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The Surprise Creek Falls, a segmented waterfall on the Surprise Creek, is located in the
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listed Wet Tropics in the Far North region of
Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...
, Australia.


Location and features

The Surprise Creek Falls are situated in the
Barron Gorge National Park Barron Gorge National Park is a protected area in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia. It is predominantly within the locality of Barron Gorge. Geography The park is 1,404 km northwest of Brisbane and from Kuranda. Barron Gorge ...
, north-east of
Cairns Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...
and descend from 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 ...
into the Baron Gorge below. The falls are located near Barron Gorge Hydro and cascade into the gorge.


See also

* List of waterfalls of Queensland


References


External links

* Waterfalls of Far North Queensland {{FarNorthQueensland-geo-stub