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 Emerging from
mountain heights, a small stream plummets
breathtakingly over a precipice into primeval
jungle and the scenery seen here is one of the
most beautiful you will ever laid your eyes
upon. Located in the middle of a dense rain
forest, Stony Creek can be seen winding a gently
sloping course through tangled trees and shrubs.
Still wet from the overnight rain, palm fronds
jostle in the undergrowth, and high overhead a
canopy of leaves filters the early morning
light.
As the current
accelerates, the creek's meandering waters are
disturbed by eddies and swirls. The water
cascades down a winding gorge, then without
warning plunges over a cliff to drop a sheer two
hundred and eighty meters into the river below.
When seen from a distance, this astonishing
Wallaman Falls depicts a ribbon of silver
pouring down through misty halos of azure, ruby
and violet. Wallaman Falls, called Jujumkalla by
the Aborigines, is the tallest single drop
waterfall in Australia. Located in Lumholtz
National Park, this natural wonder was first sighted
by Johnny Bloom while on an expedition looking
for rare flora and fauna and he subsequently
named it after his grandfather, Wallaman Bloom.
A lagoon measuring ten meters deep can be seen
at the end of the waterfall. Wallaman waterfall
is one of the top tourists attractions in
Queensland.
Stony Creek is one of the well known
stream, among many streams, rising in North
Queensland's coastal ranges and dropping off the
edge of a plateau into the Herbert River Gorge.
Found here in the southern tip of Australia's
largest rain forest are more species of plants
and animals than you will not find anywhere else in
Australia. If you are lucky, you might catch a
glimpse of a sleepy opossum, a giant green tree
frog or a eight meters python. Also seen here in
the forests are species of birds such as the
tiny large-billed warbler or the giant-sized
cassowaries.
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