Jump Rock Falls sits on the Macquarie Rivulet within Macquarie Pass National Park, located in the Shellharbour district of the Illawarra region of New South Wales.

The falls have long been a favourite local swimming hole, drawing visitors to their cool waters beneath a canopy of subtropical rainforest.

The national park, declared in 1969 to protect its exceptional rainforest environment, is threaded by the Macquarie Rivulet — a 23-kilometre waterway that begins in the Southern Highlands, tumbles over the escarpment, and eventually flows into Lake Illawarra at Haywards Bay.

The park is considered one of the finest examples of subtropical rainforest in the region.