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Ebor Falls is a
The first lookout is on a sealed road, approximately off the Waterfall Way. This viewing platform shows the upper falls tumbling over 4 layers of columned basalt rock in two falls. The lower Ebor falls, further on, plunge over Permian sedimentary rocks into a steep forested gorge below.http://brovey.yolasite.com/resources/Cathedral%20Rock.pdf
The falls are a well known tourist attraction within
tiered waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its c ...
on the Guy Fawkes River
Guy Fawkes River, a perennial stream that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is in the New England and Northern Tablelands districts of New South Wales, Australia.
Course and features
Guy Fawkes River rises below Majors Point, on the no ...
, located near Ebor and about north-east of Wollomombi
The Wollomombi Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Wollomombi River in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
In the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park approximately due east of Armidale and off the Water ...
on Waterfall Way
Waterfall Way is a country road in the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia, linking Raleigh on the state's North Coast to Armidale. The route passes through some of New South Wales' most scenic countryside and has become wel ...
in the New England
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region of New South Wales
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Location and features
The first lookout is on a sealed road, approximately off the Waterfall Way. This viewing platform shows the upper falls tumbling over 4 layers of columned basalt rock in two falls. The lower Ebor falls, further on, plunge over Permian sedimentary rocks into a steep forested gorge below.http://brovey.yolasite.com/resources/Cathedral%20Rock.pdf
The falls are a well known tourist attraction within Guy Fawkes River National Park
Guy Fawkes River National Park, a national park comprising , is located on the eastern edge of the New England Tablelands and the western edge of the Dorrigo Plateau, in north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Access to the national park via ...
, with viewing platforms of the falls and walking tracks, a rest area with barbecues, an information display, picnic tables and toilet. In 2008 the waterfalls were attracting up to 80,000 visitors each year. Camping is not permitted at Ebor Falls, however camping is available at nearby Cathedral Rock National Park
Cathedral Rock is a national park west of Waterfall Way in New South Wales, Australia, east of Armidale and about north of Sydney.
This park is lying between the Guy Fawkes River and Macleay Range, and is about six kilometres west of Eb ...
.
The falls were first protected in a recreation reserve in 1895. In September 2008 new lookout platforms were opened. These replaced platforms that were destroyed by fire in 2007.
History
Ebor Falls began to form around 19 million years ago withlava flows
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a fracture in the crust, on land or un ...
from the nearby extinct Ebor Volcano.
The traditional owners
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of Ebor Falls are the Gumbaynggirr
The Gumbaynggirr people, also rendered Kumbainggar, Gumbangeri and other variant spellings, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Gumbathagang was a probable clan or sub-group. The traditional lands of th ...
people, who call the falls Martiam, an Aboriginal expression meaning "the great falls".
See also
*List of waterfalls of Australia
This is a list of waterfalls in Australia.
Wallaman Falls in Queensland are Australia's tallest permanent waterfall with a plunge of nearly . Wollomombi Falls in New South Wales are second with a combined drop and Ellenborough Falls, also in ...
References
External links
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