The Federal Falls are a set of falls located in Lawson, NSW. It is part of the

South Lawson Waterfall Circuit The South Lawson Waterfall Circuit, officially the South Lawson Circular Waterfall Track or informally the Five Waterfall Walk, is a walk in Lawson, New South Wales, Australia. It is a track that bypasses five waterfalls and an optional sixth on ...

, and is accessed from a track from Adelina Falls. It is also the furthest away falls from

Lawson Lawson may refer to: Places Australia * Lawson, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra * Lawson, New South Wales, a town in the Blue Mountains Canada * Lawson, Saskatchewan * Lawson Island, Nunavut United States * Lawson, Arkansas ...

in the whole circuit.

Overview

Accessed from a track from the entrance point of The

, it is the furthest falls in the circuit, and the smallest one too. The falls were dicovered in the late-1800s, and was named in 1911, originally being called Hay's Cascade. It is a small fall with some rocks at the base, and a beach too.

Location

Federal Falls is the furthest away fall in the South Lawson Waterfall Circuit, and runs along its watercourse, Cataract Creek. The falls are from the nearby Junction Falls. It is also just north of the junction of Cataract and Lawson Creek. South of the falls, along Lawson Creek, is Leslie Falls, the optional sixth fall of the circuit.

Description

Directly below the falls, lies a small beach, which guides Cataract Creek to the junction to the south. The falls reside in a small canyon, with a track junction to the west of the falls. It is also the second-lowest point in the

, followed by Leslie Falls.

References

{{Reflist Waterfalls of New South Wales Waterfalls of the Blue Mountains Waterfalls of Australia