Today was waterfall day, I had listed seven falls to visit, and the first was Tully falls. This turned out to be a trickle over a massive granite cliff face into a massive gorge, because the river is now dammed for irrigation the only time the falls are near their original flow is during a particularly heavy wet season.

From here we went down the escarpment to the Millaa Millaa falls, the most photographed falls in Queensland.

Millaa Millaa Falls

They are a very even single drop of around 30 mtrs into a beautiful, easily accessed pool. It is very popular and all the tour buses stop there to let the backpackers have a swim and despite the cool weather there were plenty of young people in the pool. The weather was becoming increasingly overcast and my enthusiasm for taking photos of waterfalls was rapidly declining. From here we went down further to Henrietta Creek, the place I had originally planned to camp at. One thing you have to give credit for is the way Queensland Parks set up their campsites, they are picturesque, green and well set out with the tropical rainforest as the back drop. We had lunch here, then walked down to the creek and again there was a beautiful fresh water pool with plenty of water running through it. A great place to swim but the weather was not encouraging us to get the bathers out.

Heading back we saw a sign to Mungalli Falls Retreat, this was one of the falls I had on my list however the sign indicated a private property. As it turned out Mungalli Falls has the distinction of being the highest falls on the tablelands and the only large falls in Queensland to be on freehold private property. There was a 450m track down to the bottom of the falls but it was late in the day and Jacky was not keen so we had afternoon tea instead.

Mungalli Falls Rapids

We had a nice Devonshire tea in a Gazebo right next to the Mungalli Falls Rapids.

Back to Ravenshoe was a trip into the clouds.

Lookout over Millaa Millaa

Lookout over Millaa Millaa (2012)