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The Millstream Falls (
The Millstream Falls are situated approximately southwest of
Aboriginal
Aborigine, aborigine or aboriginal may refer to:
*Aborigines (mythology), in Roman mythology
* Indigenous peoples, general term for ethnic groups who are the earliest known inhabitants of an area
*One of several groups of indigenous peoples, see ...
: ''Yindinji''), a tiered plunge waterfall on The Millstream, is located in the UNESCO World Heritagelisted Wet Tropics
The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all f ...
in the Far North region of Queensland, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
.
Location and features
The Millstream Falls are situated approximately southwest of Ravenshoe
Ravenshoe ( ) is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Ravenshoe had a population of 1,400 people.
Geography
Ravenshoe is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is located south w ...
, on the Atherton Tableland
The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia.
The principal river flowing across the plateau is the Barron River. It was dammed to form an irrigation reservoir named Lake Tina ...
and are accessible by road from the Kennedy Highway. The falls are protected within the Millstream Falls National Park
Millstream Falls National Park is located just west of Ravenshoe, Queensland along the Kennedy Highway in Far North Queensland, Australia, 1,341 km northwest of Brisbane. Big Millstream Falls is reputedly the widest single-drop falls in Aus ...
. Big Millstream falls are a height of 7.23mand Little Millstream falls are a height of 5.45m
The falls comprise two sets of falls, Big Millstream Falls and Little Millstream Falls, both located on the same watercourse, situated approximately apart. The larger of the two falls is reputably the widest single-drop waterfall in Australia.
See also
* List of waterfalls of QueenslandReferences
External links
* * Waterfalls of Far North Queensland Tiered waterfalls Plunge waterfalls {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub