Ingalalla Waterfalls, Cascade waterfall in Hay Flat, Fleurieu Peninsula, Australia.
Ingalalla Waterfalls is a cascade waterfall on the Fleurieu Peninsula that descends over multiple tiers to a combined height between 81 and 92 meters. The system flows through steep rock faces and forms rock pools below where water crashes from the upper tiers.
The name received official approval on May 25, 2000, following a request from the Royal Automobile Association for naming clarification. The designation came from a process to standardize local place names across the region.
The adjacent Mount Hayfield holds deep meaning for the Kaurna Aboriginal people through the Tjilbruke Dreaming story and a yellow ochre creation site. This place remains spiritually significant to the local indigenous community.
The walking trail from the parking area is about 500 meters return and follows Waterfall Creek through grassland to reach the rock pools. The route is relatively flat and straightforward, with good viewing points of the falls along the way.
During a prolonged drought in southeastern Australia, water flow shrank to barely a trickle, but recovered substantially after around eleven years. This revival made the lower cascade of about 15 meters particularly powerful and dramatic again.
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