Wallaman Falls
- Wallaman Falls locality map (PDF, 366K)*
The Wallaman Falls section of Girringun National Park is about 51 kilometres south west of Ingham in North Queensland. It is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area and boasts spectacular scenery, rich cultural heritage and an array of plant and animal life. At 268 metres, Wallaman Falls is the largest, permanent, single-drop waterfall in Australia. The area around Wallaman Falls is predominantly open eucalypt forest, with lovely pockets of rainforest in sheltered gullies. The creeks and rivers are home to platypus, eastern water dragons and saw-shelled turtles and visitors may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the endangered southern cassowary or the reclusive musky rat-kangaroo.
Establishing ecotourism accommodation adjacent to Girringun National Park was first identified in 2007. The then Environment Minister Lindy Nelson-Carr visited the site with local council representatives and Department of Environment and Resource Management staff to discuss the tourism potential of the area. The site was included in the Queensland nature-based tourism opportunities project to progress this initial investigation.
The site at Wallaman Falls is currently under investigation and subject to this will be offered to the market via an Expression of Interest in the second phase of this project.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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Last updated 1 April 2010