Teviot Falls, Waterfall in Darling Downs, Australia.
Teviot Falls is a plunge waterfall on Teviot Brook in Carneys Creek, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, near the town of Killarney. It drops from the McPherson Range near Wilsons Peak, north of the Queensland–New South Wales border. Sources give its height as either 80 metres or 38 metres.
Botanist Allan Cunningham named the Teviot Brook in 1828 after a river in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The area took its name from this Scottish reference.
The name Teviot comes from Teviot Brook, named on 6 August 1828 by the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham after the River Teviot in Roxburghshire, Scotland. The falls lie in Carneys Creek, Scenic Rim Region, and are one of five waterfalls around Killarney, with Queen Mary Falls, Daggs Falls, Browns Falls and Upper Browns Falls nearby.
The falls lie about 20 metres from the road, so they are often seen by passing visitors. Access is via a sealed road climbing the range towards Teviot Gap, also called The Head, near Killarney. The falls drop from the McPherson Range near Wilsons Peak, north of the Queensland–New South Wales border.
The falls drop from the McPherson Range near Wilsons Peak, just north of the Queensland–New South Wales border. Four other waterfalls lie around Killarney: Queen Mary Falls, Daggs Falls, Browns Falls and Upper Browns Falls.
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