Wongalee Falls

Australia · 81 m

The Wongalee Falls, a waterfall on the Freshwater Creek, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wet…

Milmilgee Falls

Australia · 53 m

The Milmilgee Falls, a waterfall on the Freshwater Creek, is located in the Far North region of Queensland…

Silverband Falls, Australia

Silverband Falls

Australia · 50 m

The Silverband Falls are waterfalls located in the Grampians National Park, in western Victoria, Australia.…

Tjaynera Falls, Australia

Tjaynera Falls

Australia · 48 m

Tjaynera Falls is a waterfall on the Sandy Creek within Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of…

Tolmer Falls, Australia

Tolmer Falls

Australia · 42 m

Tolmer Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Tolmer Creek in Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory…

Bloomfield Falls, Australia

Bloomfield Falls

Australia · 40 m

The Bloomfield Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Bloomfield River near Cape Tribulation, close to Wujal…

Teviot Falls, Australia

Teviot Falls

Australia · 38 m

The Teviot Falls is a plunge waterfall on Teviot Brook in Carneys Creek, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland…

Wannon Falls, Australia

Wannon Falls

Australia · 30 m

The Wannon Falls are a punchbowl waterfall located in the Southern Grampians Shire, approximately 19…

Delaneys Falls

Australia · 25 m

The Delaneys Falls, also named Preston Falls, is a plunge waterfall on Preston Creek. It is located in the…

Hopetoun Falls, Australia

Hopetoun Falls

Australia · 18 m

The Hopetoun Falls is a waterfall across the Aire River that is located in the Otways region of Victoria…

Buckley Falls, Australia

Buckley Falls

Australia · 4 m

Buckley Falls is a waterfall consisting of a series of rapids on the Barwon River in Geelong, Victoria…

Malanda Falls, Australia

Malanda Falls

Australia · 4 m

The Malanda Falls is a cascade waterfall on the North Johnstone River, located in the Tablelands Region in…

Barron Falls, Australia

Barron Falls

Australia

Barron Falls is a steep tiered cascade waterfall in Kuranda, Shire of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. The…

Morans Falls, Australia

Morans Falls

Australia

The Morans Falls, a plunge waterfall on Morans Creek, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Gondwana…

Stoney Creek Falls, Australia

Stoney Creek Falls

Australia

The Stoney Creek Falls is a cascade waterfall on the Stoney Creek located where the river descends from the…

Elabana Falls, Australia

Elabana Falls

Australia

The Elabana Falls is a cascade waterfall that is located within Lamington National Park in the South East…

Dinner Falls, Australia

Dinner Falls

Australia

The Dinner Falls is a mix of three waterfalls that display plunge, segmented and cascade characteristics on…

Queen Mary Falls, Australia

Queen Mary Falls

Australia

The Queen Mary Falls is a plunge waterfall on Spring Creek, in the locality of The Falls in the Southern…

Daggs Falls, Australia

Daggs Falls

Australia

The Daggs Falls is a plunge waterfall on Spring Creek that is located in the Darling Downs region of…

Bilbrough Falls, Australia

Bilbrough Falls

Australia

The Bilbrough Falls, also known as the Goomoolahra Falls, is a cascade waterfall that is located within the…

Millstream Falls, Australia

Millstream Falls

Australia

The Millstream Falls , a tiered plunge waterfall on The Millstream, is located in the UNESCO World…

Murray Falls, Australia

Murray Falls

Australia

The Murray Falls, a cascade waterfall on the Murray River, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Wet…

Herbert River Falls

Australia

The Herbert River Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Herbert River that is located in the UNESCO World…

Triplet Falls, Australia

Triplet Falls

Australia

The Triplet Falls are waterfalls located in the Great Otway National Park of Victoria, in eastern Australia…

Nigretta Falls, Australia

Nigretta Falls

Australia

The Nigretta Falls, previously known as the Upper Wannon Falls, are waterfalls located in the Southern…

Surprise Creek Falls, Australia

Surprise Creek Falls

Australia

The Surprise Creek Falls, a segmented waterfall on the Surprise Creek, is located in the UNESCO World…

Dip Falls, Australia

Dip Falls

Australia

The Dip Falls, a cascade waterfall over cubic-basalt formed rocks on the Dip River, is located in Mawbanna in…

Kearneys Falls

Australia

The Kearneys Falls is a cascade waterfall on a tributary of the Mulgrave River, in the Wooroonooran National…

Boundary Falls (New South Wales), Australia

Boundary Falls (New South Wales)

Australia

The Boundary Falls is a waterfall that is located within the Gibraltar Range National Park, adjacent to the…

Tinaroo Falls

Australia

The Tinaroo Falls, a waterfall on the Barron River, is located in the below the Lake Tinaroo dam wall in Far…

Leichhardt Falls, Australia

Leichhardt Falls

Australia

The Leichhardt Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Leichhardt River in the Gulf Country region of North West…

Nelson Falls, Australia

Nelson Falls

Australia

The Nelson Falls, a cascade waterfall, is located in the UNESCO World Heritage–listed Tasmanian Wilderness…

Tin Mine Falls, Australia

Tin Mine Falls

Australia

The Tin Mine Falls is a cascade waterfall located in the remote Pilot Wilderness Area within the Kosciuszko…

Tchupala Falls

Australia

The Tchupala Falls, a segmented waterfall on the Henrietta Creek, is located in the UNESCO World…

Katoomba Falls

Australia

The Katoomba Falls is a segmented waterfall that is located close to Echo Point near Katoomba on the Kedumba…

Coomera Falls, Australia

Coomera Falls

Australia

The Coomera Falls is a segmented waterfall on the upper Coomera River in the South East region of Queensland…

Carrington Falls, Australia

Carrington Falls

Australia

The Carrington Falls is a plunge waterfall across the Kangaroo River located in the Southern Highlands region…

Gibraltar Falls, Australia

Gibraltar Falls

Australia

Gibraltar Falls is a waterfall in Australia.

Crystal Cascades, Australia

Crystal Cascades

Australia

Crystal Cascades is a waterfall in Australia.

Eagle Falls (Western Australia)

Australia

The Eagle Falls are on the Drysdale River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. They are regularly…

Questions people ask

What is the tallest waterfall in Australia?

What are the most famous waterfalls in Australia?

The best known are Wallaman Falls (Australia), Jim Jim Falls (Australia), Wentworth Falls (Australia), Twin Falls (Australia), Carrabeanga Falls (Australia) and Purling Brook Falls (Australia). Our index covers 67 waterfalls in Australia; every one has a page with activities, seasons and how to get there.

When is the best time to see waterfalls in Australia?

Across the waterfalls we cover, the most are at their best March to May and September to December.