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

Tablelands Region The Tablelands Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas which dated back more than a century. On 1 January ...

, in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Location and features

The falls are situated in the

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approximately north of a confluence with the Blencoe Creek and the

Herbert River The Herbert River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The southernmost of Queensland's wet tropics river systems, it was named in 1864 by George Elphinstone Dalrymple explorer, after Robert George Wyndham Herbert, the fir ...

. From an elevation of above sea level, the falls descend in an initial drop of approximately and they cascade for another to the base of the gorge. The falls can be reached by unsealed road from Mount Garnet on the

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. The unsealed Kirrama Range Road from Kennedy on the

Bruce Highway The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian Nat ...

also provides access from the coast to the falls. Access should only be attempted in dry conditions. Flooding can occur in the wetter months of December to April. Four-wheel-drive vehicles are recommended. Blencoe Falls lookout is approximately west of Kennedy. The traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Blencoe Falls are the Indigenous Australian

Warrongo people The Warruŋu, also known as the Warungu/Warrongo, were an Indigenous Australian people of the northern Queensland rainforest areas south of Cairns. Language The Warrongo language, extinct since the death of the last speaker Alf Palmer in 1981, i ...

, some of whom were driven over the ridges above Blencoe Falls to drown in the gorge. The second season of '' Survivor'' was filmed in an area close to the falls.

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* * {{Atherton Tableland nav box , state=autocollapse Waterfalls of Far North Queensland Segmented waterfalls

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