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Fitzroy Falls

Fitzroy Falls is a dramatic 81-metre waterfall in Morton National Park, located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales.

Wildes Meadow Creek plunges over a sandstone escarpment into the broad Yarrunga Valley, where it joins Yarrunga Creek before flowing south into the Kangaroo River. It is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Australia.

The area has a long history of human habitation. The indigenous Wodi Wodi people lived here before European arrival, and explorer and surgeon Charles Throsby became the first European to see the falls in the early 19th century.

Originally called Throsby Falls, the site was renamed in honour of Sir Charles Fitzroy, Governor of New South Wales, after his visit in the 1850s. Multiple lookouts and rim walking tracks offer views of the falls and surrounding escarpment.

The West Rim and East Rim trails range from short strolls to multi-hour return walks. Fitzroy Falls Reservoir, constructed upstream in 1974, helps maintain a relatively consistent flow over the falls year-round.


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