Dinner Falls, Cascading waterfall in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Dinner Falls is a waterfall on the upper Barron River in Mount Hypipamee National Park, about 25 km south of Atherton on the Atherton Tableland. Its lowest section is a long cascade, the middle section is a trio of segmented drops, and the uppermost section plunges in a triangular shape off the tableland plateau.
Dinner Falls lies on the upper Barron River about 25 km south of Atherton, near the Mount Hypipamee Crater in Mount Hypipamee National Park. The crater itself is a volcanic diatreme, a deep pipe blasted through the tableland rock; the falls cut their steps below it. The Georgian article places the falls near Cairns, 55 km from the Coral Sea and 1,353 km from Brisbane.
The falls lie within Mount Hypipamee National Park, about 25 km south of Atherton on the Atherton Tableland, near the Mount Hypipamee Crater. The upper Barron River drops here in three sections: a long cascade at the bottom, a trio of segmented drops in the middle, and a triangular plunge at the top. A walking track leads to the falls.
Access is via a marked walking track within the national park, easily reached from Atherton. The path is reasonably easy to walk and provides viewing points of the falling water.
The upper edge of the waterfall has a distinctive triangular shape that stands out from the rest of the falling water. This unusual geometry comes from how the water flows off the tableland plateau.
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